dry fireing

[green_rapper]

is it bad for any part of your gun?:confused1bb:

[RecBallKing!]

dont do it. puts wear on the gun faster, a waste of resources, and its annoying to all the people who have to hear you try to show off you ion by shooting it as fast as you can...

[Skeeter]

Well put...

[RecBallKing!]

yeah...what people dont know is all the cool people openly make fun of the kids who sit around dry firing all day long

[green_rapper]

naw i got a gun from a kid that dry fires his new gun to much and chances are he dri fired this gun to much and i need to know if it is posibly screwed

[El_Griton]

its only going to wear on parts that wear normally while shooting. ie: o-rings, bolt, and such. mostly is really annoying. I think thats why skeeter said "well put.....".

sometimes dry firing is totally necessary for testing, degassing, and other crapola, what doesnt need to happen is dry firing at 12 capped balls per second for 5 mins.

[green_rapper]

thats what i wanted to know cuz this guy dry fired this gun like crazy so should i get it checked out.

[no work no problem]

dry firing screws your gun and it is not that good for everyones ears around you.

[Mikesac]

Does it count if u hold ur bolt back.. is that still dry firing, and does it mess the gun up

[DM5KILLA]

Does it count if u hold ur bolt back.. is that still dry firing, and does it mess the gun up

I think the general consensus is that dry firing isn’t all that bad for the gun (no worse than shooting paint,) but it does waist air and is VERY annoying

Why is there ever a need to shoot and hold back the bolt, or dry firing (when not trying to fix it) just air your gun up, put paint in, chrono and play... done!

[RecBallKing!]

dry firing isn’t all that bad for the gun (no worse than shooting paint,)

not necessiarly...shooting w/ paint is somewhat different due to back pressures and what not.

ex. its not good to do it w/ a spyder cause you dont have back pressure and you get that rapid fire effect which is hell on a sear.

its horrible for timmies cause the sheer impact on the poppit alone w/ no paint can cause dammage over time. Lucas' old shocktech timmy was ruined by someone who will remain nameless(but just know hes scenariotastic) because VERY excessive dry firing.

[Skeeter]

...Lucas' old shocktech timmy was ruined by someone who will remain nameless(but just know hes scenariotastic) because VERY excessive dry firing.

Yep...

Back on topic: DF'ing is usually a bad thing. Don't do it & slap those around you that do!

[guitarmaster1195]

Does it count if u hold ur bolt back.. is that still dry firing, and does it mess the gun up

Ever heard of a blown solenoid? The air has to vent and sometimes can't vent with the bolt held back; the air recirculates in the solenoid and it can pop. Generally worse than dry-firing. Most guns don't do this, but in rare occasions it happens, just like when you turn the reg pressure too high.

On topic:
Dry-firing will wear a gun just like shooting it, but a lot faster. If the gun is mech, the sear can wear and it will sound like when co2 runs out. In all cases, the o-rings can wear, but those can be replaced like normal. Just don't dry fire the gun unless needed.

[El_Griton]

this topic should be closed and thread locked. all that needs to be said about the subject has.

[Imnotmexican]

then your post is useless and so is mine...