..but surely asking on a clay forum would be easier than choosing a new hobby?
I shot at a comp on Sunday and had to use fibres. Had quite a few not going off and the pin had struck the cartridges very lightly. I have an MK38 and Phil said we’d get it sent off etc to get fixed. At the Essex Masters yesterday and the Browning Guy was there so we asked him and he took it straight off me, done the pins before I even shot at 9.00 then asked to have it back in the break to do my ejectors as one was sticking. He cleaned it, gave it back to me and it’s like I’ve a brand new gun. Actually struggled to get it open a few times!! Brilliant service.
You will normally find them at the "bigger events" rather than smaller comps. He charged me (Phil .) £30 which as you say was a bargain.
Go figure?
I can only speak about my interaction with Wonko and found him rude & patronising I’m afraid. I’m not not going to respond simply because I’m new on here, I’m new to shooting not newborn.
Nae need for that sh*te bud if you dinnae like the answer ignore it... or should I say who gives a flying F what you do with your gun? I think the message is that for some the act of releasing the hammer springs without something in place to absorb the resultant shock through the other components of the mechanism is something that should be avoided . I would not worry about it though you will be shot of that gun pronto anyway.Go figure?
Listen princess.. I don’t care if your dad was John Browning, I asked a question which you don’t know the answer to but instead of suggesting a possible explanation or offering any supporting evidence you get all pissy about the newb daring to challenge a long standing ‘rule’ which seems so far to be based on ‘if two pieces of metal don’t touch each other they will last longer’ which, when put in the context of a modern machine designed to go bang and shake about a lot is, I am suggesting, perhaps merely an extension of ‘if you leave it in the box and don’t use it nothing will happen to it’, and in reality, dry firing when you need to for whatever reason makes no difference to the condition of your gun. However I imagine if you set up a device to repeatedly dry fire the weapon for a few days and compared the surface that the shoulder of the firing pin impacted with that of a new gun using a comparison microscope there will be a difference, this has nothing to do with gun maintenance or being a good gun owner, it’s engineering BUT.. unlike you... I would be pleased if someone changed my mind with some tangible evidence or reasoning because I don’t want to damage my new gun. Ok?
Take your head out of your arse and be nice
Admin don't interfere with much here but as a rule we try and confront one another's misbeliefs in more friendly tones. I actually happen to be interested in your query asking for evidence, it does seem odd to design something that can self harm itself if dry fired but then that's not restricted to shotguns as spring air guns too can be badly damaged if fired without pellets.
Gearboxes with no oil in are rubbish too..
Also.... never forget to remove them before opening your gun in public as many folk will assume you have arrived with a loaded gun, unaware they are snap caps. Ask me how I know....
And they really have no purpose in that sense. If you want to release the springs, while the barrels are off, just hold a penny over the firing pin, pull the trigger. Assemble gun. Job done.
Been there, open slip slide out gun open gun and with a loud click both snap caps go shooting out and hit somebody.
It was just a question because the logic sounded skewed I didn’t expect anyone to care about my gun but nor was I expecting someone to get all pissy and suggest I take up different hobby because duh I didn’t know the simple answer...
Well I give as good as I get basically.
