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Driveout02 · September 4, 2008, 01:35 AM

I've heard that dry firing guns is just a bad habit in general, but is it not true that it's bad for rimfire, but not so much center-fire? Would dry firing a high powered rifle (i.e. .270, .30-06, etc.) harm the firing pin?

September 4, 2008, 01:35 AM	#1
Driveout02 Senior Member Join Date: December 9, 2006 Posts: 205	Dry Firing Center-Fire Rifles I've heard that dry firing guns is just a bad habit in general, but is it not true that it's bad for rimfire, but not so much center-fire? Would dry firing a high powered rifle (i.e. .270, .30-06, etc.) harm the firing pin?