dry firing a model 12

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Hi all...

I need some advice.

Any issues dry firing a model 12? ( 1951, 12 gauge )

Will this harm the shotgun?

I know, I could use snap caps / dummy rounds. I find ejecting full weight dummy rounds noisy ( when they hit my floor ) and just doesn't feel like a proper, normal cycle.

My concern is about damage from dry firing.

Thanks,
OKH
 
dyr firing any gun is not a good idea .if you want to test the trigger just open the action and drop in a dime close th action and point the barrel up give the gun a littel tap this will put the dime flat on the action head you can then pull the trigger and you will hear the dime bounce éthis will give you an idea of the spring streghthn
 
hvmetalhead said:
Dry firing in center fires is not as harmful as it is in a rim fire. but i still wouldnt recoment it. snap caps and split shells would be my recomendation
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Dry firing a Winchester M12 shotgun is a absolute no no! Will most cerainly result in a broken firing pin in short order. Generally the tip snaps off the pin and if it stays in place the gun will most often continue to fire though. Then you will have to search the net for a replacement which will cost 30 bucks at the least and same for shipping.

As the quoted post above says, buy snap caps if you have to dry fire your 12. Most centre fire rifles can be dry fired without damge.
 
OK... may I ask what you all do when you have cycled through your last shot ( at the range or in the field ), or have emptied the magazine by cycling throught the rounds ( when unloading to put the shotgun away after getting back to your vehicle or camp ), or indeed have just opened the action to make sure it is unloaded?

Do you not point the gun in a safe direction and pull the trigger? Leave the action open when stored ( at home or at camp )

Do you leave it "cocked"? Is this considered the recommended practise by Winchester?

Or do some of you slip in a snap cap when storing the shotgun and pull the trigger on the snal cap before storing?

Lastly... I carry the shotgun with a full magazine, empty chamber. In order to have it easily made ready, you have to have cycled the action and pulled the trigger to have it possible to cycle the action again ( as opposed to having to use the slide release button ). Anyone here carries this way, but uses a snap cap in the chamber to pull the trigger?

Oh... does anyone have a model 12 manual they can check or in a pdf that I can see?

Thanks,
OKH
 
Storing a gun cocked won't hurt anything.

I don't think that dry firing to release the action as described would do much harm. With guns that shouldn't be dry fired, the damage is cumulative from doing it repeatedly.
 
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