High volume training is another story and striker tips are known to snap off. most manuals explicitly say that you can dry fire them a little bit. On quality striker fired pistols designed for combat, like Glock, S&W M&P, Xd, etc. It’s still WAY cheaper than a few thousand rounds of ammo and having to replace a barrel to do the same training with live fire, but the reality is, you don’t know when the break will happen.Ī very popular solution is to just use a snap cap and your firing pin won’t elongate as quickly. With 1911s and some other hammer fired pistols, the firing pin will elongate after several thousand rounds if you don’t use a snap-cap, may start puncturing primers, and need to be replaced.

22 snap caps, but small sheetrock anchors work about as well. 22, you should never dry fire without a snap cap and I’ve yet to find a snap cap that survives for very long.

So, we know we need to practice…the question is how to do it in the way that maximizes performance in the shortest amount of time spending the least amount of money.ĭry fire is the best answer to that question but again, any time you do something mechanical, there is wear…sometimes a tiny bit and sometimes a lot. Let’s start from the fact that we know that the more we practice at something, the better we can do it under stress. Keep in mind that ANY time you use something mechanical, you’re causing wear, however small. We spend hard-earned money on firearms and don’t want to hurt them. One of the most common is “Lots of Dry fire could damage the pistol.? Right” People ask it for good reason.

I get questions fairly often about dry fire.

Can you dry fire 1911