[Unlicensed Dremel]

It just occurs to me that the reason a couple of my favorites are my favorites in large part due to the fact that I can dry fire them round the house, due to them having a hammer-block safety, rather than trigger-block safety, and I like to dry fire, to practice sight picture with iron sights, etc.

--Marlin 39, with the cross-bolt hammer block, and
--Heritage Rough Rider, the only revolver I've ever had with a safety

I dry fire the crap out of these, which of course I don't with other rimfires.

Now, granted, the Marlin 39 would probably have been a top 2 or 3 favorite regardless of the type of safety, but now it's the clear top dawg among rimfires, that I won't part with until hands are cold and dead, as they say. The Rough Rider would not really otherwise be a favorite, but for the dry-fire ability.

But what sets your favorite rimfires apart from the others?