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Offline Oquirrh

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evils of dry firing
« on: May 27, 2004, 10:00:00 AM »
All my life I've been told Dry firing BAD.

How do I avoid dry firing in my rifles that don't offer breaches that lock open on the final shot?

For example, I have Marlin tube-fed semi that I fire until it goes "click".

Then reload and repeat.

Is there some built-in protection for the firing pin in these rifles? Or should I count my bullets if I really love my guns?
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Offline wildbirdhunter

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« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2004, 10:32:51 AM »
Most of the rimfire simi-autos have a firing pin stop to keep the barrel from being pinned when dry fired.
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Offline gunnut69

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« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2004, 06:20:44 PM »
If you don't have a pin stop then don't dry fire.  I've 2 Winchester 72A's in the shop now pinned really badly.  Both are Target models and one has a grooved receiver..  The other retains the 80A receiver sight.  Both are nearly non-functioning.
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« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2004, 11:32:45 AM »
Save yourself the broken pin, and count your shots.
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