Dry fire break-in?

[heffe3434]

Was watching a few youtube videos and this thought popped into my head so here goes....

Everyone says to put 500 to 1000 rounds down range and you will notice everything "smooths out" in your new gun. Will dry fire do the same thing or is it the force of real recoil that "smooths" things out? If someone was bored couldn't they just work the slide 1000 times or dry fire a revolver 1000 times and accomplish the same result?

 

[Hohn]

Dry fire for many guns is just as effective.

For some, however, it does create some wear and tear that real firing doesn't. Polymer CZs for example are known to have had firing pin crosspin (forget the actual name) wear out and even break from lots of DA dry fires. The CGW pin and I believe the current CZ pin have better geometry that fixes this.

If you are wanting to smooth out the trigger, dry fire works just as well.

Some things like feed reliability and such obviously require real ammo to burnish in and "de-green."

 

[Grelber]

Probably could get close. Slide needs to "slam" forward on a tight gun to create the initial wear pattern between barrel and bushing, would want to use dummy rounds so slide did not slam forward harder than it would normally.

 

[indiucky]

Threads like this remind me of why I love revolvers.....

 

[Grelber]

Threads like this remind me of why I love revolvers.....

Reminds me, need to add a bit more tension to my hammer spring again.

 

[lawyers guns and money]

I put a snap cap in my glock. Rack the slide enough to reset it, then fire. Takes a little longer than just shooting ammo, but a lot cheaper. Did help smooth out the trigger.