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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Shooting lighter weight rifles?
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<blockquote data-quote="Barrelnut" data-source="post: 1979866" data-attributes="member: 74902"><p>The reason the reticle jumps around when dry firing, on an empty chamber, is because the firing pin assembly just slams against the bolt head when the trigger is pulled. This is because there is no primer in place to absorb the blow as there is when a live round is loaded.</p><p>This is what snap caps do, they absorb the firing pin force. If you don't have snap caps - I don't - then a great substitute is a fired cartridge with the fired primer still in it. The fired primer and empty cartridge will stop the annoying crosshair jump when dry firing. Actually there is no real need for snap caps, if you have some fired brass. Simple.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Barrelnut, post: 1979866, member: 74902"] The reason the reticle jumps around when dry firing, on an empty chamber, is because the firing pin assembly just slams against the bolt head when the trigger is pulled. This is because there is no primer in place to absorb the blow as there is when a live round is loaded. This is what snap caps do, they absorb the firing pin force. If you don't have snap caps - I don't - then a great substitute is a fired cartridge with the fired primer still in it. The fired primer and empty cartridge will stop the annoying crosshair jump when dry firing. Actually there is no real need for snap caps, if you have some fired brass. Simple. [/QUOTE]
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