Dry firing
Just getting into muzzleloading and recently got a CVA gun. Haven't had a chance to shoot it yet, but did pull the hammer back a couple of times and dry fired it just to see how the trigger feels. I did this before I read the CVA manual that tells you not to dry fire it because it will damage the fire pin and transfer bar. Yikes! Does anyone think I damaged it? I have dry fired my bolt-action rifles and semi-auto shotgun a ton of times without ever having a problem. I guess I will find out when I try it out, but any thoughts on this would be appreciated!