Dry Firing
03-27-2007, 01:45 PM
#2
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: ga
Posts: 31
RE: Dry Firing
i have heard that it does and can cause stress fractures to the pin. don't hold me to that, as i am not a gunsmith. just what i have been told. there are such products as zoom caps, and snapp caps to name a few. these are inert cartriges that you can get in any caliberand can use when practiceing trigger control/squeeze and breathing techniques. www.cheaperthandirt.com and www.sportsmansguide.com sells them. kyle
03-27-2007, 02:28 PM
#3
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 10,679
RE: Dry Firing
No, dry firing a modern rifle will, in no way, damage anything inside the gun. That little thin piece of brass we call a primer does nothing to slow down the firing pin or protect it in any way. The only time the firing pin stops is when the shoulder of the firing pin makes contact with the shoulder inside the bolt body.
03-27-2007, 03:12 PM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 4,264
RE: Dry Firing
Snap Caps are mainly used so that you can exercise the bolt without having to pay the high price for real ammo to "break in" the bolt.
Of course, some guns that at older, or of certain actions, might run the risk of being harmed by dry firing.
Of course, some guns that at older, or of certain actions, might run the risk of being harmed by dry firing.
03-27-2007, 04:53 PM
#6
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Texas - BUT NOW in Madison County, NY
Posts: 6,270
RE: Dry Firing
ORIGINAL: Nanook85
Does it hurt the rifle? Like I said, I've never had a center fire.
Does it hurt the rifle? Like I said, I've never had a center fire.
03-27-2007, 08:11 PM
#9
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Michigan
Posts: 3,476
RE: Dry Firing
I think double rifles are set up just like double shotguns, ... that is, their firing pins can be damaged by dry firing......it is different than a bolt action set up firing pin wise. Double rifles and double shotguns, don't dry fire.
03-27-2007, 08:16 PM
#10
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Lafayette, IN
Posts: 473
RE: Dry Firing
ORIGINAL: 8mm/06
I think double rifles are set up just like double shotguns, ... that is, their firing pins can be damaged by dry firing......it is different than a bolt action set up firing pin wise. Double rifles and double shotguns, don't dry fire.
I think double rifles are set up just like double shotguns, ... that is, their firing pins can be damaged by dry firing......it is different than a bolt action set up firing pin wise. Double rifles and double shotguns, don't dry fire.