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Posted: 8/3/2004 4:12:30 PM EDT
| Has anyone dry fired a lower (no upper) and had the bolt release break? |
Also a real problem with the AR-18/180 series. AND IF you break one of those, you're in a world of hurt, as that flimsy piece of metal is only available as either a used or NOS part that is scarce. Last AR-180 I acquired was missing that piece and I paid through the nose for that replacement. If you feel like you absolutely MUST dryfire either weapon with the upper open or off, put a strip of leather in between the hammer and the bolt stop.  Lonny |
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I dry fired my lower once by accident while cleaning. I figured I had broken something for sure, but everything is fine. The reciever was an eagle arms and with a bushmaster bolt stop. Anyway, you definately shouldn't do it. IMHO Does anyone know, is it always the bolt stop that breaks first? I assume the reciever breaks if you do it without the bolt stop, or does it sometime break the reciever the first time? |
Actually, it's not always the bolt stop. Sometimes it is the reciever (as noted in some of the above responses). The first one I ever saw was the front wall of the lower, just ahead of the stop. Over the years, I've accidentally dropped the hammer a few times on one or another AR. No ill effects, but it sure speeds up your pulse for a minute or two. 
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