I bought a Savage 64F a week ago. In the manual I am required to dry fire to dismantle the gun. Would also like to practice dry fire and will be getting snap caps regardless. I called Savage and asked if this gun was OK to dry fire. They said that yes it was if it is newer. If it was about 5 years old or older than the answer would be no.

I DO NOT want to hear about "Better safe than sorry" or "Just don't dry fire" or "Just get some snap caps" or "In General rimfire guns...." or "This topic has been covered..." or "In the Mark II...."

This is me, trying to get as much information about Specifically the Savage 64F gun that I just purchased.

My question is, what has changed in the design of the Savage 64F in the last 5 years that would cause the Savage company to tell me that my gun is dry fire safe? I would like to get to know specifically the new Savage 64F gun better and what is happening inside when I dry fire it.