Dry firing 30-30 H009X ????? (Newbie Q)

Post by **geezerjohn** » Wed Apr 28, 2021 6:52 pm

I will eventually get snap caps. Until then - any risk with dryfiring (especially considering it may be a while before I can do any live fire d/t the ammo shortage:)

geezerjohn

Post by **Cofisher** » Wed Apr 28, 2021 6:59 pm

Despite many ‘rumors’, I have not found any real reason to avoid dry firing. It gives you a good feel for the trigger and helps establish muscle memory for mounting and firing your rifle. Go for it.

Post by **JEBar** » Wed Apr 28, 2021 7:26 pm

AGREE ....

Post by **Mgderf** » Wed Apr 28, 2021 8:19 pm

Rim-fire= no dry-fire
Center-fire generally won't hurt a thing to dry-fire most modern guns.

Post by **GunnyGene** » Wed Apr 28, 2021 8:51 pm

geezerjohn wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 28, 2021 6:52 pm
I will eventually get snap caps. Until then - any risk with dryfiring (especially considering it may be a while before I can do any live fire d/t the ammo shortage:)

geezerjohn

If it worries you just cut a small piece of leather that you can wedge between the hammer and the bolt to cushion the smack. May want to make a double layer if you use thin craft leather. That's what I do, and just manually thumb cock the hammer instead of working the lever.

Post by **geezerjohn** » Wed Apr 28, 2021 11:03 pm

Thanks all!
To my knowledge, the only “modern” centerfire that has had any issues has been Kimber revolvers. They have (had? - don’t keep up with them) issues with crystallization of the FP.

Sounds like there are no known issues with Henrys:)
Again - thanks!

geezerjohn

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