Yaworski
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For dry firing with my bullseye gun, I balance a nickel across the front sight. If it falls off, I did something wrong.
Dry firing
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I haven't done much of it lately but when I was first trying to learn to shoot a handgun I spent about 5 or 10 minutes a night with my old P944 with a dime balanced on the front sight. It taught me trigger control.
If I have a bad day at the range a week or so's worth of dry fire usually straightens things out.
If I find myself getting tired I quit. I don't want to do it long enough to get fatigued. It would make it easy to get sloppy & ingrain bad habits.
There is a lot of repeating what someone else said in this thread. In my experience most firearms suffer no immediate damage from dry-firing. Other damage is mostly speculative as to cause and effect; firearms manufacturers' recommendations are based on their perceived interests and not on the possibility of damage to the gun (cop shooting self in foot for example).
Some rimfire firearms will suffer immediate damage from the firing pin peening the back of the chamber (High-Standard Sport King I once owned). However, my experience is that most will not - I own dozens of rimfires, old and newer, where this is not a problem.
I think dry-firing is a great way to practice. My method is to line the sights up against a contrasting color wall (white) and fire without disturbing the sight alignment.
I know I will be criticized for ignoring manufacturers' recommendations - consider manufacturers' recommendations are based on what they are afraid of and not what will hurt the gun.
Some rimfire firearms will suffer immediate damage from the firing pin peening the back of the chamber (High-Standard Sport King I once owned). However, my experience is that most will not - I own dozens of rimfires, old and newer, where this is not a problem.
I think dry-firing is a great way to practice. My method is to line the sights up against a contrasting color wall (white) and fire without disturbing the sight alignment.
I know I will be criticized for ignoring manufacturers' recommendations - consider manufacturers' recommendations are based on what they are afraid of and not what will hurt the gun.
NEVER dry fire a rimfire unless you have loaded snap caps or steel dummies.
I dry fire every new single action (sa) revolver at least 1000 rounds with the hammer hitting onto my left thumb while my right thumb presses on the back of the hammer. It improves trigger smoothness and pull dramatically.
Lightly used sa guns get an abbreviated treatment of around 500 rounds, sometimes more if I do not feel or measure an improvement. Heavily used guns I clean and shoot the pants off them as I received it.
Lightly used sa guns get an abbreviated treatment of around 500 rounds, sometimes more if I do not feel or measure an improvement. Heavily used guns I clean and shoot the pants off them as I received it.
