Thread: Dry firing a 22lr

Originally Posted by BushChook

I'm quite often finding myself dry firing my semi auto .22 as it's easy to forget how many are left in the mag.
Any suggestions aside from pulling the mag and checking EVERY time I'm unsure?
Cheers.

Yep, it's easy and it's all in the training (thanks NZ Army)...we were taught to count our rounds as we fired.
When you get to 19 (we had a 20 round SLR mag) you stop shooting and whip in a new full mag (leaving the 20th round safely snuggled in the chamber). Then you don't have to recock the damn thing with a group of nasty people coming through the wire at you.
So...count your rounds in as you load the mag (say 10 rounds?). Then as you shoot up those bunnies just count 1, 2, 3, 4, etc each time you pull the trigger.
Doesn't take long to train your mind to do this every time.
Does not work with an M16 on full squirt though!