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txinvestigator wrote:They are weapons, for crying out loud.

If your going to start using logic and reason around here I'm leaving.

evil_smurf wrote:dry firing a gun that has a hammer is bad. it will ruin the components of that hammer etc.

dry firing a striker-fire gun is okay (such as the XD, Glock, etc). it does not have a hammer, but uses small pins inside of the gun to strike the bullet. theres nothing there to ruin it.

that should be the correct answer ;)

Both my 1911 and Desert Eagle have Hammers but more than one person has told me dry fire the heck out of them. The only thing I am picky about is not releasing the slide lock on an empty magazine.

kw5kw wrote:To dry fire or not to dry fire... that is the question.

Which is right?

Both actually, Depends on the firearm. Correct on the XD's ( I have a couple so I asked too) BUT the book on my Kel-Tec 9mm says DO NOT DRYFIRE! So I went to Carters Country and got me some Snap-Caps so I can dry fire it. I was told it won't hurt my Springer 1911 or my Baby Eagle. SO my view is check your owners manual. Some of the old timers can explain why it hurts some of the guns, mostly the older ones. Hope that helps,

jim