Rimfire - firing pin

calaper · 04-01-2008, 02:07 AM

Just a quick and simple question. I have a mate who owns a CZ .22 varm and he has told me that he has read that the CZ rimfire is fine to dryfire. Apparently the firing pin will never break....

is he right in saying this?

Big Dog · 04-01-2008, 04:36 PM

Breakage isn't my worry - it's the firing pin dinging the chamber mouth, causing a burr that can cause extraction issues. I had this happen with a Marlin bolt-action. I'd suggest using empty cases to 'dry fire' with, if you must do it.

ArkansasHunter · 04-01-2008, 04:39 PM

Big Dog said it all !!!

jmp8927 · 04-01-2008, 05:06 PM

^ what they said. Dry firing will blunt your firing pin and if it doesn't cause ejection issues, it will almost certainly eventually not fire some rds because the pin isn't penetrating far enough into the primer. Use a fired shell(be sure to clean it so not to scratch your chamber with any dirt that may be on it) and you risk nothing.

.22hustler · 04-01-2008, 05:31 PM

Had the same problem as big dog, with a Marlin bolt-action to boot.In my case, the firing pin actually bent over time from dry-firing, causing many misfires. Don't dry fire a .22, or any rimfire.

billy · 04-01-2008, 05:48 PM

my cz 452varmint manual says to dry fire it after unloading and before storage.

mossbergman · 04-01-2008, 09:43 PM

Some designs allow dryfiring with out peening the chamber or beating the firing pin...JMJ--

big boomer · 04-01-2008, 10:14 PM

Shucks just buy the dummy round made for such things it springs back unlike a fired case and cost very little, under $10.

04-01-2008, 02:07 AM	#1
calaper Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 106	Rimfire - firing pin Just a quick and simple question. I have a mate who owns a CZ .22 varm and he has told me that he has read that the CZ rimfire is fine to dryfire. Apparently the firing pin will never break.... is he right in saying this?

04-01-2008, 04:36 PM	#2
Big Dog Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 10,219	Breakage isn't my worry - it's the firing pin dinging the chamber mouth, causing a burr that can cause extraction issues. I had this happen with a Marlin bolt-action. I'd suggest using empty cases to 'dry fire' with, if you must do it. __________________ Moderator of: AR15/M16, M14/M1A, New/Beginning Shooters and Militaria/Collectables.

04-01-2008, 05:06 PM	#4
jmp8927 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Walterboro, SC Posts: 1,145 Images: 17	^ what they said. Dry firing will blunt your firing pin and if it doesn't cause ejection issues, it will almost certainly eventually not fire some rds because the pin isn't penetrating far enough into the primer. Use a fired shell(be sure to clean it so not to scratch your chamber with any dirt that may be on it) and you risk nothing. __________________ Doing the unexpected makes the unexpected the expected and thus the expected becomes the unexpected.

04-01-2008, 05:48 PM	#6
billy spiritual counselor Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: a secret lab on the shores of lake titicaca Posts: 12,184 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 146	my cz 452varmint manual says to dry fire it after unloading and before storage. __________________

04-01-2008, 04:39 PM	#3
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,715	Big Dog said it all !!!

04-01-2008, 05:31 PM	#5
.22hustler Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York Posts: 905	Had the same problem as big dog, with a Marlin bolt-action to boot.In my case, the firing pin actually bent over time from dry-firing, causing many misfires. Don't dry fire a .22, or any rimfire.

04-01-2008, 09:43 PM	#7
mossbergman Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: In the Hollow Log along the Susky, Central Pa. Posts: 31	Some designs allow dryfiring with out peening the chamber or beating the firing pin...JMJ--

04-01-2008, 10:14 PM	#8
big boomer Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Minn. Posts: 980	Shucks just buy the dummy round made for such things it springs back unlike a fired case and cost very little, under $10.