I was thumbing through an old copy of JOC’s

Seven Lesson Rifle Shooting Course and I noticed that he recommended dry firing a centerfire several times a day to improve your trigger squeeze.

Does anyone do this? He did say not to do this with a rimfire but for most centerfires it did no harm.

Thoughts?

BH63

I dry fire a lot can be dozens of times a day.

Easiest and cheapest practice one can do.

Lots of handgun some rifle and shotgun.

I dry fire my center fire guns just to get used to trigger pull, and it also smooths out the actions on my SA revolvers.

I used to dry fire every day but confess I don't do it as much these days, perhaps because I shoot more.

I did break one firing pin by dry firing the same rifle over and over. Once it broke, I bought a whole new assembly (Rem 700) with the intention of dry firing with the broken pin, then switching to the good one. One day I went out to the desert for LR shooting and it was "click" - I forgot to switch. Good thing that wasn't a hunt!

Buy some snap caps. It helps soften the primer blow. It's also good for teaching yourself to work the action and reload quickly.

The only time I dry fire anything is before I use it.

Never have sat down and practiced dry fire.

What I do is have a 22 rifle that has the same weight trigger as my hunting rifle.

And I do use that quite a bit, shooting off hand.

A clean, light, trigger is a must for accurate shooting in the field.

I will say the firing pin I broke broke after dry firing daily for 25 years.

Great for practicing your field position shooting and you can do it in your house so it is convenient.

I dry fire as much as possible...a few times every evening for the most part. It helps not only with trigger control but also in breaking in of the trigger mechanism. Triggers do tend to change with use and wear so i always like to have them good and broken in when I head into my various slaughters.

I keep my primary hunting rifle by the back door and dry fire daily.

Dry firing in the garage is a favorite after dinner pass time for my kids. It does wonders for their trigger control and familiarity with their rifles.

I recommend an air rifle with a GOOD trigger pull, at six yards, indoors or out or is a shed or barn. Iron sights or a 'scope it doesn't matter. Just, say, ten or twenty shot as day, that's all. It'll be of benefit as having a long barrel time for the pellet it also teaches follow through and hold.

I’m glad I asked.

Thanks.

BH63

biebs gets his best groups this way

Mossbergs are the most accurate when dry fired. It's when you put ammunition in them that things go to hell :-)

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Originally posted by Biebs:
Mossbergs are the most accurate when dry fired. It's when you put ammunition in them that things go to hell :-)

Mike

Dry firing doesn't hurt most guns, some like a colt single action pistol should not be dry fired, and a few others like perhaps rimfires but that's even questionable..I dry fire all the time with all my guns except my shotguns and double rifles, as a rule.

My best performance at military rifle matches was after a summer of shooting a field target air rifle (HW97) every day during the summer. Your trigger control/timing is PDG after shooting blackbirds and other pests offhand out to 75 yards or so.

I dry fire my Ruger singleactions quite a bit. It seems to really help reduce flinching with the heavier kickers, and as stated before, it helps smooth out the trigger some.

balance a dime on the front sight of a pistol, and dry fire it without the dime fall off, that's trigger control, and it works.

To dryfire a 22 revolver, fill the cylinder with #6x7/8" plastic screw anchors for drywall. The flange on the anchor cushions the hammer blow, no peening of the chamber.

Dave