DaveMachine
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So. Where do I get them?
.22lr snap caps
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gunasauras
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A friend of mine uses the plastic plugs you get to secure screws into dry wall....they are cheap and work like a charm.....not sure what size, but I'm thinking the ones for a #6 screw would be about right.....and once they get damaged, just throw 'em out....they are cheap anyway.....
I got some 22 snap caps a while ago, then discovered the package says you aren't supposed to use 'em for dry-fire anyway (which you shouldn't do w/o something in the chamber for a rimfile). Old brass works fine though, and you can't beat the price 
This is a joke right? Do I need a snap cap for my shotgun?
You don't need a snap cap for your .22lr,you need a day off and about three dollars of ammo(you will be shooting all day long)!
Snap caps are good for older colts& S&W revolvers that the spur hammer pins!
And yes some older pistols (.22lr)that have the bladed hammer!
On the older Colts and S&W revolvers just because the strike can make pinned hammer pin strike downward and actually burr the cylinder!
And of course the bladed hammer is actually hiting the cylinder and not the soft brass of the shell!
The S&W K-22 of course has the transfer bar safety and a round fireing pin!
All things taken into factor some can,and some souldn't!
Bob
You don't need a snap cap for your .22lr,you need a day off and about three dollars of ammo(you will be shooting all day long)!
Snap caps are good for older colts& S&W revolvers that the spur hammer pins!
And yes some older pistols (.22lr)that have the bladed hammer!
On the older Colts and S&W revolvers just because the strike can make pinned hammer pin strike downward and actually burr the cylinder!
And of course the bladed hammer is actually hiting the cylinder and not the soft brass of the shell!
The S&W K-22 of course has the transfer bar safety and a round fireing pin!
All things taken into factor some can,and some souldn't!
Bob
Just got off the phone with Richard, a gun-smith for CZ. I was curious about dry-firing my particular model, 452-Silhouette, and it turns out that all CZ rimfires have a lug-stop on their firing pin that impacts inside the bolt and stops the firing pin short of the breach face.
He still doesn't like to dry fire his own rimfires, though they have had to do it thousands of times at the factory, on test guns, and he has not seen it ruin any rifles so far.
I asked if he recommended snap caps for dry fire practice and he agree'd, though said re-using discharged rounds is fine as well, so long as you don't use them too many times and that you only use rounds discharged from your own gun, as discharged rounds reshape to the chamber they're fired from.
Here are few pics and links for .22LR snap caps.
These are some of the best. Precision machined hardened alluminum
http://www.lymanproducts.com/azoom/index.htm
These are good ones, won't explode when dry-fired.
http://www.marstar.ca/ammo/snap-caps.htm
Have heard horror stories of these exploding when dry-fired, leaving bits in the barrel/rifling... Haven't tried them myself
http://www.lymanproducts.com/pachmayr/pachbody.htm
Hope this helps answer some questions others might have on this subject, I know it did for me.
Cheers,
bcode
He still doesn't like to dry fire his own rimfires, though they have had to do it thousands of times at the factory, on test guns, and he has not seen it ruin any rifles so far.
I asked if he recommended snap caps for dry fire practice and he agree'd, though said re-using discharged rounds is fine as well, so long as you don't use them too many times and that you only use rounds discharged from your own gun, as discharged rounds reshape to the chamber they're fired from.
Here are few pics and links for .22LR snap caps.
These are some of the best. Precision machined hardened alluminum
http://www.lymanproducts.com/azoom/index.htm
These are good ones, won't explode when dry-fired.
http://www.marstar.ca/ammo/snap-caps.htm
Have heard horror stories of these exploding when dry-fired, leaving bits in the barrel/rifling... Haven't tried them myself
http://www.lymanproducts.com/pachmayr/pachbody.htm
Hope this helps answer some questions others might have on this subject, I know it did for me.
Cheers,
bcode
You can order the blue anodized aluminum ones from LeBaron (or go there if in TO, Ottawa or MTL).
Don't really use them. But for testing to see if a mag feeds (manually racking) before you get to the range.
If I have to dry fire, I put an old case in the chamber and "click".
Don't really use them. But for testing to see if a mag feeds (manually racking) before you get to the range.
If I have to dry fire, I put an old case in the chamber and "click".
Well I had to try this out myself... and I'll be damned, they worked like a charm. #6-8 Conical Anchors work quite well, the ones designed for concrete. I'm going to try the drywall type next. At $1/package of 6, they're pretty cheap to play with.
They don't feed very well thru a clip, but hand-loading isn't such a chore. Below are a couple of pics I took for those who are curious about relative sizes and such.
The one on the bottom has been shot 4 times, as the indents allude.
gunasauras
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Western Manitoba
That's the ones.....
Well I had to try this out myself... and I'll be damned, they worked like a charm. #6-8 Conical Anchors work quite well, the ones designed for concrete. I'm going to try the drywall type next. At $1/package of 6, they're pretty cheap to play with.
They don't feed very well thru a clip, but hand-loading isn't such a chore. Below are a couple of pics I took for those who are curious about relative sizes and such.
The one on the bottom has been shot 4 times, as the indents allude.
