page_title: Dry fire
hierarchical_section_title: Dry fire
caption_attribution_description: English: Discharge device - a barrel for civilians to check unloaded status of their firearms when entering a police station in Karviná, Czech Republic. After unloading, a person aims the firearm into the barrel and dry fires it.
context_page_description: Dry firing is the practice of "firing" a firearm without live ammunition, or practicing with an inert training platform such as a iMarksman or SIRT training pistol, and may also include the use of a target/feedback system, such as the iDryfire or LASR software.
  Dry fire does not pose any real risk of damaging modern, centerfire firearms; however, it can for rimfire weapons, where the firing pin in most designs will impact the breech face if the weapon is dry-fired. Because of this, precautions need to be taken if such a weapon is to be deliberately dry-fired.
context_section_description: Dry firing is the practice of "firing" a firearm without live ammunition, or practicing with an inert training platform such as a iMarksman or SIRT training pistol, and may also include the use of a target/feedback system, such as the iDryfire or LASR software.  
  Dry fire does not pose any real risk of damaging modern, centerfire firearms; however, it can for rimfire weapons, where the firing pin in most designs will impact the breech face if the weapon is dry-fired. Because of this, precautions (such as the use of snap caps) need to be taken if such a weapon is to be deliberately dry-fired.
caption: Gun clearing trap for civilians at a police station. After unloading, the firearm is aimed into the barrel and dry fired. It is constructed so as to safely contain a fired bullet in case the operator mistakenly left the weapon loaded.
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