MemphisMechanic Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 I have a friend who is a police officer and who carries a Beretta 92 in 9mm. Will extensive dryfire hurt the firing pin or any other component in a Beretta? Most guns are very tolerant of extensive dryfire, but I'm not a Beretta guy and thought I'd ask before I got them into dry practice in order to improve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steppenwolf Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 When I dry-fired my SP-01 or dry-fry my Wilson Combat Beretta Brigadier I put a small circular rubber washer in the channel where the hammer falls (you can squeeze the circular washer into the channel). That way the hammer does not hit the firing pin. The only other consideration is dry-firing all the time using DA. It could lead to training habits that are annoying when live-firing (DA followed by SA). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Less Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 No problems DF'ing the snot out of it: FP is floating. I don't use a washer and I DF a lot. YMMV, tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickDoyle Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 I have dry fired this weapon system, tens of thousands of reps in last few months. No issues at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konkapot Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Maybe keep an eye on the trigger spring; proactively changing that, particularly in a duty gun, won't hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Less Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 16 hours ago, PatrickDoyle said: I have dry fired this weapon system, tens of thousands of reps in last few months. No issues at all. Pat Doyle in the house! ^^ Good advice from a professional! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livin_cincy Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 I have a surplus / LEO trade in 92s and found a manual for it that says not to. So I keep a snap cap in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chills1994 Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 On 2/8/2017 at 9:43 AM, Less said: Pat Doyle in the house! ^^ Good advice from a professional! Les Kismartoni in da house! https://www.wilsoncombat.com/shooting-team/les-kismartoni/ that Pat guy is no slouch either: https://www.wilsoncombat.com/pat-doyle/ The pros be all up in here. :-P Just an FYI... a Beretta "D" spring may make all that dry firing for our OP easier on his trigger finger/forearm. I wish I could tell you one way or the other about the longevity of Beretta parts via dry firing, but I like never dry fire...and hardly ever practice any more. :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiyalavey Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 the pros come in and lay it down. dry fire the hell out of it. that was unexpected when i came to this thread. dope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiyalavey Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 4 minutes ago, kaiyalavey said: the pros come in and lay it down. dry fire the hell out of it. that was unexpected when i came to this thread. dope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuJudge Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Both issues I have heard regarding dry firing the B92 have been mentioned above, but need slightly more development. Early B92 trigger return springs broke a lot. Beretta and Wilson Combat have come up with better trigger return springs, and nobody seems to be breaking them anymore. Wolff Springs quite awhile ago came up with a module to replace the trigger return spring for the Border Patrol. Wilson Combat also resells the same module. The module is much more expensive than an upgraded spring, but it is a lot easier to install than the upgraded spring. Some people complain about the Wolff module giving the trigger pull a slightly gritty quality, but I don't feel it. For pistols that I shoot a lot, I have the Wolff modules in. Mention was made above about B92 firing pins breaking with extensive dry firing. This has happened to friends, but the pistol continued to fire normally, and the broken firing pin was found much later during a rebuild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ap38 Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 I just use a snap cap. Lots of dry fire reps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnappi Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 The ONLY handgun I had a problem with was a Charter Arms "Bulldog" in .44. Its indestructible "copper beryllium" firing pin shot itself at my TV screen. It took over a year for Charter to send me one. I've dry fired my Beretta pistols a lot and never had an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I did some dry firing without snap cap with my B92FS and after a few thousand cycles, the trigger return spring failed. I had it replaced and tried using the handgun at the firing range. The cartridges did not fire and when inspected had no firing pin dent on the primer. It turned out the firing pin is also broke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalieMN Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 I'm not a pro shooter, but we dry fired the snot outta Berettas when I was in the Corps without any issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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