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a hammer gun - no - use a snap cap
personally I would not dry fire a hammerless either, but you have a better chance doing o harm with one of them.
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03-30-2013, 08:44 PM
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That is what I thought. I am taking the answers as a NO. Thank you.
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03-30-2013, 08:58 PM
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When dry-firing any of my guns, I use A-Zoom Snap Caps, exclusively. There will be those that say otherwise, but I see it as cheap insurance.
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Not a good idea. Not only do you chance breaking a pin, but on the older offset type pins, you chance peening the pin retainer as well.
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What about using spent shells as snap caps? If not, where does one buy snap caps? I need some 10 and 12 gauge ones.
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03-31-2013, 05:03 PM
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A spent primer has lost its ability to absorb the blow of the hammer and firing pin. Midway or Graf are two places I shop frequently. I am known to carry things to the extreme, but I keep A-Zooms in all my hammerless shotguns. I drop the hammers on them just before returning the gun to the locker. Despite what has been said over the years, pro and con, I try not to rationalize the non-use of a snap cap. I just do it....
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03-31-2013, 07:06 PM
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Mills - One low budget approach is to put pencil erasers in the primer pockets and snap away
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03-31-2013, 07:28 PM
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On my hammerguns I gently release the hammer by using my left hand to control it. No slamming on an empty chamber. I leave all my hammerless guns cocked. Take the forarm off an ejector gun thats not cocked to put it in a gun case and you won't make that mistake again
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