Tikka 3 Dry Fire?

[CPLofMARINES]

Just bought a Tikka 3. I was looking through the manual
And I can not find whether or not it is ok to dry fire or not.
I would appreciate if anyone could help me out with this.
Thank you

Semper Fi

 

[viking499]

I would say not.

 

[NeuseRvrRat]

i would say why not.

 

[PBR Streetgang]

Be safe and by some snap caps, dry fire to your hearts content with no worries.......

 

[M-Cameron]

unless stated in the manual....it is safe to dry fire any modern firearm(even rimfire).

 

[Flatbush Harry]

If the rifle has a floating firing pin, it may be dry-fired.

FH

 

[TurtlePhish]

Pretty much any modern firearm can be dryfired with no ill effects.

 

[HarcyPervin]

I've dry-fired mine plenty...no ill effects yet.

 

[adelbridge]

I wouldnt over do it but I always dry fire to decock. I have 110 year old rifles with original parts and no issue with dry firing

 

[CPLofMARINES]

Thank u all for your help.
Semper Fi

 

[Hokkmike]

My understanding is that it is OK to dry fire modern center fires rifles but to scrupulously avoid dry firing rim fires.

 

[viking499]

I said not because I try not to dry fire anything, whenever possible, with out the use of snap caps or something else. Figured it is better to be safe that shopping for replacement parts....

 

[jmr40]

A guns parts will break at exactly the same round count whether dry fired or live fired. Most centerfire big game ammo is at least $1 per shot for factory loads. Even reloads work out to about 1/2 that. You cannot afford to live fire enough to become a good shot. All my centerfires get dry fired thousands of times for each round of live fire. I have 40 year old guns that have been dry fired more than 100,000 times. Never owned a snap cap, never had a problem.

Even if a part breaks while dry firing I don't see how anyone can afford to not get in lots of dry fire practice. At $1/round for ammo you'd spend $1,000 on ammo to fire your gun 1000 times. I'm still savng lots of money even if I do break a $10 part.