Sig P239 Dry Fire Question

[johnb1962]

Hello, I just bought a new P239 in .357 at a gun show today. I was wondering about dry firing the gun for practice? I am new to Sig"s and do not want to do any damage. Thanks!

[WillBrayjr]

Alot of people dryfire handguns, the only way I will is by using a snapcap. You risk breaking the firing pin by dryfiring without having something to cushion the firing pin.

[Marko Kloos]

Some designs are prone to busting their firing pins...the CZ-75 series comes to mind. I've owned around 15 or so SIGs, and have always dryfired the crap out of them...and I have yet to break a SIG firing pin.

If it's a concern, get a snap cap, but SIGs are fine to dryfire in my experience.

Good choice, by the way. The P239 is one of the very best carry guns on the market.

[AZ Jeff]

SIG will tell you that dry fire for their centerfire pistols is perfectly OK.

[fastforty]

I haven't counted my empty ammo cases in a while, but I know that my P239 has at least 20,000 live rounds through it. I also know that I have dry fired it at least 4 or 5 times as many times as I have shot it- at least 100,000 times. It still goes bang & it's still my daily carry.

[WillBrayjr]

Sigarms and others like Beretta, Glock, and H&K is alright. They're built with LE in mind so they're made to take severe abuse.