Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-32312218-20170617101639/@comment-27306930-20170619033905

Look, I'm not an expert on old N-Strike blasters. Most of my "old" blasters are blue, not yellow. That being said, I've never had an issues dry firing Elite class blasters. The air restrictors create a nice cushion that prevents the plunger from striking bottom and doing any damage.

And that being said, I also have a bunch of blasters without air restrictors that I've dry fired many times without incident. Some have padded plungers, some don't. Bottom line, I think the whole "dry firing taboo" is largely a myth here in the late twenty-tens.

I'm willing to bet there's nary a Nerfer in 2017 that can vouch they ruined their favorite blaster because they accidentally dry fired it. Not science, just a hunch.