I know that there is the dry firing adapter that can be purchased. In the meantime, I have been using the blue spring loaded snap caps from Pachmyr for my dry firing practice. I pull it back just enough to #### the hammer and not eject the snap cap. Question, is this OK for my gun? I am sure it is, but one never knows sometimes.
Dry firing the M14 Norc...
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I agree with what has been said, but to add to it you can buy a Dry Fire device for the M14. When installed you only have to give a 1/4 inch tug on the op-rod to re-#### the hammer.....this is a bonus.
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I agree with what has been said, but to add to it you can buy a Dry Fire device for the M14. When installed you only have to give a 1/4 inch tug on the op-rod to re-#### the hammer.....this is a bonus.
GG&FB
GG&FB
However, repeated dryfiring of any firearm is not recommended. You will eventually enlarge the firing pin hole in the breech face and the pin will eventually break. Ususally on the M-1/M-14 it's the tail that snaps off.
Lucky they are easy to replace eh?
Scott
Lucky they are easy to replace eh?
Scott
m39a2 said:
You will never find a win with this topic. Seems to me, it really cannot be an issue. When you look for example in the military, so lets take the M14, M16 variants etc, heck even go back to the Garand. The military marksmanship program usually includes up to a week of 'snapping in' during this time a rifle is dry fired hundreds of times. That is one rifle issued to one Marine. Now I am not sure what the service life is of a rifle, but think of the amount of times that rifle is dry fired. Yes there will be some part replacements as things go out of allowed tolerences, I do know several gun plumbers and have asked the same question and the response I have always gotten was, no big deal.
Anyhow, do I use snap caps, yes...do I freak out if I forget and do a bit of dry firing without one? no....
Just recently we've had to replace a U.S.G.I. bolt that showed excessive dry firing. The firing pin hole was so out of tolerence that we had to replce the bolt!
Guns issued before going into combat were (Are) usually gaged before issue to ensure they meet spec. I do agree, however, dry firing is one of the best forms of practice.
Scott
Guns issued before going into combat were (Are) usually gaged before issue to ensure they meet spec. I do agree, however, dry firing is one of the best forms of practice.
Scott
Frustrated with Fulton too....
Fortunately the device is not that complicated. I will spin up a bunch of dry fire devices shortly and should have them available within the next couple of weeks.
EDITED TO ADD: Drawings sent to machine shop this morning. Prototype delivery early next week. If everything ok then run of a couple dozen to follow. Material will be brass, NOT anodized aluminum (ultra-abrasive) as with fulton's device.
As I am not a CGN sponsor I recognize that I'm treading on dangerous ground in discussing future canadian availability of these dry fire devices....hopefully this is looked at as general service for CGN m305 fanatics. If ok-ed by mods I'll start up a thread with dry fire device details and info on availability. If not, I'll go dark on the topic and anyone interested will have to track me down on their own.
Brobee
Fortunately the device is not that complicated. I will spin up a bunch of dry fire devices shortly and should have them available within the next couple of weeks.
EDITED TO ADD: Drawings sent to machine shop this morning. Prototype delivery early next week. If everything ok then run of a couple dozen to follow. Material will be brass, NOT anodized aluminum (ultra-abrasive) as with fulton's device.
As I am not a CGN sponsor I recognize that I'm treading on dangerous ground in discussing future canadian availability of these dry fire devices....hopefully this is looked at as general service for CGN m305 fanatics. If ok-ed by mods I'll start up a thread with dry fire device details and info on availability. If not, I'll go dark on the topic and anyone interested will have to track me down on their own.
Brobee
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Official CNC produced prototype should be ready sometime next week. The planets lined up this evening though when one of those rare hour and a half of non-city-hall supervised (the wife went for a long run) time materialized. Decided I could not wait for the official prototype so I spun one up on the hobby lathe to check the key dimensions.
This one is aluminum (all I had on hand), the rest will be brass. Finish on this one is pretty crude as I was in a hurry...the real ones will be better. Device works surprisingly well. When the sear breaks the hammer only travels through a couple of millimeters before stalling out on bottom of bolt. About 1/4 to 1/2 an inch of op rod travel will re-#### the hammer.
Anyway, the drawing in the hands of the machine shop is good so CNC program check prototype next week sometime and then the first run sometime shortly thereafter.
The wife is still out on her run....time to run downstairs for some dryfire practice!
This one is aluminum (all I had on hand), the rest will be brass. Finish on this one is pretty crude as I was in a hurry...the real ones will be better. Device works surprisingly well. When the sear breaks the hammer only travels through a couple of millimeters before stalling out on bottom of bolt. About 1/4 to 1/2 an inch of op rod travel will re-#### the hammer.
Anyway, the drawing in the hands of the machine shop is good so CNC program check prototype next week sometime and then the first run sometime shortly thereafter.
The wife is still out on her run....time to run downstairs for some dryfire practice!
