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Re: Dry firing [Re: Sq2 hunter] #6112151 12/31/15 11:36 PM
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Good to know. I do dry fire to store guns but always felt a little concern.


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Re: Dry firing [Re: Sq2 hunter] #6115047 01/02/16 10:15 PM
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Dry fire away won't hurt anything, but do not dry fire a bow not good.

Re: Dry firing [Re: Sq2 hunter] #6115077 01/02/16 10:36 PM
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I dry fire my bow daily. Works wonders for my follow through

Re: Dry firing [Re: Sq2 hunter] #6115097 01/02/16 10:50 PM
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Watched a guy dry fire a bow in bass pro the other day. Trying to look cool, he looked it over, looked around to see if anyone saw and put it back on the rack.

Re: Dry firing [Re: Sq2 hunter] #6115123 01/02/16 11:09 PM
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Should never dry fire a bow or crossbow, can bust them.

Re: Dry firing [Re: Sq2 hunter] #6115197 01/02/16 11:57 PM
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Dry firing bow is dangerous to the user and detrimental to the eqmt.

Saw a guy dry fire a bow at Academy 10 years ago...strings snapped. Bows need arrows/bolts for energy transfer.


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Re: Dry firing [Re: Sq2 hunter] #6115277 01/03/16 12:55 AM
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