Shooting Blanks

[MinusII]

Well that's bound to happen. Just don't make dry-firing a habit, and you should be fine. (until the mechbox slowly wears down..but we're all in the same boat then)

[Silent-A]

Originally Posted by Amgoosen

I think hes referring to the times when the lowcap runs out and you fire a few dry shots before you realize your out and reload. As where this would happen far less often with a hicap.

Exactly

Your a little too much involved in your anti-nubs slayer thing grey No offense

Thanks for the answer @Minus

Originally Posted by Whozat

This threads about dryfiring? I thought from your title that you were looking for advise on puberty. :-D

i LOL'ed for that one ahahaha :-D

[Greylocks]

Originally Posted by Silent-A

Exactly

Your a little too much involved in your anti-nubs slayer thing grey No offense

Thanks for the answer @Minus

Your question does not fit the thread-starter's. He's shooting the gun INTENTIONALLY for shits and giggles. That is really bad for the gun.

What you wrote: "So, if I use lowcaps, I multiply by like 50 time the chance of breaking my AEG?... That's really bad, but on another side, it would force me to count my fired BBs.."

Nobody reads minds. Formulate your point clearly instead of making folks guess what you mean, then you'll get a correct answer.
Dry-firing by mistake (and stopping immediately) is not the issue.
If you would have said; "Will the same thing happen if I use low-caps and miss a few shots when they go empty?", the answer would have come faster.

This is a written forum. Be clear or cope with what folks think they read.

[DelTASteve]

Originally Posted by Greylocks

Nobody reads minds.

Miss Cleo does. Oh wait, she's in jail.

But seriously, it won't hurt as long as you don't run around your back yard dry firing for no reason. It won't hurt to dry fire a few times at the end of a mag.

[Silent-A]

Originally Posted by Greylocks

Your question does not fit the thread-starter's. He's shooting the gun INTENTIONALLY for shits and giggles. That is really bad for the gun.

I was not going to start a new thread just beceause it was intentionnally or not. Both things dammage the AEG, but 1-2 times don't seem to be enough to do anything.

Originally Posted by Greylocks

What you wrote: "So, if I use lowcaps, I multiply by like 50 time the chance of breaking my AEG?... That's really bad, but on another side, it would force me to count my fired BBs.."

Nobody reads minds. Formulate your point clearly instead of making folks guess what you mean, then you'll get a correct answer.
Dry-firing by mistake (and stopping immediately) is not the issue.
If you would have said; "Will the same thing happen if I use low-caps and miss a few shots when they go empty?", the answer would have come faster.

This is a written forum. Be clear or cope with what folks think they read.

Bah, that was the a Link, between Damage due to dry-shooting, and dry-shooting that you get each time you realize that your mag is empty.

And it would be a nice start to reads minds. There's less mistake about things.. And when you talk, you thinks? That's the same things here.

Edit : Oh and by the way, if Minus does, I don't thinks "Nobody reads minds".

[longshot]

Try dry firing at full auto as often as you like...and you will learn your hard lesson in a hurry. More fun shooting BBs,and practice on your shooting accuracy if you have enough space between you and the intended targets.

[Sgt_Falcon_aro]

someone did make a bb counter that in theory is awsome and would probably help you if your using low caps 1-99 rounds each mag
i think its a pretty cool idea but if you intend on playing against players i would think youd need to significantly reinforce the led plate
would be interesting to try but i dont have the money for that kind of thing since im saving for my first

[<Ez-Target>]

first of all a couple dry shots at the end of the mag will not hurt your gearbox
but if you are shooting targets with your gun and you dont see any new holes, then its probly a good idea to stop shooting

[Mapcinq]

Originally Posted by Greylocks

If you 'dry-fire', something will eventually break. So it's up to you. It can happen in months, or in hours.
The repairs can be extremely expensive. It's your money.

Does this mean my dick can break?!If so, how much do you think the repairs will run me?

[ancorp]

Well since this is brought back up...

Dryfiring causes piston slam, since there is no resistance in the barrel, the piston slams forward much faster. A plug on the barrel should provide enough resistance, perhaps even too much, so a tiny pinhole in the plug might be in order. Not to be confused with the blank firing attachments on real steel guns (required for the gas pressure to operate the piston, on gas operated automatics).

Cheers,
Alex