This a good idea or bad idea? My girlfriend's mom has a .38 special snubbie. I don't remember who made it. It's a nifty little gun though. And I unloaded it and was dry firing it a bit. She didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with dry firing it. So what do you all think?
dry firing revolvers?
- Thread starter roadkill
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Greetings RoadKill; Go For It!!! 
It won't
hurt a thing; being that it is a cenbterfire
caliber.
Just don't do it to a rimfire
revolver, as the strike of the firing pin
would be compared to worn out brake soes;
metal against metal.
Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member
Employ the basic safety rules even in
the dry firing mode!!!
It won'thurt a thing; being that it is a cenbterfire
caliber.
Just don't do it to a rimfirerevolver, as the strike of the firing pin
would be compared to worn out brake soes;
metal against metal.
Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member
Employ the basic safety rules even in
the dry firing mode!!!
Master Blaster
New member
Dry firing rimfires can be OK also. I have Ruger single six mfg about 12 years ago and the manual specifically says that it is ok to dryfire and recommends doing so as a good means of practicing trigger control!
It makes me nervous to dry fire my S&W centerfire revolvers as I have heard that this can cause damage. So I took 7 (686+)empty .357 magnum casings punched out the primer and filled the primer pocket with silicone caulk, now I have my own snap caps which will protect the firing pin.
Cheap easy insurance
It makes me nervous to dry fire my S&W centerfire revolvers as I have heard that this can cause damage. So I took 7 (686+)empty .357 magnum casings punched out the primer and filled the primer pocket with silicone caulk, now I have my own snap caps which will protect the firing pin.
Cheap easy insurance
Actually, I broke two different Ruger revolvers - a .44 Redhawk and a .45LC Blackhawk - by dry-firing them on a daily basis. Both times, it was the cheesy-looking cast bar that slides up as the hammer falls (the "transfer bar"?) that jammed up the gun. Ruger repaired both of them, but I never did subject my guns to that amount of dry-firing again. Ironically, my S&W Model 29 (1998 vintage) still broke anyway after only a small amount of dry-firing - one day the firing pin assembly on the hammer just chipped off. I have read though that this may have been caused by some weak-steeled hammers S&W was using at the time.