Dry Firing a Savage

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Someone was telling me that there is a way to set a Savage to make it "safe" to dry fire. Has anyone heard of this?
 
there is a few ways, get snap caps, take a dummy round and glue an earaser into the primer pocket, of if u really with, remove the fireing pin..

the snap caps are the best and easiets in my opinion
 
OP - who said it was not safe to dry fire a centre fire rifle, particularly a Savage? There is some debate about it I guess but the major consensus is that it centre fire rifles will not be harmed by dry firing. Rim fire is a no-go but centre fire should be fine (flame suit on, there are likely exceptions that I am not thinking of):rolleyes:

You may have already gotten that same impression from some of the responses above.:D
 
I dry fire mine a lot practicing shooting form and dry fired a good 100 times adjusting my trigger. Are firing pins so expensive that it would be a huge concern?
 
firemachine69 said:
Snap-caps are a specific must. Savage warns specifically against dry-firing in the manual without'em.
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Damn, does that mean my #### will fall off if I dry fire it.

OP - if you are concerned, get some snap caps. I can't say I agree that they are necessary but it can't hurt. I you want to be frugal, take an empty case and fill the primer pocket with goop or similar. That will take the firing pin strike. At least that is what I have done in the past. The dummy round should have a bullet seat though to make feeding easier.

Others may have better ideas.
 
If some body can explain what is being hurt during a dry fire that would be great. Beanchrest guys have done it for years, if you look at the internal workings inside the bolt there is not much to be hurt.
 
my guess and its a stretch lol, is that the old firing pins from a millenia ago werent made of the same materials they are now and would probably wear out faster, but i dry fire my rifle all the time, still fires the same everytime. if u dont want to do it, get snap caps, dummy rounds, whatever. firing pins arent expensive if u somehow manage to wear it out, wut will it take to change it, maybe a half hour of time and a couple bucks big deal
 
Longshot said:
You should never ever ever dry fire any rifle as its guaranteed to totally disintegrate.
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This is exactly correct. I once witnessed a guy at the range dry firing his .308. I yelled to him to stop immediately, but it was too late. ....gun started to vibrate and disintegrated right in front of us. I was like "...I tried to tell you..."

It was a real bummer for him.....
 
I read on another site a very long-winded and technical explanation of the dangers of dry-firing...something about crystallization of the molecular structure of the metal in the pin or some such gobbledeegook. It sounds like something you would worry about if you are also concerned about the next mega-asteroid destroying all life on Earth before the end of the week.
 
I could be wrong, but can't you just hold the trigger and lower the bolt handle slowly? Seems to work. No clicking sounds, must work!
 
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