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Old 05-27-2019, 7:15 AM
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Most (if not all) modern .22 firearms have firing pin travel stops that prevent damage to the firing pin and/or chamber if dry fired or sofly decocked.

If you want to try having a snap cap in place, try this and check back in a week or so to see if the snap cap can easily be extracted. Sometimes they will stick over time and you may have to use a cleaning rod to knock it loose.

I had this problem with my old Winchester model 88 lever action (.308). It wasn't possible to do a soft decock, it had to be dry fired. So, with a snap cap in place, it would jam in the chamber and could not be extracted when opening the bolt after some storage time (tough on the extractor also).

Dan
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