Re: General firearms care question
Why would it hurt the action? Leaving all the springs under compression is not a good idea. IME no gun is ever left with the action open unless safety concerns dictate it.
Why would it hurt the action? Leaving all the springs under compression is not a good idea. IME no gun is ever left with the action open unless safety concerns dictate it.
Re: General firearms care question
What you may be thinking of is letting the bolt slam forward on a manually chambered round.
Especially on pistols, that's a poor idea and can damage the extractor, which is designed to have a cartridge slide up from the magazine underneath the extractor hook, rather than having to cam outwards over the rim of a cartridge dropped manually into the chamber.
If there is no round in the chamber, though, either on a rifle or a pistol, it does not hurt anything.
What you may be thinking of is letting the bolt slam forward on a manually chambered round.
Especially on pistols, that's a poor idea and can damage the extractor, which is designed to have a cartridge slide up from the magazine underneath the extractor hook, rather than having to cam outwards over the rim of a cartridge dropped manually into the chamber.
If there is no round in the chamber, though, either on a rifle or a pistol, it does not hurt anything.
