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Posted: 11/7/2002 6:27:21 PM EDT
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Does it hurt to dry fire an AR? RRA with 2 stage triger. Thanks, |
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I'm no expert, but the USMC dry fires all their M-16's extensively and neither the USMC armorers or the manufacturer (Colt) have found it to be detrimental in any way. If you're still concerned go out and get a dry firing device. i use the following one and I love it www.fulton-armory.com/DryFireDevice.htm |
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| I was also thinking the same thing, because I was wondering if when I get my first AR, if I should do a functions check like the military does. I know they dry fire their weapons ALL the time. EVERY time they take them apart they dry fire them like 6 times doing the functions check. I think i'll just dry fire mine, doesn't seem like it hurts them. |
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It WILL hurt if you dry fire your AR . . . . . . . .With your finger between the bolt catch and hammer. OOOOuuuch that hurts. here |
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as long as you don't dry fire w/ the upper reciever removed. This can damage the reciever wall or the hammer. with the upper on go ahead it wont hurt a thing. It can also help the quality of the trigger pull. Pulling the trigger lots smoothes any rough trigger pull! |
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The only firearm you should not dry fire is a rimfire. The firing pin will hit on the edge of the chamber. Eventually you will have enough dings on it that you won't be able to chamber a round. And as always double check to see that the chamber is empty before pulling the trigger. |
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We dried fired our M16s in the army all the time. Didn't hurt them any. For that matter, we were always very hard on our weapons and they stood up well to all manner of abuse. The few weapons failures that I witnessed over the years were almost always attributed to operator headspace. Panzer Out |
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Safe-T-Trainer dummy ammo Dillon Precision I have handfuls of these in .22, .45, .223.full size,cycles through the mags. -I NEVER dry fire my Ruger 10/22's! |
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