I have some snap caps that the store gave me for my rifle. I know that they are good for dry fire, firing pin exercise, and for load practice. The salesman also told me that they can be used for storing your rifle. Load the snap cap, close the bolt, pull the trigger and that it it...store just like this. It apparently stores the gun so that the firing pin is left in an uncompressed state, butted against the snap cap, and this helps keep the spring in better shape. Does anyone hear subscribe to this theory??? How do members here store there rifles?? As I understand, if you leave the pin cocked, it is stored under pressure, and thus decreases the life of the spring. Any opinions are welcome!!!!
Snap Caps and Storage
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Avalonthas
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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Compressed or Uncompressed spring will not reduce or increase the life of it. You wear the spring out through usage
i only do this for rimfire. the striker can cause damage dry firing, so i use a bright orange snap cap. (source; Advantage Arms), then remove slide.... each person has an opinion, what matters is its your property, do with it as you wish.
dry fireing doesn't hurt anything in 99.9% of rifles.
Dry firing is hard on most .22 as the firing pin strikes the outer edge of the chamber where the rim of cartridge would be situated. This peening of the metal will either eventually put a bit of a burr there or damage the firing pin.
I've broken the firing pin on a Win. 94 by by dry firing. It depends on the design of the firing pin as to whether it can withstand repeatedly slamming forward without the cushioning effect of the primer.
According to their manuals, some of the different Ruger guns can be dry fired without harm. The sound of a cushioned stop is much better to me than the dry "clack" from a firing pin stopping on its own. Fired cases work for a dry fire or two.
I've broken the firing pin on a Win. 94 by by dry firing. It depends on the design of the firing pin as to whether it can withstand repeatedly slamming forward without the cushioning effect of the primer.
According to their manuals, some of the different Ruger guns can be dry fired without harm. The sound of a cushioned stop is much better to me than the dry "clack" from a firing pin stopping on its own. Fired cases work for a dry fire or two.
I have some 9mm snap caps for my CZ pistol. These have a hard plastic where the primer would be. It didn't take too much use before the plastic showed a serious indent.
I'd like some caps for use in my 7mm Rem. Mag and .375 H&H, but don't think these plastic primer critters will stand up to much dry firing. Can anyone suggest a better product?
I'd like some caps for use in my 7mm Rem. Mag and .375 H&H, but don't think these plastic primer critters will stand up to much dry firing. Can anyone suggest a better product?
blasted_saber
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- A blue part of Ontario
Email your rifle manufacturers and inquire if you can dry fire. As said above, in most centre fire rifles it doesnt make a lick of difference.
mike shickele
Regular
I keep snap caps in my double, due to the fact that repeated dry firing could be harmfull to it. As far as I know, there is no centerfire bolt action that can't be dry fired. Break action firearms are generally suseptable to pin breakage, and rimfire firearms are suseptable to dented chambers; there are exceptions to this rule though.
Mike
Mike
According to the president of the Montana Rifle Company dry firing shouldn't hurt my .375. Jeff said the cocking piece hits the back of the shroud and the firing pin hits nothing. He did add the caveat "Now, I have dry fired many of my rifles and never had a problem but it’s not like I do it over and over and over."
