Walther P99

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spooky

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Can the Walther P99 be dry fired without consequence? I am wondering this because of the similarity to Glock, but better of of course.
 
Get some snap caps, I think they're sold in 5-6 rd bags. Use these in your chamber for dryfrire excercises and put the remainder in your mags for FTF/FTE clearance excercises.

This will protect your firig pin and give you much practice in clearing a malfunctioning weapon.

When at the range, mix a few snap caps into your live loads so that you can practice malfunction clearances between live rounds.
 
The answer to your question is yes... meaning the firing pin won't break off if you dry fire it a few times here and there. However, I'd use snap caps for really extensive dry firing just to be on the safe side. I'd do the same with a Glock as well.
 
Spooky, although I've dry fired the striker on my P99 hundreds of times on mine, and it still functions flawlessly, I can't see how using snap caps would hurt. I'm using them now, myself. Why leave it to chance? Also, as CWL and Teombe mentioned, they're good for more than just dry firing.
 
I've read that damage to guns from dry firing is only an issue in a few rare guns - those being some rimfire guns. If anything, you might wear out the springs that are part of the trigger mechanism with extended dry firing. Of course you would probably get carpal tunnel syndrome before this happens though. I wouldn't worry too much about it.
 
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