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Dear Friends, I am new to this forum and also new to shotgun. I would like to know if dryfiring a remington 887 would damage its pin and mechanism inside. I just bought a brand new one and not yet tested it.
With thanks,
Syops.
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Dry firing
Moderators: Scorpion8, ripjack13, John A.
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 Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 10:51 pm
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 5:01 pm
My recommendation is to get a dummy round most gun stores carry them. Although dry firing might not damage right away it does long term damage and you will not be able to see where the problem is at and safety is paramount.... Save money in the long run a dummy should be only be $7-$10. They're also really good to practice your pull before going out to the range
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 10:12 pm
Thanks Jac for the explanation and reply.
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Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 12:19 am
No problem ...congrats on the new your new purchase.
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Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 11:03 am
Welcome to the Remington Owners Forum Syops !!
The "dummy round" alluded to is called a Snap Cap and can either be made of soft grey aluminum (A-ZOOM) or have a red plastic see-thru body with the spring accuated primer (TIPTON / TRIPLE K) I prefer the latter...and own a set for each shotgun and most handguns in my battery. 
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Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 2:53 pm
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Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 7:00 pm
Thanks for the welcoming Shooter13 .
JAC, i bought the dummy round which you suggested from Amazon. Kind regards. |
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 1:13 am
I've dryfired mine thousands of times and when i took my firing pin off and inspected it and the bolt, i couldn't find any wear on them. The pin is spring loaded so it's not going to slam into anything hard when you fire it dry.
Dry firing is mostly problem on rimfire guns. |
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 3:36 am
I don't like to take the chance when I fire my firearms I have to know there will be no failure; the damage could be un-seeable to the naked eye. Snap caps or products like them provide good training in firearm discipline and I still use them as a primary for function checks. Here is a good piece from cheaper than dirt
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 9:11 am
As nice as CZ-75B pistols are, their roll pin retention of the firing pin can be a problem if you dry-fire them A LOT. I know, it's a center-fire pistol and the firing pin doesn't directly impact on anything (like a rimfire firing pin might strike the barrel) but the fact remains that "the cross-pin thru the slide" takes a pounding even if the firing pin doesn't.
Other guns may be the same. So~~ Don't chance it.
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