Did Oswald dry-fire his rifle in New Orleans using live ammo?

[Gerry Down]

Are there any advantages to practicing the manipulation of the bolt that way?

I'm not sure. Maybe if you only had a small amount of bullets and you didn't want to waste any by firing bullets while practicing the working if the bolt action.

[Tom Graves]

I'm not sure. Maybe if you only had a small amount of bullets and you didn't want to waste any by firing bullets while practicing the working if the bolt action.

Why not practice working the bolt action without a round in the chamber?

To see how hard it is to chamber a round and then eject the "spent shell" by ejecting said complete round?

[Gerry Down]

Why not practice working the bolt action without a round in the chamber?

To see how hard it is to chamber a round and then eject the "spent shell" by ejecting said complete round?

If you didn't use a round, then there would be nothing to jam the movement of the bolt action. I'd imagine the purpose of practicing the bolt action would be to prevent jams in a live rapid fire situation. So you'd need to use bullets of some sort.