How to practise loading at home and be safe?

[obiwan]

For 3 gun how do you practice loading your shotgun at home, by that I mean 100% safe where you will not accidentally fire off a shot?
Is there special dummy shells? Make your own from used shells??

 

[Butcherbill]

Snap caps or dummy rounds, I only load live rounds if I intend on shooting something.

 

[Daver_II]

Buy some good dummy rounds.

Never "practice" or test with live rounds.

You can make some out of an old empty shell and some washers (for weight) sealing it with hot glue.

But a proper dummy round set is a better option.

 

[obiwan]

I was looking online for snap caps but can only find them in amazon and canadian tire and they all have bad reviews. I do like the washers in a spend shell suggestion

 

[Daver_II]

I was looking online for snap caps but can only find them in amazon and canadian tire and they all have bad reviews. I do like the washers in a spend shell suggestion

Just make sure you mark them well.

It should. Be obvious they are the dummy rounds.

AND never store them with your live ammo.

 

[Butcherbill]

I use these, I fill them with bb’s and silicone the open end shut. Weight of a live shell and unmistakable as a dummy round, they were a couple bucks a piece. I got them at Reliable Gun a few years ago, they work really well.

https://stactionpro.com/product/12-gauge-action-trainer/

 

[dusticles]

I'm using the Saf-T-Trainer 12ga rounds. Picked up a pack of 25 from 911 Supply in Calgary. Around $40 for the big pack I think

 

[obiwan]

Thank you for the link

 

[QUATTROISKING]

Take spent shotgun shells put wooden dowel that’s a right fit viola shotgun dummy shells

 

[obiwan]

Take spent shotgun shells put wooden dowel that’s a right fit viola shotgun dummy shells

I like that! Thank you!

 

[Mark Mags]

I would strongly suggest AGAINST the red snapcaps. I had a terrible time trying to cycle them through several (different aged) Wingmasters. Would not eject, would not load...
I ended up giving them away when I sold the shotguns.

 

[Brutus]

I would strongly suggest AGAINST the red snapcaps. I had a terrible time trying to cycle them through several (different aged) Wingmasters. Would not eject, would not load...
I ended up giving them away when I sold the shotguns.

I too have found those aluminum body red snap caps a little wanting.

In 22 Hornet the bullet profile give too wide to fit inside the chamber my Browning rifle.
Perhaps because they are inert the machinist specs were not too SAAMI standards?