Snap caps and various other designs of dummy ammunition allow you to fire nearly any weapon without risk of damage to your firing pin, or any other part of the firearm.Įvery time I purchase a firearm in a new caliber, I always pick up a pack of snap caps to practice with. But they’re not designed to, so why risk it? Will a modern firearm hold up to it? Sure, modern metallurgy has enabled engineers to produce much stronger steel, virtually eliminating problems from dry firing centerfire rifles and pistols. That impact, whether it’s a pin, rivet or just the firing pin channel, is what can eventually damage your firing pin. Dry fire practice with a modern centerfire firearm does not result in the firing pin “hitting air” - something has to stop it if the primer or a snap cap isn’t there. They are not, by design, intended to be dry fired thousands of times. Modern firearms are designed to have the firing pin hit the primer, ignite the powder, and make the thing go “boom” while propelling a small projectile out of the barrel at a high velocity. While you can safely dry fire almost any modern pistol, rifle or shotgun, why take the chance? It’s obvious from a design standpoint that firearms were not designed to be frequently used that way. It’s not advisable to dry fire centerfire firearms like the Marlin Model 336BL Lever-Action Rifle Modern Firearms: Debatable Other pistols, such as older Smith & Wesson revolvers, have the free-floating striker pinned to the hammer.Īgain, there is the same problem that when the firing pin over-travels, it can hit the frame potentially causing damage to the striker. In many semiautomatic firearms, the firing pin is only stopped when it hits the end of the firing pin channel. The problem with many centerfire designs is that the firing pin travels too far when dropped on an empty chamber. Pull the trigger on an empty chamber with that pistol and you’re almost assured of having a broken firing pin in just a couple dozen strikes. Many older pistol designs had notoriously brittle firing pins, such as the CZ-52.
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