Dry Firing the MKA 1919, is it OK?

[Flatland Shooter 22]

Due to time constraints and the hot and humid Texas Gulf Coast weather, I've been getting a little more dry fire practice than usual. Dry firing may not be as good as live fire, but you can't beat the air conditioning.

 

I've dry fired my 2011 and AR a lot with no problems and now I've added the MKA 1919 to the practice session.

 

Should it matter, it has the Firebird fire control parts as well as the FP titanium firing pin installed.

 

So, am I doing some damage to the gun or is it good to go?

 

Thanks.

 

Bill

[bofor 7]

Don`t seem to be any answers to this, is it safe or not safe ?

[steveUK 9]

As part of our showing safe drills we have to dry fire, I must of done it 500 times and no issues (so far)

[bofor 7]

Yes I know most clubs in UK say "drop mag, rack bolt, look in mag well and chamber,  slide forward, pull trigger, rack&lock open, insert safety flag" But...is it safe to pull trigger or will it damage anything ?

 

Surely we should be doing "Drop mag, rack&lock bolt, look in mag well and chamber, INSERT SAFETY FLAG " cause if you can insert flag there is obviously not a round in the chamber.

Edited November 16, 2013 by bofor

[Flatland Shooter 22]

Actually Anubis advised that with the titanium firing pin, some dry firing would not hurt anything, but a lot may cause damage.

 

For my typical dryfire sessions, dropping the hammer 50 to 100 times a night several times each week might be contrued as "a lot".

 

Though I still practice acquiring targets with the red dot, most of my shotgun practice is now on magazine changes.

 

Bill

 

Edited November 18, 2013 by Flatland Shooter

[ShadowFire 220]

Just dry fire with some snap caps for 12 gauges.  The snap caps have rubber where the primer is which will make it easy on your internals during the striking sequence.