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    Posted: 30 July 2004 at 1:44am

Originally posted by S\/\/4T-L()G4N S\/\/4T-L()G4N wrote:

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So is it better to dry fire your center fire once, or to store it cocked?

Just Uncock it by holding your cocking handle and fire. By holding it back sfter shooting it you can just slowly slide it forward. There no dry firing and no leaving it cocked. 
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Originally posted by Bomber Brigade Bomber Brigade wrote:

Originally posted by S\/\/4T-L()G4N S\/\/4T-L()G4N wrote:

This is off topic:

So is it better to dry fire your center fire once, or to store it cocked?
Never store it cocked it'll strech your drive spring and your sear spring. Def don't wanna replace those.


I sent my gun to Tippmann once to replace the valve, and it came back cocked.
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Originally posted by Bomber Brigade Bomber Brigade wrote:

Originally posted by S\/\/4T-L()G4N S\/\/4T-L()G4N wrote:

This is off topic:

So is it better to dry fire your center fire once, or to store it cocked?
Never store it cocked it'll strech your drive spring and your sear spring. Def don't wanna replace those.


I sent my gun to Tippmann once to replace the valve, and it came back cocked.
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Originally posted by S\/\/4T-L()G4N S\/\/4T-L()G4N wrote:

This is off topic:

So is it better to dry fire your center fire once, or to store it cocked?
Never store it cocked it'll strech your drive spring and your sear spring. Def don't wanna replace those.
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Originally posted by sinisterNorth sinisterNorth wrote:

Dry-firing really doesn't affect a paintball gun. This holds true especially after it has recently been oiled, so long as you dont have the barrel on. However dry-firing does affect a real gun and could ruin it. So make sure when you do dry fire your paintball gun, not to fire it too much. Any more than 30-40 shots isn't a good thing.
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Originally posted by Blue Hopper Blue Hopper wrote:

Hmm I was always told that dry firing was when you shoot your gun without gas.

Yes it is, and yes it can. With gas on; you're fine. Without; it can do things to the valve.

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ok i did some actual testing, if u dry fire with absolutely NO oil your rear bolt and the inside of the reciever get worn down. if ur guns oiled, its actually good for it because it spreads your oil around.
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Originally posted by triggerhappy1 triggerhappy1 wrote:

Is it true that dry-firing is not good for your gun? when i bought my gun the guy said dry-firing could ruin it. i dont see any way it could hurt it. but could it?

as long as it is oiled you cant dry fire it as much as you want.

 
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This is off topic:

So is it better to dry fire your center fire once, or to store it cocked?
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Dry firing your marker causes just the same amount of wear , as would shooting it normally , it is NOT recommended for ANY , repeat ANY !! Smokeless powder firearm !! ,or even Blackpowder (Muzzleloaders ) weapons . Yes that is good advice for a real centerfire,or rimfire weapon , but as far as markers , its a part of life , you need to when you lube your internals (gas valve ) , and I would Highly recommend not having your barrel on ,it will coat your bore with oil and you will want to clean your barrel again to remove the oil . Oh , By the Way , love the first part of your Sig , Carnivore all the way , LOL , why waste the binocular vision and omnivorous physiology !! Woot !!  "Where's the BEEF ?"
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Hmm I was always told that dry firing was when you shoot your gun without gas.
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Originally posted by tippy_182 tippy_182 wrote:

I think it can ruin O-rings.  Because you causing wear to the
O-rings, causing them to break or tear and you can have leaks. 
But O-rings hold up for a long time and even if you do tear one you
have only lost a $0.06


Right, but think about what you are saying.

It will wear out your o-rings no more than they would be worn out during normal firing.

Its just like people asking if the R/T wears out the internals faster. Yes it does because you are shooting it more. But 20000 rounds with the R/T is the same as 20000 rounds without.
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It's just like shooting it normally, both wear it out. Do it to show off and test, dont "practise" on it or anytihng, dont over do it.

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the only thing dryfiring does to an oiled marker... is cause what little wear shooting paintballs causes.. it bont cause a critical failure of your gun
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Do not listen to these people. dry firing will not do anything to your gun. Ever. You can unload 2 million tanks without paint and nothing will happen to your gun.

Dry fire all you want, nothing will happen.
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it wont hurt your gun. I have timed my r/t so much and firing without balls to see how fast i can shoot. And i have seen many paintball videos with pro's doing it to show u how capable the gun is on very high end markers. I don't think they would do anything to ruin there guns.
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I think it can ruin O-rings.  Because you causing wear to the O-rings, causing them to break or tear and you can have leaks.  But O-rings hold up for a long time and even if you do tear one you have only lost a $0.06

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yes, it actually does ruin your gun. be sure to oil it and clean it after every match too. keep it nice and clean
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