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Does it hurt to dry fire a rifle? (Tikka T-3 243)

shurt

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Does it hurt to dry fire a new bolt action Tikka T-3 rifle? Put in an old piece of brass in the chamber? Buy a snap-cap of some sort? Sorry for the dumb question .... be gentle.



Scott
 
The only time dryfiring MIGHT be a concern is on a rimfire. With that said, I know a guy who has had a Ruger mk3 for 30 years and he dry fires all the time and he says he has had zero problems.
 
The only center fire I have seen that you should not dry fire is a Colt MK-III and IV revolvers as their firing pins are factory pressed in and only the factory has the tooling to fix them. But that is a revolver not a rifle.

I will shut up now......