Can You Dry Fire a Ruger Lcr 22 Magnum?

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1. I've been watching a lot of comments on Ytube most this gun and find to my amazement that the "gun experts" reviewing the gun dry burn down the heck out of it with out snap caps. I was always taught that dry out fireing a rim fire gun was a absolute NoNo. Does the design of the Ruger Lcr in rimfire permit this?

2. I'one thousand with yous. I wouldn't dry fire without snap caps.

3. You can dry-fire whatever .22 RF Ruger has ever made.

   You have to dry out-fire the Standard Auto pistol to have it apart to clean it.

   Many old inexpensive .22 rimfires had no positive way of stopping the firing pin from hitting the end of the bedroom and denting information technology.

   Non so with most all modern designs.

   Southward&West .22 revolvers are one exception, as enough high-speed hammer impacts tin somewhen break the firing pivot.
   But it will not harm or dent the chambers either.

   Very few if any modern semi-autos have bolt hold-open up devices to prevent dry-firing when you run out of ammo in the magazine either.
   (Ruger 10/22, Marlin Model sixty, Browning SA-22, etc.)

   They all get dry fired all the time unless you are a most excellent round counter concentrating on counting rounds, instead of the sights!

   Would I intentionally dry-fire a modern .22, ten gazillion times merely for the practise?
   No.

   Would I worry about it every time I lost count and ran dry out in the mag tube?
   Of course not.
   It was designed that way.

   rc

4. Slightly OT, just information technology really kills me that Ruger didn't simply make this a seven-shot like the Due south&W 351C, which is twice as expensive and arguably has a worse trigger, but comes out even because of the extra circular... >.<

5. There are some little plastic things for nails you tin purchase at the hardware store that work great as snap caps for .22s, especially revolver. Not sure what size they are though.

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   As rc said, and Ruger states on their web site, that all of their RFs and centerfires can be dry-fired.

7. Cooldill is referring to drywall anchors in post 5. Cannot remember the size (either 4 or 6), but the yellowish ones are the same size as .22LR cartridges, and volition even mechanically feed in most autoloaders.

   When using them as snap-caps, however, plough them in the chambers to give the pin fresh "meat' to hitting, every bit their rims flatten out pretty quickly. When they're all flattened out, replace them.

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   When in doubt.... I finally turn to the manual, (nearly are on-line these days). Page 12:

   Dry FIRING
   "Dry Firing" is pulling the trigger of an unloaded revolver for practice and familiarity.TheLCR® can be dry out-fired without damage to the firing pivot or internal components.
   Be certain that the revolver is unloaded before handling. Be sure of your target or back stop, even when dry firing for practice. Do non dry fire the revolver with the plastic 'rubber disc' on the cylinder.

   And so... information technology'due south ok. (That doesn't hateful I would or will, even so!)

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