Marstar snap-caps in 12 gauge?

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Anyone use these? I noticed that they are made of clear plastic, and am concerned about durability if I dropped them.

But they seem cheap like dirt; and I can buy a bunch of them to get good with my new pump.

Opinions? (from people who own them?)
 
I own some, the clear made in italy ones I think they are, they are as durable as you want them to be, for an over under where your concerned about dry firing they are perfect.

for a pump or a semi auto where you want to practice "drills" with I am not sure they will hold up....

I use the a-zoom ones in my 308 which are solid aluminim and they are awesome.

if you know someone who reloads get him to load you some dummy round's with lead shot in it and then use a pencil eraser to fill the primer hole, replace when needed..... gives the gun heft when fully loaded and better to do drills with as the shells will be similar to what you use.
 
Westicle said:
I own some, the clear made in italy ones I think they are, they are as durable as you want them to be, for an over under where your concerned about dry firing they are perfect.

for a pump or a semi auto where you want to practice "drills" with I am not sure they will hold up....

I use the a-zoom ones in my 308 which are solid aluminim and they are awesome.

if you know someone who reloads get him to load you some dummy round's with lead shot in it and then use a pencil eraser to fill the primer hole, replace when needed..... gives the gun heft when fully loaded and better to do drills with as the shells will be similar to what you use.
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I've been using the A-zoom aluminum dummy rounds for the past three seasons as training dummies so they have been fed/loaded/cycled several hundred times each and are holding up well. The only thing is they have a small diameter aluminum rim, they are getting beaten up but still function. The smaller diameter rim can sometime cause double feeds out of the 870 magazine....but that allows you to practice clearing the double feed jam.
 
I have some of those clear plastic snap caps, i use them in my semi auto mossberg 930. They are fine for dry firing but don't cycle well, one actually almost got stuck once.
 
I picked up some purple colored metal ones (not sure of the brand) the other day. I would not suggest them, the metal is far to soft and ends up littering your action with small shavings. :(
 
The plastic snap caps are only really good for SxS and O/U shotguns. If you plan to do any sort of cycling in a pump gun, you'll only get some sort of life out of them by dropping them in the chamber.

The repeated banging of the rim to the loading ribs will eventually crack the plastic body.

The aluminum AZOOM types are better.....but a cheaper alternative would be to make ones out of old hulls filled with sand, sealed and colouring the brass.
 
Ike said:
I've been using the A-zoom aluminum dummy rounds for the past three seasons as training dummies so they have been fed/loaded/cycled several hundred times each and are holding up well. The only thing is they have a small diameter aluminum rim, they are getting beaten up but still function. The smaller diameter rim can sometime cause double feeds out of the 870 magazine....but that allows you to practice clearing the double feed jam.
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The rim worries me also, I have a set of .45acp and the extractor is starting to mangle it up.
 
My advise is to stay away from those hard plastic snap caps, the see thru ones. Every one I have ever used has had the rim break, even in o/u guns (with ejectors). The cheap MTM snap caps are better as they are made with softer plastic and dont break as quickly. It's best to get aluminum or brass snap caps, they are worth buying and will last a long time.
 
The suggestion to use old hulls filled with lead worries me. Somewhere on the web I just recently read a thread about experienced trap shooters using old hulls for snap caps and then inserting a live round by mistake. More than one poster related experiences where they saw an " unloaded " gun fire. Thankfully when these events occurred the muzzle was safely directed. When even the weight of the phony shell is the same as a live round such mix ups will happen. Different colour, different weight even a different length will help prevent this.
Just how you guys will practise operating your guns I am not sure.
 
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