Firing an unloaded springer

[GigaScythe]

If you don't load a spring airsoft gun with any pellets, and fire it, let's say, a few times a day just for fun, would the mechanism eventually wear out and the gun become inoperative? If so, how long would that take?

 

Thanks.

[XenoBait]

I don't believe there would be significantly more wear in a springer whether it is dry-fired or not, though one of our techie types will correct me if i'm wrong.

Obviously it's a mechanical device and would wear out eventually loaded or otherwise.

 

It's dificult to say how long it would last without knowing what springer it is, a 99p toy shop job is obviously less durable than one from a respectable manufacturer. If we know what you have then maybe someone has first hand experience?

 

And welcome to the forum

[Lance Jackass]

I wouldn't do it with a decent springer like a VSR or an APS etc. Also you shouldn't do it with a cyma or other cheapo gun.

 

But with a fairly decent gun it should be okay for a long time. I had a kwc p228/p2226 (can't remember.) I must have dry fired it everytime i was bored for several months and it still shot okay. I also reused my bbs (some which were muddy) and poured talcum powder down the barrel to get a smoke effect.

 

It still worked and im sure the guy who has i now still uses it ok. What im saying is that a fairly decent non hop up springer is usually very reliable and fairly hard to abuse.

[harrifer]

thats a pretty big helmet lance

[Lance Jackass]

My kevlar? Nah its normal sized but the elastic band things that hold the foilage on were real loose so the grass and stuffs falling out everywhere.

[Billy210]

I've got some nameless M92 springer, It's a really cr@p replica, but it shoots about 180fps and is quite accurate for a non-hopped gun. I've put about 15,000 rounds through it, plus I dry fire it loads, use it practically every day to shoot at stuff on my bookshelf while I'm watching TV.

 

Never a problem yet.

[GigaScythe]

Thanks for the warm welcome and good advice.

 

The gun I have is a Walther P990 from KWC. The in-shop price was £40 but I got it from their site at £25.

[outlaw]

I hear the older version is better the one that says P99 on the slide the K99 is fine too... maybe theres no difference.

[GigaScythe]

Well mine has the Walther logo ont the slide and also says "P990" right beside it.

[outlaw]

i dunno this was a few years ago i saw this one and that one was old as it was.

[airsoftman15]

ive had many springers and i prolly shot them 100 times a day just blanks and none of them ever broke becuz of it

[chairmousey]

there is an outside chance, very remote but it does happen, when you fire with a pellet the sound is different to when you fire without a bb yes? this is because the pellet creates back pressure in the piston cylinder, which has the effect of slowing the pistons forward movement slightly which actually increases the pressure and make pellet go faster. if you fire with out pellet there is an outside chance that you can burst the end of the cylinder, very rare but it can happen, happened to me a long time ago with a sig 226 springer, was dead upset

[AirsoftaSnipa]

lance i have a kwc p228 also and i drie fire it everytime im to lazy to load it, but the spring in my clip wore out!!.