7.62x54R Snap caps or dummy rounds - impossible to find locally.

I bought a few off Ebay a few years ago. They can be shipped from the U.S. Mine were labelled "inert dummy cartridges for training".
 
I made my own from 5rds of Bulgarian surplus.

The primer in mine was water soluble, so I just washed out casing and pressed the bullets back in afterward.

I marked them as dummies with blue colour and indented sides.

They get pretty scraped up in the SVT, but sanding the sharp edge off the bottom of the bolt helps with that.
 
FWIW, for a snap cap rather than a dummy round, I found that .410 shotgun snap caps work in both my Mosins & my SVT, and they're usually easier to find than x54R. I've never been convinced the nylon or other plastic primer/cushions actually absorb enough energy to make a difference, so I prefer the spring-loaded brass plunger types.

Regards,
Joel
 
Ironers said:
Like the title says I cannot find 7.62x54R Snap cap or dummy rounds for sale anywhere in Edmonton. I've been to all of the stores I know about and not one carries them. And none of the sponsor sites sell them either. Anybody able to help or am I out of luck?
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Those and 450 Marlin Snap caps.
Admittedly the 450 Marlin is gasping on its death bed but the 7.62 x 54R is a very popular round with thousands of Mosins in the gun cabinets of Canadians.
 
joelvca said:
FWIW, for a snap cap rather than a dummy round, I found that .410 shotgun snap caps work in both my Mosins & my SVT, and they're usually easier to find than x54R. I've never been convinced the nylon or other plastic primer/cushions actually absorb enough energy to make a difference, so I prefer the spring-loaded brass plunger types.

Regards,
Joel
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Agreed.

Look at the force it takes to poke a pencil a few mm deep into an tire, and compare it to the force it takes to collapse a primer cup.

I would expect anything short of a brass insert with a -hard- spring behind it to be not much different than dry firing.
 
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I made my own dummies and used 5-min epoxy to hold the bullet. I used the same epoxy for the primer, and I don't think it's going to last. The depression from the pin gets bigger every time. Next I'm going to try some rubber from an old inner tube.

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I made my own dummies and used 5-min epoxy to hold the bullet. I used the same epoxy for the primer, and I don't think it's going to last. The depression from the pin gets bigger every time. Next I'm going to try some rubber from an old inner tube.

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Good idea with the glue. After many cycles the bullets are starting to get wiggly in mine.

Or I might whip out the soldering torch... the copper wash should solder reasonably well.

Ulrich
 
I ordered 3 sets from lymann products. They are based out of the usa and ship to canada. Very reasonable and you can load up on snap caps of any size. They are good quality metal cycled them thru my sks in 39mm mosin in 54R and k98 in 8mm highly recommended
 
I`ve made my own for several calibers.I use silicone in the primer pocket, lasts a good long time.My local WSS sells a good selection of A ZOOM snap caps, bought many from them.

PT
 
Ed82 said:
One idea I saw somewhere online was to cut a small piece of eraser to fill the primer pocket and there's your impact point for the firing pin. Someone else told me a blob of hot glue will work the same
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Thinking a good way to make those would be with a leather hole punch. ;)

Grizz
 
I am sure I will get flamed for my method but here it goes. I have never been able to suitably re-seat and secure the bullet in place so I very carefully drilled a small hole in the side of the cartridge case on one side. Then carefully enlarged the hole until it was big enough to shake out the propellant. I placed the cartridge in a vice with the rim resting on the jaws and used a large nail and hammer to fire the primer. The nail was rounded off on a grinder. The hole in the cartridge case was orientated so the hole was not obstructed by the vice jaws so the pressure would vent out the hole. Drill out the primer pocket and fill with cushioning material.

I have done this with several rimmed cartridges. Rimless cartridges are a little more challenging.
 
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Removing a projectile is rather simple, but how does one get the projectile back in there straight? I was thinking about using my drill press.
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Just tighten the chuck on the drill press to center the bullet and lock the depth to seat the bullet. I use quite a bit of gel epoxy to keep the bulllet from moving any deeper when cycling through a magazine. I put the dummy round tip down so the epoxy forms around the bullet. It works fine for all the ones I made, no set backs.
 
I've recently been to Russia and you can buy official Soviet training rounds there on flea markets.
They have three grooves stamped into the cartridge to tell them apart from real ones:
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They cost one dollar a piece there. Unfortunately, the airport security would not allow you to carry what they call "munitions" even in check-in luggage.
 
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