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Originally Posted by ThunderCactus
No matter what GBB you have, they only last so many shots, dry or not, before parts wear out. Better to only shoot it when you need it  |
This is true for anything that is mechanical. I don't know about these new GBBR's but in general when you dry fire a GBB pistol you do not create any additional problems.
With AEG's you are slamming a piston head against the cylinder head and the bb's weight supposedly causes a bit of resistance to reduce the slam. I believe that the bb does have this effect because you can hear the difference in sound when the gun dry fires (definitely sounds louder and clunkier). With a GBB you are simply opening a valve to release some gas, no piston slamming against the front of the cylinder. I believe whether a bb is present or not is immaterial.