Dry fireing?

[SpecialBlend2786]

Ok, this might not be the brightest of ideas but if since the obvious reason you use more air when dry firing is because there is no ball to stop al the air in the chamber from being used, what if you just shove a sock in your barrel?

The manual for my impulse said to stuff a towel in the barrel when you dry fire

[paint magnet]

The manual for my impulse said to stuff a towel in the barrel when you dry fire

That's probably just so you don't go deaf Putting a sock/plug/other object in the barrel wouldn't make much difference, unless you covered up all the porting in the barrel by doing it.

[ryanshep]

I talked to an AKA tech, and they said basically what you guys have said. This is why they recommend turning the bolt around backwards on Vikings if you're dry firing it, then it uses even less air than when you're firing paint (which is next to nothing to start with ) This is only with the Viking though, it may work with other guns but I don't recommend you try it, as guns running on higher pressure may damage their internals by having all that pressure forced back into the gun. And of course, the amount of air used will vary depending on the type of gun, rate of fire, and velocity setting.

this works on bushies and imps too, i dont know if it saves air tho, but it makes it more quiet, very nice when running around ur house bunkering the dog and what not

[OysterBoy]

hmm....

EDIT:

Guys, dont try this on your mags


....me: ( = Owww....)

[TheTramp]

I guess you guys have a hard time getting fills because of all the things I worry about this has to be one of the last.