Dry Firing Rifle

[HandgunHTR]

My Tikka manual recommends not dry firing your rifle.

And the T3 that I bought back in 2004 has been dry fired thousands of times without issue.

 

[vvarvnn]

Dry firing a centerfire rifle will not damage it, to my knowledge. In fact, many respected shooting instructors and experts advocate for dry firing as a valuable training tool. Some even mention that they dry fire more frequently than they actually shoot live rounds. Using a snap cap is also a good option to protect the firing pin. How about using some of those laser based practice cartridges?

 

[TaperPin]

I was curious since most guns can be dry fired until the cows come home - looked up a manual for T3x.

 

[ETtikka]

Has anyone ever seen issues after dry firing a tikka ?