Payback wrote:I was wondering that last night as i was putting my guns away. I came to the conclusion that dry firing is harder on the gearbox because that cushion of air isn't there slowing down the piston from slamming into the cylinder head, and therefore into the box. I'm assuming that's why they are twice as loud empty as they are when having a bb in the barrel.
McNair wrote:Payback wrote:I was wondering that last night as i was putting my guns away. I came to the conclusion that dry firing is harder on the gearbox because that cushion of air isn't there slowing down the piston from slamming into the cylinder head, and therefore into the box. I'm assuming that's why they are twice as loud empty as they are when having a bb in the barrel.
This was always my conclusion. Though, I've never spent the time testing the theory.
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