# The OFFICIAL Gun Thread.

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-official-gun-thread/242496>\
**Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\
**Created:** [March 1, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-official-gun-thread/242496 "2009-03-01T21:19:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![CJRando](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cjrando/32/6369_2.png) [@CJRando](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/CJRando)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-official-gun-thread/242496/2001 "2012-08-21T10:52:45Z")

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> [@If I had a Chance, I would punch this guy in the FACE.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-i-had-a-chance-i-would-punch-this-guy-in-the-face/50550/2):
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> Isn’t dry firing a gun damaging to the mechanism?

We use to spend numerous hours dry firing our M16A2’s while we were snapping on on the range, while I was in the Marine Corps. I know it’s bad for shotguns and older weapons.

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