How do you dry fire practise at home?

[Juster]

You could put a convex lens in front of the objective to undo the magnification. I expect eBay has them.

I use a "LASER":

 

[RifleDude]

Sorry for the stupid question but I've always been told not to dry fire, so doing this will be ok?

That's only for rimfire rifles since the firing pin usually hammers the breech end of the chamber. It's perfectly fine for 99% of the centre fire rifles. If in doubt, use a snap cap but you really don't need it.

 

[3of30]

Apparently all you need to do is cut a piece of opaque plastic same diameter as your objective then cut a centers hole 1/3 D of your objective lense, and place that piece in a scope cap. Acts like an aperture.

Has anyone tried this? I think I will give it a go and let you guys know how it turns out.

 

[P0WERWAGON]

Gonna drill out a spare lense cap and try this

 

[3of30]

Gonna drill out a spare lense cap and try this

Keep us posted

 

[schumy]

Get an IOTA. Bob Raymond sells them.

I'd like to get one of these, who's Bob and how do I get in touch with him to buy one?

 

[223submoa]

Has anyone tried this? I think I will give it a go and let you guys know how it turns out.

Can confirm this works. Did it today, and was able to focus my ERS 3.5-21 at about 12 feet. The target needs to be very well lit for the reticle to show up, because you're reducing the amount of incoming light substantially.

 

[bsand]

Can confirm this works. Did it today, and was able to focus my ERS 3.5-21 at about 12 feet. The target needs to be very well lit for the reticle to show up, because you're reducing the amount of incoming light substantially.

Anyone know of the cheapest place to get BC caps for 56mm objective?

 

[3of30]

Can confirm this works. Did it today, and was able to focus my ERS 3.5-21 at about 12 feet. The target needs to be very well lit for the reticle to show up, because you're reducing the amount of incoming light substantially.

Booya. What magnification were you able to focus on?

 

[P0WERWAGON]

trijicon accupoint, TR23, 14 feet on 5x. image is actually better, but my camera skills are balls.

you also have to have your head exactly right in order for proper view, like when running at max magnification.

 

[sillymike]

Sounds like an excuse for a new toy.

Find a nice air rifle and a scope that focus down to 10M... and shoot pellets!