Home made Snap Caps?

[Don45]

Has anyone made some snap caps for themselves?
If you have what did you use to fill the primer pocket?

Don

 

[41 Colt]

I've heard you can use a glue gun for that.

 

[jackenape]

I epoxied some erasers that we cut to fit, and then trimmed them flush with the base after they were dry. They work great. I also epoxied the base of the bullet and the inside of the case to help keep the bullet from getting set back through many chamberings. Make sure you don't get any epoxy in your dies

 

[SuperCub]

I've heard you can use a glue gun for that.

I do that. Cut off the crimp [for shotgun], deprime and fill the primer pocker full with a hot glue gun.




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[scotty]

Glue or Eraser.

 

[geologist]

I do that. Cut off the crimp [for shotgun], deprime and fill the primer pocker full with a hot glue gun..

I'm going to try this and fill the shell with silicon to give it some weight.

 

[jackenape]

I thought about filling it up with glue, but thought it may be brittle and crack. I also wanted a bit of cushioning for the firing pin, but if you guys aren't having that problem, filling with glue would be easiest.

 

[geologist]

I thought about filling it up with glue, but thought it may be brittle and crack. I also wanted a bit of cushioning for the firing pin, but if you guys aren't having that problem, filling with glue would be easiest.

I'm thinking of filling it with that white silicon caulking that cures fairly hard.

 

[jackenape]

I'm thinking of filling it with that white silicon caulking that cures fairly hard.

I thought silicone would work well, but I didn't know if it would grip the brass well enough to stay in place. I also thought of squeezing it through the flash hole to give it extra grab, but thought even then its a pretty thin strand holding it in place.

Let me know if the silicone stays stuck, since that would be the best of both worlds.

 

[lineofsight]

Can also put a piece of doweling between bullet and flash hole, then epoxy/glue gun fill primer pocket. I use nickel cases for snap caps, its brass know its not a snap cap.

 

[GAIRLOCHIAN]

Rubber O-ring material comes in the right size to fit primer pocket.Works great.

 

[Don45]

Thanks for the ideas I will have to give some a try and see how it works.

Don

 

[SuperCub]

I thought about filling it up with glue, but thought it may be brittle and crack. I also wanted a bit of cushioning for the firing pin, but if you guys aren't having that problem, filling with glue would be easiest.

The glue gun glue does still have a bit of give to it and a fair bit more than a steel primer.



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[SandRoad]

I used a piece of polyethylene pipe (thick walled semi flexible black water pipe) Cut out slugs with a hollow core punch. Warmed up the slug and stuck it into the primer hole. If you warm it up enough, the PE will soften and ooze through the flash hole, so it won't come out.

It has a little bit of give, probably about the same as a hard primer. Silicone is much too soft, not much different than not using a snap cap at all.

I seated a jacketed bullet with shellac so it won't move, coloured the case with a marker.

 

[R.G.]

deprimed hull fill pocket with silcone works great

 

[denydart]

I took advantage of a stuck '06 case I removed once that had the 1/4x20 threads tapped in the bottom. I just got one of those white plastic screws with the right thread pitch and epoxied it in the end of the case - trimmed when cured. One 2" scew has made 6 different caps since.