When I am done for the day and store my cc Glock, I pull the magazine and rack the slide to verify chamber is empty. Once I know it is empty, I dry fire. Should I be doing this or should I just leave the striker cocked?
It depends on personal preference. If I use mine for home defense, it's accessible with a loaded chamber. If all I'm going to do is store it till the next time I decide to take that particular gun to the range, I store it chamber empty and dry fire it to take spring tension off the firing pin.
It is my concealed carry, so when I get home I store it. So I am dry firing once a day. Just want to make sure it isnt doing anything negative to the gun. I hear not to dry fire in excess, but how else do you verify the chamber is clear?
You are not hurting the weapon with anything you are doing.
Also the firing pin spring isn't fully under tension till the trigger is pulled.
Dry fire away, it's one of the best and least expensive ways to practice. Check your grip, sight alignment, see if the front sight moves as the firing pin releases, practice sighting with both eyes open, draw. It's a very good way to improve when you can't always get to the range.
Just one thing, NO AMMO IN THE ROOM WHEN YOU DRY FIRE PRACTICE!
When I am done for the day and store my cc Glock, I pull the magazine and rack the slide to verify chamber is empty. Once I know it is empty, I dry fire. Should I be doing this or should I just leave the striker cocked?
My Carry gun (G30s) Is kept available for my home defense, too. The striker is not cocked and ready to fire, Only the trigger is re-set, when it's ready to go. The "cruciform" part of the trigger mechanism pushes the striker back in it's firing cycle.
The striker or firing pin isn't under pressure all the time.
I recommend: GLOCK by Peter Alan Kasler for a complete description of the full firing cycle,
If you prefer to pull the trigger before you put it away, go ahead, it's your pistol. It doesn't hurt anything, but it doesn't relieve any spring pressure either.
You're right, that his occasion dryfiring doesn't hurt anything. Your incorrect about there being no tension on the firing pin spring, in the ready-to-fire position.
Well, except that carrying a gun is really 24/7. In the house, outside the house, out and about. There is no reason to unload a carry gun, if you need to secure it while not under your immediate control, then store it hot in the holster in a secure lock box. Even then if you have to get to it in a situation at least it will be loaded. Otherwise precious time is wasted trying to reload it and get it hot. The other down side to load/unload is bullet setback. It's not, if but when, it will setback from repeated loading. 9mms/45acps not so much, but certainly 40S&W. This is a box I keep by the garage, $50. Otherwise my carry gun is under my immediate control, always.
While I know it IS NOT recommended, every Glock I own (except two retirees), my AR's, and tactical shotguns are ALWAYS loaded ready to go including my daily carry piece (G26). I told my family that my guns are always loaded, so know this if something were to happen and I'm not around LOL.
Some days I want to turn off spellcheck on my phone too !
I use words/phrases that are not really in a Funk and Wagnalls and sometimes me and the phone have a battle to text what I am saying ...
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