Dry Firing

[Lawman]

What is meant by "dry firing"? In IOF .22 revolver section it has been written "This revolver should not be dry fired as the firing pin will damage the firing pin housing as well as the cylinder". Anybody please explain.

Is IOF .22 revolver is a weapon value for money ? Is there any video available in the NET showing the firing of any .22 handgun ?

[Mack The Knife]

Lawman,

The term dry firing refers to the practice of letting your hammer/striker fall on an empty chamber.

I personally haven't shot an IOF .22lr revolver but taking into account the opinions of those who have, it isn't much to write home about.

Try a search as it has been discussed in some detail on IFG.

Mack The Knife

[shutzen]

What is meant by "dry firing"? In IOF .22 revolver section it has been written "This revolver should not be dry fired as the firing pin will damage the firing pin housing as well as the cylinder". Anybody please explain.

HI! lawman dryfiring a rimfire without a dummy cartridge or a dry firing pin will cause the firing pin to hit the rim of the chamber and can cause the pin to break or get damaged enough to not fire reliably so dont go around pulling the trigger for fun

[cottage cheese]

What is meant by "dry firing"? In IOF .22 revolver section it has been written "This revolver should not be dry fired as the firing pin will damage the firing pin housing as well as the cylinder". Anybody please explain.

Is IOF .22 revolver is a weapon value for money ? Is there any video available in the NET showing the firing of any .22 handgun ?

Hi Lawman,

Videos of a gun being fired may not be the best gauge of its performance or safety....least of all IOF guns. After all they WILL fire in the direction they are pointed- at least that much they do.

There are quite a few folks in IFG who own or have used IOF .22 revolvers. I do remember they'd posted some pretty qualified opinions and others have added to it. Do go through the threads in the Handgun section- you'll find them very useful.

As a follow up to shutzen's explanation- .22LR is a rim fire cartridge. That is, the rim of the cartridge is hollow and houses the primer compound. As such .22 mechanisms will always have the pin off set to a particular side of the breech block, so that it strikes the rim...well...on the rim. The breech face of the chamber in this case acts like an 'anvil'.

Dry firing, will cause the pin to strike the hard 'anvil' without any soft metal(rim) to cushion it- it will accelerate the damage or breakage of the pin and mar the chamber face.

[purplegunsmith]

What is meant by "dry firing"? In IOF .22 revolver section it has been written "This revolver should not be dry fired as the firing pin will damage the firing pin housing as well as the cylinder". Anybody please explain.

HI! lawman dryfiring a rimfire without a dummy cartridge or a dry firing pin will cause the firing pin to hit the rim of the chamber and can cause the pin to break or get damaged enough to not fire reliably so dont go around pulling the trigger for fun

Hello.

This answer is only half right, and the least expensive to fix.

The more damaging and costly reason not to dry fire any rim fire weapon, is that the firing pin will eventually peen the metal around the chamber making loading of a cartridge impossible. As a gunsmith, this is a common repair.

Further, it is ok to dry fire a center fire weapon ocasionally, to test the trigger or function of the action. You don't want to sit around pulling the trigger over and over again, bit judicious use of dry firing will not hurt your center fire weapons.