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Hey guys, I'm not sure if this is the right place for it but I'll give it a shot. Where can you buy 2 3/4 12G dummy rounds? I want rounds that are good for practicing loading/cycling/dry firing in the house. I wanna time myself on how long it takes me to grab my shotgun and load in case of a big zombie attack. I also have a bunch of fired shells so I was thinking of making them into dummy rounds but I dont know if theres anything I should watch out for or avoid doing. I assume that the fired shells are safe but my main concern is can the primer fire more then once? I just dont wanna mess something up and either break my shotgun or hurt someone. Thanks for the input guys.

Steve
 
Primers are one time fire only. So obviously you don't reload because then you could just re-size some shells and have at her. The fired shells might be hard to cycle because of the expansion from firing. You can buy Snap caps from most gun stores, they come 2 per pkg.
 
I've found snap caps don't function necessarily exactly like shot shells, if you can find someone who loads and have them make you up shells with the same shot charge you normally use, just leave in the dead primer and use sand or sugar instead of powder under the wad. Then you are handling shells almost exactly like the ones you'll be shooting. I've just found the balance and weight to be a little off with shotshell snap caps. My winchester 9410 will feed my live reloads flawlessly or factory rounds for that matter however the .410 snap caps don't feed very reliably, thats why i'd suggest making your own dummies if it's for loading unloading and cycling practice.
 
I bought some from Tetragon (google it). They were 1.35 ea or something. 2 3/4" but not actual weight. Very light in comparison to a real shell. Also, the brass is seeing quite a bit of wear from cycling through my Grizzly.
 
I've thought about practicing for zombie attacks too. Couldn't an enterprising individual just use some fired hulls trimmed back to 2 3/4", and filled with whatever, capped off with epoxy? You should be able to play with until you get the balance right, then rattle off a bunch and seal them with epoxy so the filling doesn't fall out! I smell a new small business in the making! No wait, that's zombie rot-smell!
"THIS IS MY BOOMSTICK, MOTHERFLICKERS!"
 
Clead said:
I've thought about practicing for zombie attacks too. Couldn't an enterprising individual just use some fired hulls trimmed back to 2 3/4", and filled with whatever, capped off with epoxy?
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You'd definitely have to do something with the crimp end to allow functional feeding, so instead of just trimming back, re-size & then re-crimp with epoxy filler to re-enforce under the crimp(basically fill the empty hull).
I do however use my re-sized hulls and just put a slight crimp until flush with end, too much crimp or over crimp will keep going and stop inside the hull.
Unless the once-fired shells were fired (fire-formed) outta the same gun you may have trouble cycling/feeding with any other fired hull.

Good Luck
 
or go into a store and buy a muzzel loading snap cap... a 209 snap cap for muzzel loading is the same as 209 primer which is used in muzzel loaders and shoot shells all you do is go through the loading process repacing the poweder with sand and the shot with plastic soft air bbs using the dummy primersif they break they can be remade for les then the full size dummys and they luck exactly and feel very close to your normal rounds
 
I'm personally not keen on the idea of "dummy" rounds that resemble live or expended rounds in anything more than the broadest sense. I know that they need to be the same size and shape in order to function effectively, but I personally prefer my dummy rounds to be readily distinguishable from real rounds by both sight and feel.

Prior to using dummy rounds/snap caps, I make sure that there are no live rounds in the same room that I'm in. I also visually and manually check each dummy round to make sure that it's both the correct type and in good shape. This prevents a later distraction from possibly causing me to lose focus and insert a live round. I know, I know...this might be over-cautious...but I don't want any firearms going off in my basement. I'm pretty adamant about that particular point. :rolleyes:

Or maybe my approach is just that way because that's the CF's approach.
 
I made some practice round for a friend and so they would be different used a brand of hull from the range of a totaly different hull colour than my friend normaly used, used newspaper below wad and a pc of rubber in place of primer and just crimped it like a factory round. So weighed the same but was visualy different.
 
I put a little safety orange paint on the crimped ends of my dummy rounds. It's out of the way so it won't chip or clog the action, but bright enough so that I don't make any mistakes.
 
w squared said:
I'm personally not keen on the idea of "dummy" rounds that resemble live or expended rounds in anything more than the broadest sense. I know that they need to be the same size and shape in order to function effectively, but I personally prefer my dummy rounds to be readily distinguishable from real rounds by both sight and feel.

Prior to using dummy rounds/snap caps, I make sure that there are no live rounds in the same room that I'm in. I also visually and manually check each dummy round to make sure that it's both the correct type and in good shape. This prevents a later distraction from possibly causing me to lose focus and insert a live round. I know, I know...this might be over-cautious...but I don't want any firearms going off in my basement. I'm pretty adamant about that particular point. :rolleyes:

Or maybe my approach is just that way because that's the CF's approach.
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Someone has a sig line that says the two loudest sounds on earth, are "Click"when it should have gone "Bang," and "Bang"when it should have gone "Click.":eek: I don't think there's anything overly cautious or paranoid about your practices. Always best to be safe.
 
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