Hey guys just made this account to hopefully ease my anxiety. Just got a hatsan 135 vortex qe carnivore .30 cal gas piston air rifle from pyramid Been doing my test shots to make sure it's all good and shooting properly. Only spaced loading a pellet into it a single time and immediately knew I dry fired because it was loud lol did a bunch of research on the possibility of how much I could have damaged it. I'm getting a bit of a burnt smell but am not sure if that's just factory lube dieseling off and obviously my anxiety makes me think the worst. The gun is still seeming to fire properly but I didn't have it long enough to know for sure if it's deviating from any baseline. I know a single dry fire should probably be fine and I don't plan on doing it again obviously but am just curious what you guys think? Thanks a bunch for any help in advance!
Single accidental dry fire
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I have been to a lot of the factories. They dry fire to test function. Don’t sweat it.
Rob.
Rob.
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Agree with Rob I have also accidentally done this and never suffered any issues. I think as long as it’s not a habit you’ll be fine.
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+1 to what Rob said. The burnt smell is your new gun burning off excess lube and being a Hatsan, they tend to.
Many of us are members of the Dry Fire Club (there's also one for "I shot my chrony"), welcome aboard. One won't hurt it and doing it has made all more careful about making sure that pellet is in there before we close the barrel.
Many of us are members of the Dry Fire Club (there's also one for "I shot my chrony"), welcome aboard. One won't hurt it and doing it has made all more careful about making sure that pellet is in there before we close the barrel.
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I figured as much. Definitely a lesson for myself, to pay more attention to my loading procedure at least. Never a bad idea to pay more attention when handling a weapon. Thanks for the reassurances guys I'll keep breaking her in and see how things go. If anything I got it from pyramid air since I've heard plenty of good things of their customer service but it shouldn't come to that.
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If anything this got me to make an account on here so I'll take that as a plus honestly. I've messaged hatsan and they've said the same thing and if I notice diesel smoke from the stock and not the barrel then I might have a problem but no such smoke has appeared for me. Hope I don't end up joining the "shot my chrony" club when I get around to buying one haha.
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I've owned or still do, 20+ Hatsan and Turkish built Webleys. While I wish I knew with what, lame guess being part lube/part rust protectant, Hatsan over lubes their guns...lolol
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Yeah first thing I did was clean it when I got it and there was a lot of lube all over it and a literal glob of grease in the lockup portion of the gun. I honestly appreciate it as I'd rather deal with cleaning a bit(which I consider part of the fun of owning a gun being into muzzleloaders) than have to deal with something being rusty when brand new. That would be frustrating.
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barrakto said( . Hope I don't end up joining the "shot my chrony" club when I get around to buying one haha.)
You will. Eventually you may see the humor in it. So far I have 2 Kills both on Beta Chrony's.
You will. Eventually you may see the humor in it. So far I have 2 Kills both on Beta Chrony's.
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I am a member in good standing to both of these fine organizations , never had a problem with either club .
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Dryfire Club, sadly yes...lol.
Shot my Chrony, nope. Maybe all that knocking on wood and tossing a little
salt over the shoulder for luck...lol.
Shot my Chrony, nope. Maybe all that knocking on wood and tossing a little
salt over the shoulder for luck...lol.
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Haha well then I'll toss some salt too and just expect it as an inevitability. Hopefully later rather than sooner! I'll make sure to pay my dues to the dry fire club annually to keep my good standing.
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I had a Hatsan 125 gas piston in .25 caliber and dry fired it dozens of times on purpose. Mostly to startle my wife. She loves that stuff and seemed safer than throwing a firecracker around the corner.
If you really want to make a crack, put a cleaning pellet in there and fire it. They go supersonic on the way out.
Eventually that rifle died on me but I'm pretty sure it had nothing to do with dry firing it.
If you really want to make a crack, put a cleaning pellet in there and fire it. They go supersonic on the way out.
Eventually that rifle died on me but I'm pretty sure it had nothing to do with dry firing it.
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I've never dryfired a springer. From the beginning I've always considered it like dry firing a bow, great way to wreck it. Sounds like it's not immediately catastrophic but I expect it would take life off the gun. I HAVE shot my chrony once. A black powder 45 cal derringer that shot a foot low at 10 feet (oops...)
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I'll have to find the right size punch to cut out some felt I have laying around and give it a try ha 5/16 seems spot on when I put a pellet into the punch but idk if I should size up slightly to help hug the grooves and clean better but we'll see. And yeah I felt the same way about it as you're saying with a bow badger5th, sounds way easier to avoid with a bow considering you'd have to consciously not be holding an arrow and all that. Fortunately I've heard nitro pistons might have an easier time with it than a metal springer, if it shortened the life a bit it's not like I can take it back lol I'll cross that bridge when I get there.
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Every once in a great while I have forgotten to load a pellet. And it's holy crap. I'm very careful after. It won't hurt it as long as you don't make a habit of it.
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I had a Beeman r10 in 1992 never dry fired it. A good friend came over and dry fired it. It broke the spring. Super tuned it. Doc Beeman said, "Don't do that again!"
I had a Diana model 48 that got dry fired a couple of times. It broke the spring. Charlie da Tuner said, "Don't do that again."
Both of those rifles were made around 1991 or 92. I had a Diana 460 that I lent out a couple of summers ago. it got dry fired I don't know how many times because I wasn't there. It came back with a broken spring. John in PA said, "Don't do that again".
One member here says he dry fired his gas ram rifle repeatedly and it eventually died but it wasn't because he was dry firing it.... Maybe it wasn't.
Maybe they make springs better today than they used to make them? Maybe they build rifles today because they know people are going to drive fire them?
Just don't make a habit of it. It's an expensive habit.
I had a Diana model 48 that got dry fired a couple of times. It broke the spring. Charlie da Tuner said, "Don't do that again."
Both of those rifles were made around 1991 or 92. I had a Diana 460 that I lent out a couple of summers ago. it got dry fired I don't know how many times because I wasn't there. It came back with a broken spring. John in PA said, "Don't do that again".
One member here says he dry fired his gas ram rifle repeatedly and it eventually died but it wasn't because he was dry firing it.... Maybe it wasn't.
Maybe they make springs better today than they used to make them? Maybe they build rifles today because they know people are going to drive fire them?
Just don't make a habit of it. It's an expensive habit.
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