Right, I understand the rationale because the firing pin hitting the cylinder. But what if there's no cylinder to hit?Do not dry fire rimfire. Snap caps are very cheap.
Ruger actually says in the manual it's ok to dry fire these, but owners have reported cylinder damage from doing so. I understand snapcaps and spent shells, but I don't feel like trying to find six tiny little 22 versions every time I want to dry fire. I'm assuming it's fine since Ruger says it is, but hard to trust them completely since they were wrong about cylinder damage.If you pull the cylinder what does the hammer stop on when it falls? I wonder if the hammer itself or the firing pin could be damaged or broken, from the uncontrolled inertia. I do not dry fire rimfires on purpose, too much risk for damage without snapcaps.
SpentJust leave in some spent .22 shells for the pin to strike against?
I mean, at least I'm concerned enough to not destroy the cylinder. Emailed Ruger, they said it's safe to dry fire assembled. I'm not going to do that, since there's plenty of documentation that they're wrong. I understand the guys that are telling me to use snap caps, and I get that, it just wasn't what I was asking about.Your gun, do what you want.
Note to self... Don't buy used revolvers from jesse485.
Of course I didn't answer him, that's the exact reason I started the thread, I wanted to know the answer to that question. I thought maybe there might be someone more familiar with that model that might know the answer.Please read again what Old Dog wrote. He is simply asking what else can be damaged when firing the gun without the cylinder or rim to stop the firing pin. You did not answer him.
Love your choice of grips there big fella!Heritage revolvers come with a piece of plastic the fits nicely into the cylinder. (See picture. Top right corner). They go in and out pretty easy. You come make one fairly simple.
I've done it with my Single Six. The base pin needs to still be inserted all the way in , at least on the Single Six.Picked up a Ruger Wrangler yesterday, apparently Ruger doesn't warn against dry fire, even though it's been documented to be harmful to the cylinder by some owners. If I remove the cylinder, am I good to go then, or is there still a risk to damaging the firing pin?