If you decide that you have to test your rifle's action with live rounds in a location where it would be dangerous to fire off a round, there are two things that you can do to make it safer. First, remove the firing pin and install a shortened firing pin. You cannot cycle the acti...
Hammer: The part, under spring tension, that falls forward once released to strike the firing pin and detonate the primer in the chambered cartridge. Lock time: The time that elapses between the sear surface releasing the hammer and the cartridge primer igniting after being struck by the firing...