Quote Originally Posted by Fentonite View Post
yeah, that "function" threw me off the first time I took it to the range, glad there's a fix.

On another topic, am I the only one bothered by dry-firing a .22? I know the 22/45 has to be dry-fired for disassembly, but it still bugs me. As a youth, I really boogered-up the chamber of a .22 by dry-firing (before I knew better) - put a nice divot into the rim that affected chambering and extraction. Knowing that the firing pin is slamming into the rim of the chamber with dry-firing feels like nails on a chalkboard to me. I guess since the manual instructs you to do it, it should be ok, but it still seems sacrilegious.
You're not alone. Countless people have said you shouldn't dry fire a .22 for the reasons you mention. Yet there are still those who say it isn't a problem as long as you don't overdo it. That said, the NSSF Rimfire Challenge rules specifically state you have to pull the trigger after showing clear. Ummm...this means you have to dry fire your .22 a minimum of 40 times during the course of the match (5 strings on 8 stages). I have to believe that even proponents of dry firing a .22 would agree this is what's meant by overdoing it.