dry firing 91/30?

[Erik Jensen]

just a quick question. I've searched, and haven't found an answer.

is it ok to dry fire my mosin-nagant 91/30? is there a good chance of breaking the firing pin or anything?

 

[Jim K]

All I can say is that I have dry fired a lot of them and never had a problem. Most military rifles are made to be dry fired because it is common to begin training with rifle manipulation and dry firing. These can be done in a training area or even in a barracks where live fire requires a range area.

Jim

 

[Dionysusigma]

Had an Izzy M44 once. To get the motion and feeling of using a bolt gun ingrained in my head, I'd cycle it repeatedly whenever I was bored. Not long after, I began dry-firing it quite often as well to get the feeling of the trigger pull (but more just for the fun of it ) Must've dry-fired the thing about 50-75 times (no snap caps), and it'd always fire just fine when I took it to the range.

I've no experience in metallurgy, but I think that the firing pin, along with the rest of the bolt, is a good, solid carbon-steel. Due to my aforementioned torture tests, I personally wouldn't worry about it like I would a CZ-52 or the like.

 

[jrhead75]

That's a really solid, bolt and firing pin on those old Mosins. I've dry fired my 91/30 a bunch with no problems at all.

 

[Okiecruffler]

I've dry fired all of mine hundreds of times, haven't broken a pin yet, but they do make a brittle snapping sound don't they.

 

[M2HMGHB]

It isnt that big a deal to replace most of the parts on the Nagant. I've had to replace the interuptor-ejector and spring before, and I always take the bolt apart and firing pin and spring out to clean the firing pin channel. I have an M39 and a M91/30. I would suggest picking up a Nagant kit if you dont have one, as the screwdriver has a guide for firing pin protrusion.