marlin guide gun question...

[ruger22]

Can I dry fire this gun?

Favorite loads for deer moose black bear?

Favorite loads for short range targets?

 

[huntinstuff]

Have you dry fired it yet? If so, the gun is probably badly damaged and should be replaced.....and it just so happens I buy those severely damaged guide guns.................lolDry fire away.

 

[crazy_davey]

Can I dry fire this gun?

If you want a broken gun be my guest......

 

[RangerRick]

You can dry fire them with the cross bolt safety engaged. Hammer will fall on it before it can hit the pin.

Go nuts.

Ricky

 

[crazy_davey]

BTW, I was kidding Have at er

 

[todbartell]

you cannot dry fire a centerfire

a 45/70 isnt capable of deer hunting

a 45/70 isnt capable of short range targets

 

[cariboo_kid]

you cannot dry fire a centerfire

a 45/70 isnt capable of deer hunting

a 45/70 isnt capable of short range targets

Actually those big bullets roll out of the barrel so slowly you need to wear steel toed boots.

 

[7.62Man]

Yikes! have not being wearing my steel toe boots when firing my .45-70.

Anyway my favorite load for my NEF single shot (will work in your guide gun) is a hard cast (lee mold) flant nosed 405 grain bullet load with AA2495 52 grains at 1800 fps. That gives you a tlayor knockout value of 47. More than enough power for north american game.

 

[Forcedair]

According to Jim Carmichael, gun writer for Outdoor Life, the benefit from dry firing, outweighs the potential damage that it might cause. I know many trap shooters use snap caps for dry fire practice. And note that spring air guns should never be dry fired.