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 ?

 

[actionshooter]

Already been mentioned a bunch, but your rifle will be fine.. dry firing won't hurt it.

It's also an excellent tool for better shooting in general, shot anticipation (flinch) can be hard to get past... concentrate on the trigger break and sight alignment.. you should NOT be surprised when the trigger breaks (some say you should, old wives tale) after a little practice, you will be able to "call your shots". Knowing exactly where your shot goes after the rifle goes off is a cool talent.

I've been competing in different shooting sports a long time, I have a little experience in breaking shot anticipation.

 

[atmat]

Has anyone ever seen issues after dry firing a tikka ?

No, and I do it a lot.

 

[Turkeytider]

My Tikka manual recommends not dry firing your rifle.

I’m more comfortable dry firing with a snap cap.

 

[ReddingArcher]

Has anyone ever seen issues after dry firing a tikka ?

I have dry fired my Tikka's countless times and havent seen any damage.

 

[TaperPin]

Flinching is a human thing, not the end of the world - a little work and you’ll be back in action. Essentially you’re desensitizing your brain to the shot.

A shoulder pad takes all the discomfort of a firm recoil pad away. Ear plugs and muffs can take the most sound away.

Just being near guns going off is good.

Dummy rounds or having a friend load or not load the gun each time are ideal.

Lower weight bullets have less recoil

Shooting standing up seems to take a lot of anticipation away.

 

[6mm Remington]

It won't hurt your rifle to dry fire but.........................I still use an A Zoom snap cap just to reduce the chance of any harm to the firing pin. It can't hurt.

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Something I have found to help also when I have helped get newer folks into shooting and even ones who have done it a long time is to make sure they have soft plugs underneath quality ear muff protection. Lessening the explosion that happens every time the trigger is pulled goes a long way into lessening how a person reacts to shooting and the recoil that comes with it. As folks have talked about before me also is to get some A Zoom snap caps and mix them up in the rifles magazine and shoot. You don't have to require someone else to load your magazine. Put 2 snap caps and 2 loaded rounds on the bench and mix them up. Don't look at them and load them into the rifles magazine and cycle a round into the chamber pointed down range and shoot the rounds while shooting slowly for a group.