Is it better to leave a .22 ******, or dry fire?

Question

I recently bought a Browning Buck Mark .22 pistol. It has a strange feature which is that there is no way to de-c**k the pistol without dry firing.

Is it best to store the gun ****** with the spring loaded, or dry fire it before storage?

Answer 1

some dry firing will not hurt your gun I dont think it will hurt your gun either way.

Answer 2

Get one of these:

http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.ex...

and dry fire it before storing.

Answer 3

You shouldn't dry-fire a rimfire. Doing so can damage the barrel and/or the firing pin. I speak from experience here because I've had a firing pin in a .22 rimfire break due to dry-firing. If you don't want to store the gun c0cked, then your best option is probably to get some snapcaps and use them to safely dec0ck the gun.

Answer 4

G'day mate y don't you just buy a dummy load or just keep one of yr empty shells and use that as a dummy load and just change the dummy load shell every time you go shooting that would stop the dry firing.cheers mate

Answer 5

Store the gun with the spring relaxed.

You can de-c**k or dry-fire it.

A few dry firings won't hurt most modern guns.

Just don't make a habit of it.

Answer 6

Below is the owners manual link!

Contact Browning if you can find it in the manual.

Joe

Answer 7

If you want to dry fire just put an already fired empty shell casing in the chamber...*  Don't be concerned with storing it c-o-c-k-ed.*  

Answer 8

You NEVER want to dry fire a .22 semi-auto. To much stress on the firing pin and it could crack, chip, or break completely. Leaving in the c0cked position will not do harm to the gun. I would suggest though getting a few snap caps to put into the gun and then you can release the firing pin.

http://www.rimfiresports.com/merchant.mv...

Answer 9

Dry fire it. Otherwise you run the risk of stressing the spring out. Dry firing won't hurt that type of gun.

Answer 10

Listen closely. I used to own a browning buckmark pistol and it is best to just keep the slide locked open and the magazine out. If you dry-fire any gun, you run the risk of breaking the firing pin, doesn't matter if it's a .22 or a .50 BMG. Just don't do it.  It's also one very important rule of safety as well to keep your finger out of the trigger guard and off the trigger until you are on the firing range ready to shoot. The answerer who said you will wear out the recoil spring on the pistol is wrong. the recoil spring has nothing to do with the hammer being ******. The hammer is a seperate part of the pistol being mounted in the frame and the recoil spring, guide rod, and firing pin housing are all one piece that fit into the pistols slide. By the way,  I store all of my semi-auto pistols with the slide open and it hasn't hurt anything.  It is a good practice to get into because if you handle the pistol or pass it to someone else, it is to guarantee that you don't have a loaded weapon in your hands and it's also good gun etiquette.