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g.willikers · January 20, 2016, 10:42 AM

When our local action pistol matches had shotgun side matches, I used to dry fire my pump quite a lot for practice.
Never had a problem and it always went bang.
Doesn't mean there couldn't be a problem.
But of all the dry firing my shootin' irons have seen, there's been nary a failure of any kind.
So, from my own experience, don't sweat it.
Find something else to worry over.

January 20, 2016, 10:42 AM	#10
g.willikers Senior Member Join Date: September 28, 2008 Posts: 10,442	When our local action pistol matches had shotgun side matches, I used to dry fire my pump quite a lot for practice. Never had a problem and it always went bang. Doesn't mean there couldn't be a problem. But of all the dry firing my shootin' irons have seen, there's been nary a failure of any kind. So, from my own experience, don't sweat it. Find something else to worry over. __________________ Walt Kelly, alias Pogo, sez: “Don't take life so serious, son, it ain't nohow permanent.”