Dry-Firing a PCP Rifle??

[tor47]

Like have been said, dryfire will not harm you rifle, it is just not recomended to do it with to low pressure in the gun. I personally think it is a good security habit of letting the last shot of the day be a dry one, after removing the mag. That way you truly now the gun is empty.

 

[Quad82]

I dryfire each time I head to the woods. The rifle may sit for a couple days without being fired. The reg pressure is usually off a bit from sitting. Besides, I have a couple rifles that the user manual says to dryfire in order to depressurize to take it down.

 

[BluegrassBill2020]

*Update: No Dry Firings applies to Texans. This per AirForce Video on YouTube. Sorry for the misstatement.

 

[Booder98]

FX Dreamline must not be dry fired with no air, or you will break it. Voice of experience talking.

 

[GA_LeadHead]

 

[7Green]

Never had an issue with my M3 and I dry fire at way higher pressures than most here. (190 bar) I do maintain the parts on my gun as they wear though too.

 

[7Green]

AirForce is adamantly against dry firing their rifles.

Interesting. I dry fire mine all the time. Still running strong 7 years plus later.

 

[Booder98]

Never had an issue with my M3 and I dry fire at way higher pressures than most here. (190 bar) I do maintain the parts on my gun as they wear though too.

I broke mine by dry firing it without pressure. The stuff I've read says that without pressure to work against it, the hammer bounces off of the back of the valve assembly too hard, and damages it. This was in the manual: "Never fire the rifle when it is empty of air or when air cylinder is removed!" Unfortunately I had stopped paying attention when it said, "Never attempt to disassemble this rifle!"

 

[BluegrassBill2020]

Never had an issue with my M3 and I dry fire at way higher pressures than most here. (190 bar) I do maintain the parts on my gun as they wear though too.

 

[BluegrassBill2020]

After Reviewing the YouTube Video by AirForce, I believe they were talking Texan big bore rifles. I Contacted AF and they said dry fire OK to degas Talon Sorry for the confusion.

 

[7Green]

I broke mine by dry firing it without pressure. The stuff I've read says that without pressure to work against it, the hammer bounces off of the back of the valve assembly too hard, and damages it. This was in the manual: "Never fire the rifle when it is empty of air or when air cylinder is removed!" Unfortunately I had stopped paying attention when it said, "Never attempt to disassemble this rifle!"

Yeah, I always have pressure when I do it. I used do it the most when I was in my testing phase and to get an idea of where the 2nd reg setting would settle. I could also get an idea of how many bar I would lose per shot with the settings I had.

 

[TurboQ]

I am on my 1st PCP rifle, an FX Impact, and since I am a throwback to the springer days, I am wondering if it is safe to dry-fire a PCP gun.

And if not why, because there is no piston slamming against the breech face like in a break-barrel springer

I'm glad you asked this question, I've been doing some research on purchasing an Impact and was thinking the same thing.