22 long rifle snap-caps....

[AJMD429]

Most of my 22 LR' s can be dry-fired without damage, but these guys demonstrate an alternative that looks more durable than the "sort-of reuseable" ones sold by Tipton and Pachmayr...

https://youtu.be/85tUrBclL1E

https://youtu.be/PizkX3uY6hU

...plus you can use them for their original purpose after they do wear out...

[gamekeeper]

This often comes up on "Rimfirecentral.com.".

[marlinman93]

I simply drop a fired case in the chamber if I need to dry fire a .22RF. I make a habit of not dry firing any .22RF without a case in the chamber, even if info says it's OK to.

[Chuck 100 yd]

I simply drop a fired case in the chamber if I need to dry fire a .22RF. I make a habit of not dry firing any .22RF without a case in the chamber, even if info says it's OK to.

+1
Brownells sells a tool to iron out those chambers that have been damaged by dry firing. Many older guns have this problem. I have gotten some good deals on old .22's because of it. Easy repair.

[J Miller]

AJMD,

That is a perfectly dandy idea. As a rule I don't dry fire my .22s but for testing them this should work pretty good. Thanks for posting the video.

Joe

[Sixgun]

I simply drop a fired case in the chamber if I need to dry fire a .22RF. I make a habit of not dry firing any .22RF without a case in the chamber, even if info says it's OK to.

Yep..."old head" knowledge.----6

[GunnyMack]

So are we talking dry firing for trigger control or to relax springs?
If dry fire practice, just remove FP and practice to your hearts desire.

No matter what I'm shooting, pistol,rifle, shotgun when I'm done I always relax the springs if it's possible. Some springs always have some tension on them. Although, today's spring steels have better metallurgy and are not as prone to some springs from years ago.