Dry Firing a 24/7 Pro

[Sunnovah]

I have a Taurus 24/7 Pro DS.
In the manual it says that dry firing can harm this weapon.
I have also read on this forum that Dry firing is key to improving my marksmanship.
Can I decock and dry fire this pistol, or am I just out of luck as far as using it is concerned. I want to get comfortable with it in my hand since it will be my carry weapon.

Seeing as this is my first gun, I am still wet behind the ears with all the terminology, as well as any ability, though I did surprisingly well qualifying. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

P.S. If I get an Airsoft to practice with, should I go for a spring operated or co2 model?

[fickman]

I won't dry fire my guns. Try one of these: http://www.cabelas.com/prod-1/0006919220742a.shtml

[sbb]

Get some snap caps. Then practice as much as you want. A-Zoom makes a great product. I believe that they are packed six to the pack.

[Sunnovah]

Well, that is cool. I didn't even know those existed. :) Thanks. I will try those out.

[WarHawk-AVG]

Get some snap caps. Then practice as much as you want. A-Zoom makes a great product. I believe that they are packed six to the pack.

If you are on the cheap and know someone who has a reloader

A. Get empty case
B. Get bullet
C. Get pencil eraser
D. Seat bullet in case
E. Cut pencil eraser to fit primer pocket
F. Glue pencil eraser in primer pocket
G. Paint bullet red or blue or some non standard color
H. Put in pistol, pull trigger and know you aren't dry firing

You could probably make 10-20 dry fire caps for the price of 1 of those "factory" dry fire caps

[WildBill]

You could probably do the same thing with some RTV Silicone.

[TexasVet]

About the home made dummy rounds.. any specific type of paint you should or should not use ? Can you use steel or just brass case ?
Thanks

[WarHawk-AVG]

About the home made dummy rounds.. any specific type of paint you should or should not use ? Can you use steel or just brass case ?
Thanks

Something that sticks...and wont come off easily

You want to make it look COMPLETELY different from your other rounds...and just scream "NOT A NORMAL BULLET" so you don't load one thinking its a live round and if faced with an intruder it goes "click" or you think a normal bullet is your unmarked dummy and you find out it goes "bang"

[Skiprr]

I think SnapCaps are a great, low-cost investment. I have some in every caliber for which I own guns. For me, it's less about protecting the firing pin than it is being able to practice an almost complete tactical manual-at-arms with the guns during dry fire, everything from reloads to malfunction drills.

[TexasVet]

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Something that sticks...and wont come off easily
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For those of us who don't paint much (other than walls) can you give us a good paint (specifics you may have used in the past that work) in lets say red or yellow that would work ? Would you just spray paint it ?

[jbirds1210]

I think SnapCaps are a great, low-cost investment. I have some in every caliber for which I own guns. For me, it's less about protecting the firing pin than it is being able to practice an almost complete tactical manual-at-arms with the guns during dry fire, everything from reloads to malfunction drills.

I agree. If dry firing a handgun harmed it.....I would be in very bad trouble.

Jason

[dcphoto]

I just re-read the manual for my 24/7. I didn't see anything that said you couldn't or shouldn't dry fire the 24/7. Personally, I have probably dry fired mine 10's of thousands of times, and it still works flawlessly. I don't think it is a problem, but if it makes you feel better then get some snap caps. I prefer A-Zoom to the plastic cheapies.

What page of the manual did you see that on, btw?

[DoubleJ]

I agree. If dry firing a handgun harmed it.....I would be in very bad trouble.

Jason

It's juuuuuuuuuuuuuust a Glock, J, that's alllllllll

[srothstein]

I recommend snap caps, but the brand is a little expensive in my opinion. We use safe-t-trainer brand dummy rounds for practice. The cost difference is amazing. They are not quite as nice as the snap caps, but tehy work for us (note the government guns instead of personal weapons though, we are not quite as careful with them).

here is a link (and you can order this type of supplies from GT):
http://www.gtdist.com/ProductDetail.asp ... PGS-SAFTTX" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;