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StrikeEagle · March 14, 2007, 04:45 PM

30+ years ago, two friends and I got Winchester 94 rifles. We'd sit in front of the TV watching stuff like Night of the Living Dead and snap the heck out of those rifles.

All three of us broke our firing pins... LOL

Ever since then I've been careful about dryfiring rifles. I'll do it occasionally, but it's basically something I try to avoid.

March 14, 2007, 04:45 PM	#8
StrikeEagle Senior Member Join Date: June 29, 2004 Posts: 264	30+ years ago, two friends and I got Winchester 94 rifles. We'd sit in front of the TV watching stuff like Night of the Living Dead and snap the heck out of those rifles. All three of us broke our firing pins... LOL Ever since then I've been careful about dryfiring rifles. I'll do it occasionally, but it's basically something I try to avoid.