Dry firing Walther P22
Hey all, I just bought a walther p22 at my local dealer. unfortunately it was the display gun, and was probably subject to the inexperienced hands of interested customers. im new to rimfire pistols, but have seen many damaged by dry firing. so my questions are; how much damage is really done by dry firing (particularly with this pistol, with the hammer block off of course)? what parts in particular would be damaged? is there any way to tell (superficially) if any damage has been done? thank you in advance for your help.
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Toolbrat has dryfired hers several times praticing. Still keeps fireing. Must not hurt it too much.
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You can Dry Fire a weapon occasionally...but comes the day when it won't go bang because the Tip of the Firing Pin has snapped off due to inertia....Also with a Rim Fire the Pin tends to Flatten against the edge of the Chamber, and over a period of time the tip will either snap off, or expand the Metal the Pin is made of and slow the travel Speed to where the gun won't have enough inertia to fire the cartridge.... In My considered opinion and having over 60 years in the Field...Never Dry Fire a Weapon...Your Life might be in Danger and your Luck might Run Out..KLIK KLIK KLIK.....!
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Capt. Kirk is RIGHT. ESPECIALLY in the case of a rimfire weapon.
If you don't have a snap cap, at least keep a fired casing handy to cushion the fall of the pin if, for some reason, you feel that you MUST dryfire. (And change these frequently.)0 -
What I do to drop the hammer before storage is to slightly retract the slide and then pull the trigger.
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Some you can and some you can't.I believe the Ruger mark models are safe to dry fire.I've owned a lot of guns in the last 60 yrs and dryfired most of them and never broke anything yet.I know for a fact NEVER dry fire a double barrel shotgun.
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In my own personal opinion and experience, dryfiring a rimfire is a bad idea as on a lot of rimfire chambered firearms the pin will have a tendency to slam against the edge of the breech of the chamber. 0 -
I never dry fire anything, then I never have to worry about damage. I use snap caps for storage as well, letting the spring in the caps instead of the firing pin spring hold the pin. If you have any doubts, it should be simple to get a new firing pin and replace it now.
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take a spend casing....REPEAT.....spent casing, and put in the chamber during storage. click it on that. it works for about 10 dry fires and then it becomes wasted. repeat as nessessary.
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Although the safety on the P22 will precent the pin from coming in contact with anything, the damage from inertia is still a threat. (With the hammer down put the safety on and watch the hammer raise up a bit. this is the safety block moving into place.) Snap Caps or spend rounds are best for dry fire.
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This is VERY weird because about 2 months ago i bought a Walther p22 and i was dry firing it with a snap cap and it broke. Internally the parts that move the hammer back and forth are the weakest and softest part of the gun. This is what happend when i was dry firing one day the hammer just stopped dead half way between hitting the pin and cocked fully back. Each time i pulled the trigger the hammer would NEVER make contact with the pin. Internally the whole gun just locked up.[:(] 0 -
Smith and Wesson says it is ok to dry fire their centerfire revolvers but not their rimfire ones. Glocks are ok to dry fire--they are designed differently. In general you can dry fire centerfire guns, especially with snap caps, but do not do it to rimfire ones as mentioned before.
Although there is some advantage in learning trigger control, you still learn more firing a gun for real, because you need to put all the elements of shooting together.
There are plenty of things you can practice in relation to gun handling like loading, sighting, presentation and such that can be done away from the range that will be very beneficial and will not risk damaging the gun.
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