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Pump Shotgun "de-cocking"
- Thread starter Servo77
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banditt007
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springs wear out due to cycling them. leaving them cocked dosent do anything. a wives tale IMO..... when we are talking about springs that are made right to begin with.
but yeah you can dry fire a shotgun. i do that and rack it 1/2 way back and it 'locks' so you cannot put it back forward and only back to chamber a round out of the full tube. saftey off. AKA cruiser ready. its perfect b/c the chamber is empty but there is no fumbling for the saftey ect. just rack and go.
but yeah you can dry fire a shotgun. i do that and rack it 1/2 way back and it 'locks' so you cannot put it back forward and only back to chamber a round out of the full tube. saftey off. AKA cruiser ready. its perfect b/c the chamber is empty but there is no fumbling for the saftey ect. just rack and go.
A pile of recent stuff, mostly unrelated to firearms, has convinced me that leaving springs compressed does nothing. They wear from cycling, not static compression.
But I still dry-fire my 870s and, for that matter, my O/U.
old habits, and all that...
It doesn't help, but it doesn't hurt.
But I still dry-fire my 870s and, for that matter, my O/U.
old habits, and all that...
It doesn't help, but it doesn't hurt.
As has been mentioned already springs do not wear out because they are compressed. The cause of springs wearing out is movement. You can leave that gun cocked as long as you like and it wont wear out.
I doubt any of us have ever fired a shotgun enough to wear out the firing pin spring anyway.
I doubt any of us have ever fired a shotgun enough to wear out the firing pin spring anyway.
I put 7,500 - 10,000 rounds a year thru my primary 12ga shotguns - and I change the firing pins and springs about every 3 years.
You can definitely wear out the springs and firing pins in a shotgun - check the point of the firing pins for any flaking / pitting - Browning's firing pins seem to have been a problem for the last 5 or 6 years - showing signs of wear at about 5,000 - 7,500 rounds on various over-unders and on a variety of gagues. Replacing them with titanium firing pins lengthens the life of the pins.
Taking the stock off a shotgun - at least twice a year - to clean and inspect the trigger group, springs, firing pins etc is routine maintenance, and maybe more often, if you are hunting or shooting on real wet days or if you store your guns where you may get a little condensation. A lot of guys have been dissapointed to find a significant amount of rust and corrosion inside their stocks because they weren't taking them off periodically.
You can definitely wear out the springs and firing pins in a shotgun - check the point of the firing pins for any flaking / pitting - Browning's firing pins seem to have been a problem for the last 5 or 6 years - showing signs of wear at about 5,000 - 7,500 rounds on various over-unders and on a variety of gagues. Replacing them with titanium firing pins lengthens the life of the pins.
Taking the stock off a shotgun - at least twice a year - to clean and inspect the trigger group, springs, firing pins etc is routine maintenance, and maybe more often, if you are hunting or shooting on real wet days or if you store your guns where you may get a little condensation. A lot of guys have been dissapointed to find a significant amount of rust and corrosion inside their stocks because they weren't taking them off periodically.