Dry firing a .22 lr

[cnemeth]

What is the best way to dry fire a .22 lr revolver?

Christopher Nemeth

 

[Mike Baugh]

I would put spent brass in the chambers , the reason being that the firing pin would stike the edge of the chamber [since it is a rimfire] and deform the opening , not to mention dull the firing pin edge . Good luck , Mike...

 

[Mal H]

I do the same thing Mike does. After each range session I keep a few spent 22 cases and use them for dry firing. If you don't want them to extract, grind out a small section of the rim on a grinding wheel and position the case in the chamber so the extractor hits the ground out section. I usually have to push the casings out with a cleaning rod.

 

[Dutchboy]

Mal,

That is a wonderfully simple idea. I have been loading mags full of spent casing and wasting my time.

Thanks!

Dutch

 

[Cat]

Many quality firearms have there firing pins designed so that it can not hit the edge of the chamber and cause a dent or harm the pin. I have been dry firing S&W revolvers and my Model 41 for years with no damage to any of them.
There are some firearms that will hit the edge of the chamber.
Before dry firing yours, check it out or have a competent 'smith check it for you.
Or to be safe, use the empty brass as has been suggested above.

Neil Casper

 

[Glenn E. Meyer]

Dillon and others sell plastic
22 plastic rounds for practice.

You see them at gun shows and stores
also. Not two expensive.

I found that spent rounds would get a
deep dent fairly easily. Switched to
the plastic for my revolvers.

bye

Glenn http://www.enconnect.net/cyberguns

 

[cnemeth]

Thanks for the info.

 

[Skorzeny]

So, how do I decock (for example, for storage) something like a Buckmark if dry-firing will cause a problem?

Skorzeny

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[Mal H]

Skorzeny - what do you do? You don't sweat it at all. We're talking about dry firing hundreds or thousands of times practicing holding steady, etc. The occasional dry fire when putting a gun away after cleaning, for example, doesn't do much, if any, harm.