The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Is it OK to dry fire no-transfer bar SA revolver

Slopemeno · June 27, 2013, 12:46 PM

I have at least 100,000 cycles of dry firing, and probably 30,000 of live fire on my Ruger Security Six. No issues at all to report. Don't own a snap cap, either.

Ruger used to have an Old Model (so no transfer bar) Single Six in a plastic display case they'd take to large gun shows. The box had a mechanism that cocked and dry fired the Single Six every second for the three days the show was open. And they took that display with them to shows for years.

The point of that display was to show that Ruger's rimfires were perfectly safe to dry fire, and that you'd probably wear out before the gun did.

While I'd probably treat a small-framed first generation Blackhawk carefully- I wouldn't baby it.

June 27, 2013, 12:46 PM	#15
Slopemeno Senior Member Join Date: January 19, 2007 Posts: 2,663	I have at least 100,000 cycles of dry firing, and probably 30,000 of live fire on my Ruger Security Six. No issues at all to report. Don't own a snap cap, either. Ruger used to have an Old Model (so no transfer bar) Single Six in a plastic display case they'd take to large gun shows. The box had a mechanism that cocked and dry fired the Single Six every second for the three days the show was open. And they took that display with them to shows for years. The point of that display was to show that Ruger's rimfires were perfectly safe to dry fire, and that you'd probably wear out before the gun did. While I'd probably treat a small-framed first generation Blackhawk carefully- I wouldn't baby it.