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jmr40 · September 4, 2008, 03:12 PM

Dry firing will cause no harm to most modern centerfires. There are exceptions and you need to check the owners manual or the manufacturer. The Kel-Tec pistols are one exception I am aware of. Ruger p345's can be damaged while dry firing with no magazine in the gun, but Ruger actually encourages dry fire in their owners manual to provide cheap practice. It is not reccomended in any double barreled shot gun that I am aware of as well as many of the older guns.

I have guns that have been dry fired tens of thousands of times with no problems. If I break a firing pin tomorrow I figure it would have broken at the same round count or sooner if live fired as many times. I could never have afforded that much ammo and my skill level is much better because of it.

September 4, 2008, 03:12 PM	#9
jmr40 Senior Member Join Date: June 15, 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 10,805	Dry firing will cause no harm to most modern centerfires. There are exceptions and you need to check the owners manual or the manufacturer. The Kel-Tec pistols are one exception I am aware of. Ruger p345's can be damaged while dry firing with no magazine in the gun, but Ruger actually encourages dry fire in their owners manual to provide cheap practice. It is not reccomended in any double barreled shot gun that I am aware of as well as many of the older guns. I have guns that have been dry fired tens of thousands of times with no problems. If I break a firing pin tomorrow I figure it would have broken at the same round count or sooner if live fired as many times. I could never have afforded that much ammo and my skill level is much better because of it.