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General question on "dry firing" S&W revolvers.
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<blockquote data-quote="_CY_" data-source="post: 1438943" data-attributes="member: 7629"><p>correct answer is .... it depends on the revolver </p><p>S&W has made soooo many different revolvers over the years. </p><p>all but impossible to make blanket statements and still be 100% accurate. </p><p></p><p>IMHO...exception of course is for liability reasons by S&W. </p><p></p><p>a perfect example is official statement below that it's not OK to dryfire ALL .22 rimfire revolvers. well that's categorically not true. </p><p></p><p>the correct answer is still ... it depends on the revolver. </p><p>folks have been dryfiring S&W .22 revolvers thousand of times for years on end with zero problems. </p><p></p><p>some models' firing pins have natural stops built-in. meaning firing pin cannot touch cylinder cartridge rim stop. note that if you continuously dryfire, at some point you will wear through firing pin stop and damage revolver. </p><p></p><p>here's a picture of my S&W .22 revolver with clear indents caused by cylinder out of time before I acquired revolver. note there is NO damage to cartridge rim stop. only to face above where .22 rimfire cartridge will sit. this .22 revolver has been dry fired thousands of times by me and no telling how many times before I got it. </p><p></p><p>here's a link to a total disassembly of this revolver</p><p><a href="http://www.okshooters.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98175" target="_blank">http://www.okshooters.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98175</a></p><p></p><p><strong>[Broken External Image]</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="_CY_, post: 1438943, member: 7629"] correct answer is .... it depends on the revolver S&W has made soooo many different revolvers over the years. all but impossible to make blanket statements and still be 100% accurate. IMHO...exception of course is for liability reasons by S&W. a perfect example is official statement below that it's not OK to dryfire ALL .22 rimfire revolvers. well that's categorically not true. the correct answer is still ... it depends on the revolver. folks have been dryfiring S&W .22 revolvers thousand of times for years on end with zero problems. some models' firing pins have natural stops built-in. meaning firing pin cannot touch cylinder cartridge rim stop. note that if you continuously dryfire, at some point you will wear through firing pin stop and damage revolver. here's a picture of my S&W .22 revolver with clear indents caused by cylinder out of time before I acquired revolver. note there is NO damage to cartridge rim stop. only to face above where .22 rimfire cartridge will sit. this .22 revolver has been dry fired thousands of times by me and no telling how many times before I got it. here's a link to a total disassembly of this revolver [url]http://www.okshooters.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98175[/url] [b][Broken External Image][/b] [/QUOTE]
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