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Timbob
10-05-2015, 03:33 AM
Hey guys.
This has probably been asked before. Is it totally safe to dry fire my 116 ? As in I wont be damaging it at all ?

Cheers
Tim
LoneWolf
10-05-2015, 07:34 AM
I have a countless amount of dry fires on my action from daily practice.

Dry firing is perfectly safe.
LongRange
10-05-2015, 08:08 AM
i bet i have at least 500 dry fires on each of my 2 actions and no issues.
hafejd30
10-05-2015, 09:32 AM
Hey guys.
This has probably been asked before. Is it totally safe to dry fire my 116 ? As in I wont be damaging it at all ?

Cheers
Tim


Correct
Robinhood
10-05-2015, 05:54 PM
It seems like I remember someone saying that stresses the cross pin and may cause it to crack into at the pin hole but who am I to judge.
DrThunder88
10-06-2015, 03:54 AM
Unless it's a rimfire or archaic gun without ready replacement parts, I dry fire all the time. In those cases, I use snap caps.
Timbob
10-06-2015, 04:23 AM
Is it ok to fire without the snap caps? @DrThunder88
DrThunder88
10-06-2015, 05:10 AM
Rimfires run the risk of the pin hitting the chamber wall, which can result in problems. Some antique guns may not have heat treating capable of dealing with it (CZ52s are bad for this) and without a replacement part, it would render a gun unshootable. All of my modern centerfires get dry fired without snap caps.