I know there are different schools of thought on the subject but where do you stand?

Do you dry fire your firearms or not?

Dry firing centerfires i.e an AR is good practice.  A lot of us don,t realize the value of a good sight picture and teaching the trigger finger when to PRESS the trigger when there is a good picture. 
Dry firing a .22 can damage some chambers as the firing may protrude to hit the face of the breech. 

Dry firing also builds muscle memory. There are snap caps and dry firing devicesavailable for different guns. Keep some spackle and matching wall paint handy. Accidents do happen.

Dry fire, and dry fire often!  For every round you send down range, you should have dry fired 10 times. 

And, for the record, the whole "dry firing a .22 is bad" thing is overblown.  While I don't make a habit of it, I dry fire mine pretty regularly at the range because I have a hard time counting to big numbers like 10.  Many hundreds of inadvertent dry fires over the years, and I've yet to have to replace a single firing pin ot hone a peen out of a single chamber.

Dry firing........yes.

BTW for extended practice I would use snap caps.

I'm highly in favor of dry firing.
Pistol dry firing imo has much more versatility and carry over to long arm than long arm to pistol...unless all you plan on doing is shooting off a bench.

At the Navy force protection school I went to, they taught some basics of marksmanship, and had a technique to verify proper trigger pull that involved dry firing.  We all laid down on the firing line, and one instructor went down the line, placing a quarter on top of the flash suppressor.  Then, after we had balanced it for a bit, another instructor would come by and you'd squeeze the trigger.  If the quarter fell, it meant you were flinching or jerking the trigger.  We also did it with M9's.  Just check your manual to see if it's recommended or not.  Some are good to go, others need snap caps.  As far as 22's go, both of my 22's (Ruger 22/45 pistol and 10/22 rifle) require you to dry-fire in order to decock the firearm.  I presume also that pistols like Glock, which require a dry fire for disassembly, must be fine as well.

Dry fire centerfire = Yes
Good practice in a safe location and in a safe direction

Dryfire rimfire = No,
 If you can help it, the less the better.  If you raise up a burr in the rimfire chamber, the gun doc will have to look at it.

You can also use a fired .22lr casing ontop of your pistol to verify you are not pulling very much.

Match grade .22's are designed to be dry fired. Dry fire is taught at every .22  precion shooting course and observed at every precision .22 shooting event up to Olympic and other international competitions. The same goes with centerfire competitions.

Match grade .22's are designed to be dry fired. Dry fire is taught at every .22  precion shooting course and observed at every precision .22 shooting event up to Olympic and other international competitions. The same goes with centerfire competitions.

So I guess it's RTFM (read the manual)

Quote from: Teichi on September 07, 2011, 06:11:53 AM

Match grade .22's are designed to be dry fired. Dry fire is taught at every .22  precion shooting course and observed at every precision .22 shooting event up to Olympic and other international competitions. The same goes with centerfire competitions.

So I guess it's RTFM (read the manual)

R....T.....  What's the F stand for??   

Read The Friendly Manual, of course!

Field manual

not sure if this is usable if but if you scroll down



I've heard a lot of conflicting opinions on dry-firing a rimfire.
Is it bad to do it too regularly?
noinlair 2 years ago 9 
All Ruger rifles can be dry fired without damage, and dry firing can be useful to familiarize the owner with the firearm. However, be sure any firearm is completely unloaded before dry firing!
RugerFirearms in reply to noinlair 2 years ago 23 

FWIW, don't dry fire black powder percussion cap firearms. Damages the nipples. Not likely to be an issue for most, but just thought I'd mention it.

You can dry fire flintlocks but you'll be wearing out your flint.

Dry firing firearms that are safe to do so is also a great way to get to know you trigger when you first get the gun. No need to burn ammo just to find where the sear breaks.

been thinking about getting this reset kit (along with practice laser)for glocks to help with my trigger pulls

http://glockstore.com/pgroup_descrip/6889_Trigger+Reset+Kit+for+Glock/?return=%3ftpl%3Dsearch%26search_val%3Dtrigger%2Breset


what's stopping me from getting is that I was worried about always switching out my trigger between range sessions and wearing out the pins and pin holes... That and the kit costs $340 (with magic bullet laser)

been thinking about getting this reset kit (along with practice laser)for glocks to help with my trigger pulls

http://glockstore.com/pgroup_descrip/6889_Trigger+Reset+Kit+for+Glock/?return=%3ftpl%3Dsearch%26search_val%3Dtrigger%2Breset


what's stopping me from getting is that I was worried about always switching out my trigger between range sessions and wearing out the pins and pin holes... That and the kit costs $340 (with magic bullet laser)

I bought one of these:
http://nextleveltraining.com/content/nlt%E2%80%99s-dry-fire-training-pistol-overview


Still evaluating it, but I think it's a good training aid.