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Dry firing in and of itself does not violate any of the 4 basic safety rules.
1. Treat every firearm as if it were loaded. – No problem, do not do anything stupid, while practicing or any other time..
2. Always point the muzzle in a safe direction; never point a firearm at anyone or anything you don't want to shoot. - Again, no problem – make sure that whatever you are using for a target is something that you do not mind putting a hole in.
3. Always know your target and what lies beyond. - Again, no problem –Know what is behind your target just as if you were using live ammo, make sure that you are not endangering anything beyond your target just in case a mistake is made..
4. Keep your finger off the trigger and outside the trigger guard until you are ready to shoot. – Again, no problem. This should be part of your training anyway.
Personally, when I practice my dry fire drills I am in the basement using boxes of old computer cables for targets. If, for whatever reason, a live round were to get fired I would be putting a hole in a cardboard box of obsolete, unusable cables that I just have not gotten around to getting rid of yet. The backstop is an 8” cement wall below ground level. IF anything does accidently happen the only thing to be hurt will be my pride and I might, maybe have to plug a hole in the basement wall, but more than likely the round will lodge in the box of garbage cables – no problem.
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