Dry firing your handgun

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Re: Dry firing your handgun

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Purplehood wrote:Based on military experience, I would say that a Colt M1911, a Beretta M9 and the M/16/M4 series can all safely be dry-fired. After all, they made us do it all the time.
The manual for the 92FS advises against dry firing.
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Re: Dry firing your handgun

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I've been shooting IDPA for about 4-5 years now and we all dry fire out handguns after shooting a scenario to "prove" the chamber is empty before reholstering. I've never seen a problem with any brand.
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