Rimfire Snapcaps
- Thread starter StefanGreybeard
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Canuck65, if you read the whole thread you'll see that some rifles won't accept fired brass back in. CZ-match has trouble 'coming out' sometimes, and likes going back less. Average chambers run those OK, but part of the issue is also testing feed, like from a mag. Empties don't do that well.
I read the whole post - it's a bunch of "advice" that had very little to do with the original question.
The OP didn't say anything at all about feed testing, spent brass not rechambering, etc in any of his posts here. He just asked where to find rimfire snap caps, and for a recommendation about what kind to buy.
If the brass he fired extracted from the chamber of his rifle, it'll go back in and it'll work fine as a snap cap.
All the other stuff you mentioned was just the group replying to questions it hadn't been asked. If the OP just wants to be able to dry-fire the rifle, then a spent piece of brass is just fine.
or ... he can buy snap caps. Plastic or aluminum ones run about $2-$3 a piece. The brass he throws away is already paid for.
Just sayin ... trying to save the guy a few bucks is all.
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Even for the guns with tight chambers most will accept brass that they have fired.... it's just tight. Sometimes it helps to resize back the leading edge
where the bullet was crimped by dragging the empty case on an angle against a block of wood and rotating it as you reshape the lip.
For the few exceptional chambers that won't, a creative person person could likely figure out how to resize the brass with a basic home made setup.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
where the bullet was crimped by dragging the empty case on an angle against a block of wood and rotating it as you reshape the lip.
For the few exceptional chambers that won't, a creative person person could likely figure out how to resize the brass with a basic home made setup.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Center fire guns don't have the potential issue of damaging the chamber, but I've broken an old pin on an older Marlin 336 from dry firing it..... I have no idea of the history of the gun but clearly there is a different type of shock to a firing pin when there is no primer to absorb some of the energy.
Snap caps for centerfire with a rubber compound primer work great and are much more durable then anything I've seen for rimfire.
I've found that a good trigger pull is something that does translate from one gun to another, specially with handguns. It's been a while since I've done any "training" but my favourite was a Ruger SP101 .22lr with a very heavy double action pull loaded with plastic anchors or spent brass.... that thing gave my trigger finger a very good "workout"....
Long and heavy double action trigger pulls are a good way to build strength and learn how to pull straight back..... combined with a laser(if your pistol has a rail) pointed at a wall it's pretty easy to see how much the break disrupts the hold.
Never found rimfire snapcaps that lasted any time at all, nor are they intended to, it says so on most of the packaging. Empty brass is the best option, if inconvenient to load in some actions.
There used to be members here who would come on strong about there being no problem dry firing modern .22s, I wonder if they'll show up in this thread....
There used to be members here who would come on strong about there being no problem dry firing modern .22s, I wonder if they'll show up in this thread....
Hardhammer
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Still dry wall plug are the best option, cost a few buck for a pack of 50, i change them each time i clean the rifle, stryker always rest on a layer of plastic. Also the plug stop any fouling from the barrel to fall into the bolt or action when the rifle is stored upright in the safe.
Hardhammer
CGN Regular
Good for you, i do the same but sometime when i get back from the club i put them in the safe and clean them the next day.
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I got some on Amazon made of some type of soft stainless. They weren't expensive and they work great. You can "dry fire" on one tons of times before they wear out. Was very happy when I found them for practicing trigger control!
Right Stefan, If you're Not concerned with magazine-cycling then anchors are good. I Prefer the Pachmayr 'snaps' on Amazon. They cycle pretty well thru my mags and last pretty long b4 they get torn up - like a few hundred shots. I usually 'ease' my FP-spring anyways by holding the trigger when I close the bolt, but some rifles Don't Work that way.
A-Zoom's (#12208) 22LR 'training rounds' (upc 666692122088) never were snapcaps. The old boxes did use some confusing labeling, that is true, but the current box says only "training rounds" and "action proving dummy rounds", along with the warning "NOT DRY FIRE SNAP CAPS See Warning on Back".
Tipton makes some 22LR snap caps.
<https://www.tiptonclean.com/snapcaps/snap-caps---rifle-.22-rimfire/831787_M.html>
Those Tipton ones appear to be plastic? Can't imagine they'd last all that long before cracking or chipping...
What you want on the left, what you get these days on the right
both hillman plastic anchors.Ordered some cobra plastic anchors. Will report back. I'm hoping they are rebranded Hillman old style.
Rona setting my local store to Montreal lowered the final price to my door by $10.
As I said last year, the fired cases mostly don't go back into my CZs, the chambers are too tight. The Pachmeyer Snap Caps are sorta beige plastic and will eventually fall apart at the rims, but Not as fast as the Red Tipton ones. Both will feed thru most magazines, I just don't pull the trigger most of the time - only cycle in and out of the chamber.
