Wheel guns + Snap Caps ??

[Lmo]

I've never owned a wheel-gun, but that's about to change.

Should I pick up some Snap Caps for use with it?

Thx.

[saudadeii]

Why not? I have some .38sp for my mine. Comes in handy for trying reloads using a speed loader.

Have a bunch in 9mm and .45acp too.

[SkyHawk]

Never hurts and with wheelguns they incur no wear to the rims from use and they are also good for training new users the basics of revolver loading/unloading

[9Cal_OC]

Yes. Try the AZoom ones.

[eaglemike]

A-zoom are the best IMHO.
The company has changed hands at least once. In their early days, they help sponsor the International Revolver Championship.

[Garv]

If you’re getting a .22 wheel gun use snap caps always when dry firing.

[M76]

absolutely, break the trigger in and smooth it out...

[AK2]

[sfe187]

DO NOT dry fire .22's. Listen to Garv above. Other caliber should be ok.

[Lmo]

break the trigger in and smooth it out...

Pretty sure that happened about 50 years ago.

[xblax619]

^ this. i was also told (or maybe recommended) to use snap caps for revolvers with hammer-mounted firing pins.

[otteray]

^ this. i was also told (or maybe recommended) to use snap caps for revolvers with hammer-mounted firing pins.

Forty years ago, my dad let me handle his unloaded 1870s S&W New Model 3 44 Russian. I carelessly dropped the hammer and he almost smacked me at age 30, like I was still a careless child, lol.

[plumbum]

Just for old advertisement shenanigans, is Charter still using beryllium firing pins?

[Cowboy T]

Snap caps are a fine idea. You also can use spent shells if you like. An old greybeard who'd been shooting for decades taught me the latter trick.

Actually, snap caps are a good idea for helping you get rid of any flinch you might have. What I did to get rid of mine was (while looking away) spin the cylinder and randomly put in a live round, then spin the cylinder again and put in a live round, then spin the cylinder and put in a dud round, and so on until the chambers were all full. Finally, I spun the cylinder and closed it. This way, I didn't know where the live rounds were, nor the specific order of them in the cylinder. Three duds, three live rounds, basically randomized.

Time to fire. Round goes "click" and I see the gun move, I'm flinching. I don't know if there's a live round next or not, and so on through the cylinder until the very last round. It's a good test, and I worked on flinching this way at least three times a week, and usually five times a week, for about a year. My flinch went bye-bye, and it helped my marksmanship greatly, to this day.

[Capybara]

If you’re getting a .22 wheel gun use snap caps always when dry firing.

I've been using Hillman 4-6-8 x 7/8" Drywall Anchors in my Smith & Wesson Model 17. Cheap and they work great. They seem to last a bit longer than the standard orange plastic snaps caps for .22

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