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dry firing

Natty Bumpo

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Minuteman
Feb 21, 2008
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I never have any hesitation to dry fire my bolt guns. I've been doing the same with my AR. But I recently saw a dry fire device in the Sinclair catalog made for AR's. Worth the money, or should I just keep dry firing away?
 
Re: dry firing

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Powder Burns</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I've been taking my AR in the shower with me. Wet-firing is the new fad. </div></div>

Haha, this.

Keep at what you're doing, it'll be fine.
 
Re: dry firing

Firing pin will eventually crack into two pieces.
May take 20k or so to get there.
I have a pitted FP I dry fire with, when it cracks, no biggie.
Dry firing is way too important, even if FP's were $100, I'd do it.
 
Re: dry firing

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Powder Burns</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I've been taking my AR in the shower with me. Wet-firing is the new fad. </div></div>

Just found my new excuse for the "long showers" questioning lol
 
Re: dry firing

Dry firing is imparative to muscle memory and trigger manipulation. I can't speak for others but when I was in boot we probably dry fired at least 1000 time before we ever sent a round down range. These were rifles assigned to MCRD and probably had many many cycles before me. Not a single firing pin issue during training or qual. Giver hell
 
Re: dry firing

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Powder Burns</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I've been taking my AR in the shower with me. Wet-firing is the new fad. </div></div>

Good One
 
Re: dry firing

Yeah, my basic M-16 was so worn out you could disassemble it just by shaking it. Probably was dry fired hundreds of thousands of times. You could slip an ID card between the upper & lower... yet I shot expert 38 out of 40 for my first qualification.
 
Re: dry firing

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Archer762</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Yeah, my basic M-16 was so worn out you could disassemble it just by shaking it. Probably was dry fired hundreds of thousands of times. You could slip an ID card between the upper & lower... yet I shot expert 38 out of 40 for my first qualification.</div></div>





and don't forget the spontaneous combustion of of the plastic forearm due to the sustained full auto fire......