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Offline billycraig

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Will dry firing hurt ?
« on: February 21, 2007, 05:10:10 PM »
Hi , will dry firing hurt the 336 rifles and if it is ok to do this Repeatedly do I need to leave the safety in the on position or the off position ? Thanks ,BillyCraig
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Re: Will dry firing hurt ?
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2007, 12:23:27 AM »
Most modern center fire rifles will not be hurt by dry firing.  That said, If I were going to do it a lot, I'd get a snap cap, or put an eraser in a spent cartridge to give the firing pin a place to land.  Anything, done to excess, has consequences.
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Re: Will dry firing hurt ?
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2007, 10:55:31 AM »
I use once fired cases with spent primers and dry fire about 3x in the rifle they were shot in, otherwise a case might get stuck in the chamber.
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Re: Will dry firing hurt ?
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2007, 11:33:55 AM »
Snap caps are never a mistake.

That being said, what I do with exposed hammer rifles is put a piece of surgical tubing, gas line hose, or piece of an eraser cut to fit, between the hammer and the bolt block to reduce the trauma on them.
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