I recently heard someone exclaim that dry firing a 1911 was a bad thing to do. Come on now! Anyone who has shot 1911 style pistols in competition probably has dry fired them much more than they've "wet fired" them. Yeah, after thousands of dry firings you may break the firing pin retainer, but it's an inexpensive and very easily replaced part. Centerfire revolvers...Dry fire the heck out of them, too! The only handguns that I know of that shouldn't be dry fired are many rimfires. I think, (but maybe someone else with more knowledge than I will chime in) that shotguns shouldn't be dry fired. Rifles, well if they are centerfire, I'm going to dry fire them.