22/45 Fan said:No, the magazine safety in the SR series does not prevent you from pulling the trigger and getting a "click". It does keep the striker from reaching the primer so the gun won't fire even though you hear something happen. Since it interrupts the striker, repeated dry firing without a magazine will eventually damage the striker which is why Ruger recommends against dry firing without an empty magazine in place.
Conn AK said:Stop that practice. The striker blocker is doing its job with the magazine out. I guess it can cause damage, but I dry fired my new SR9 for a year without a mag in place before reading the manual. That was 4 years ago and thousands of rounds ago. I wonder if any SR owners have actually damaged the striker assembly this way?