JP.308 Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 I've heard others say to practice dry-firing your handgun. I have been doing that and it has proven to be a great help when I arrive and begin seeing my shooting improve. Is this in any way harmful to the gun - I have a XD40. Is there any kind of gun that it is harmful with (rimfire, shotgun, handgun, rifle, etc.) and if so which ones. Thanks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingerjg Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 Dryfire is an excellent way to improve your shooting skills. I would however suggest not dryfiring on a rimfire. Repeated strikes will eventually damage the chamber of the gun, unless you are using a snap cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcoliver Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 There's a post around here about eventually breaking a pin in the XD due to "excessive" dry fire. You might want to consider using a snap cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP.308 Posted July 12, 2005 Author Share Posted July 12, 2005 I was wondering if that could happen - how much is excessive? I have dry-fired mine over a hundred times. Would a snap-cap eliminate that possibility totally? -Jp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 100 times you really have nothing to worry about....once you add on a few (yes a few) zeroes to that number is when things get interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j2fast Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 JP, here's the post that Jake is referring to about dry-fire and the XD. http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?...topic=25431&hl= I shoot an XD as well and was quite interested in this post; of course right now I have trouble finding the time that Steve Anderson puts in during a normal day in one of my normal weeks.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP.308 Posted July 13, 2005 Author Share Posted July 13, 2005 Thanks!!! The post was very helpful. I wish I had the time and money to shoot more as well - who doesn't??? But I think that what all of you are saying is to keep dry-firing, but after maybe a few thousand times of dry-fire and live fire to check your pin and replace it. Is this correct? Thanks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 JP, That's correct. You can buy the pins for something like a buck a piece from an XD armorer. I'm going to have some in hand here in about a week and will probably have a 20 pack for sale at an attractive price. Just chuck the roll pin periodically and everything will be fine. E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Anderson Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 If you're really worried about it you could dry fire without setting the striker, but that's not a great solution. You'll be honking the trigger and may forget where the striker actually lets go. SA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP.308 Posted July 14, 2005 Author Share Posted July 14, 2005 ...yeah it doesn't do much good to dry fire for me unless the striker is set. Can one install their own pin pretty easily or would I need to take it to a gunsmith? Any particular way to practice with dry firing - and when I do I assume it's best to dry fire without the clip in the gun. Aslo, (with dry fire) do you rack the slide all the way and let it slam or do you simply rack it enough so it cocks the striker? Thanks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 Not many people dry-fire enough to break a gun. (Steve is an exception. He, quite literally, wrote the book on dry-fire.) If you are worried, use some snap-caps. Other than that...have at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP.308 Posted July 14, 2005 Author Share Posted July 14, 2005 THANKS!!! I'll have at it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safe shooting Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 I've talked to the S&W tech dept and they said you can dry fire their new revolvers. I fired my 686p 4" hundreds of times with no problems. Good practice for double action shooting. However I still have not mastered the double action firing with live rounds yet. But I'm alot better today than I was a year ago when I fired my first DA revolver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoShooter Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 I've talked to the S&W tech dept and they said you can dry fire their new revolvers. I fired my 686p 4" hundreds of times with no problems. Good practice for double action shooting. However I still have not mastered the double action firing with live rounds yet. But I'm alot better today than I was a year ago when I fired my first DA revolver. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I have shot revolver and auto for 15 + years some of my revolvers have close to 20,000 dry fires DA on them with no problems, my older 610 held up very good but it does not group like it used to the newer 627 is softer metal and the cilinder in rolling a bit, it is posible by spining the cilyinder in fast dry fire that the locking pin hammers the notch when it locks in. I fyou make some dummy rounds with very heavy bullets =it will slow the cilyinder. I made some with two 158 grain bullets in each case. You should be able to feal the difrence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safe shooting Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 I've talked to the S&W tech dept and they said you can dry fire their new revolvers. I fired my 686p 4" hundreds of times with no problems. Good practice for double action shooting. However I still have not mastered the double action firing with live rounds yet. But I'm alot better today than I was a year ago when I fired my first DA revolver. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I have shot revolver and auto for 15 + years some of my revolvers have close to 20,000 dry fires DA on them with no problems, my older 610 held up very good but it does not group like it used to the newer 627 is softer metal and the cilinder in rolling a bit, it is posible by spining the cilyinder in fast dry fire that the locking pin hammers the notch when it locks in. I fyou make some dummy rounds with very heavy bullets =it will slow the cilyinder. I made some with two 158 grain bullets in each case. You should be able to feal the difrence. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safe shooting Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 I've talked to the S&W tech dept and they said you can dry fire their new revolvers. I fired my 686p 4" hundreds of times with no problems. Good practice for double action shooting. However I still have not mastered the double action firing with live rounds yet. But I'm alot better today than I was a year ago when I fired my first DA revolver. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I have shot revolver and auto for 15 + years some of my revolvers have close to 20,000 dry fires DA on them with no problems, my older 610 held up very good but it does not group like it used to the newer 627 is softer metal and the cilinder in rolling a bit, it is posible by spining the cilyinder in fast dry fire that the locking pin hammers the notch when it locks in. I fyou make some dummy rounds with very heavy bullets =it will slow the cilyinder. I made some with two 158 grain bullets in each case. You should be able to feal the difrence. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That's a good idea. I hope to live long enough to be able to get in 20,00 dry fires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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