Is it OK to dryfire a Daisy BB gun?

I have a Daisy model 840 Grizzly BB gun with a camoflauge finish. It also shoots pellets. Does it hurt the gun to dryfire (shoot the gun without any ammo)? I understand that air guns do not have firing pins, which would definitely be damaged by dryfiring.

Is it OK to dryfire a Daisy BB gun?
It won't hurt it. But becareful. Some BBs guns are fed by pouring the BBs into a feeder and it is difficult to determine if they are unloaded.
Reply:dry firng any gun doesn't hurt it really, it's if you keep doing it all the time that'll hurt it, once and a while it's okay. I dry fire every new gun before I buy it, the sales people actually tell me to. Dry firing a bb gun isn't ever going to hurt it.
Reply:Yeah, like what one of the above people said, it doesn't hurt the gun unless if you do it every five minutes. If you do, do it every five minutes then you might eventually wear down the mechinisms and other moving parts that are in it.





The gist of the above is that its fine to do it every now and then.
Reply:No. It will not hurt the air gun. However always treat it as if it is loaded and never dry fire it toward someone. Serious injury or possible death could occur if it is in fact loaded. Accidents do happen.
Reply:It should be ok because there it no fireing pin in it.
Reply:It won't hurt it at all because there is no firing pin in it.
Reply:Be careful, dry firing some air guns CAN BE BAD. Fortunately your gun can be dry fired. Co2 guns can be


dry fired, pump pneumatics can be dry fired. Spring piston


guns CANNOT BE DRY FIRED. I don't know where these


people who don't know the mechanics of air guns tell you


you can dry fire a air gun just because it doesn't have a firing


pin. All air guns don't have firing pins, but that doesn't mean you can dry fire them. Dry firing a spring piston air gun can


cause piston slam and ruin the piston seal. If you don't know how to take apart a spring powered air gun correctly, which most people don't, you end up spending more money sending it out to an air gunsmith, if they know any. In which case you end up with a ruined air gun that you throw away.


Just be careful, not everyone is knowledgeable in air gun


technology.