Snap Caps

[gopher hunter]

Which is the better snap cap, aluminum or plastic?

[Capaholic]

The plastic ones wear quicker but seem to be easier on your gun, the rims on the aluminum ones get really jagged and sharp over time from extractor wear.

[gopher hunter]

Thanks Cap. I definitley want to be easy on my weapons.

[damndave]

The plastic ones wear quicker but seem to be easier on your gun, the rims on the aluminum ones get really jagged and sharp over time from extractor wear.

+1

the metal ones do get jagged up a bit.

[samuraishot]

+1 on the jagged edges, kinda makes me wonder why they don't make brass ones

[for2nato]

i think the reasoning for no brass is the simple "it will get confused with real ammo" reason. aluminum and painted red is the standard. and i found that if you load from the mag it isnt so bad on the gun. but when i slam a round into the chamber from out of battery and let the slide go it really does a number on the rim of the cartridge.

[Saym14]

my plastic ones desinigrated like from the gun oil. I had left them in a O/U.

for dry fire practise in a handgun I just used a spent brass.

[sammy]

Thanks Cap. I definitley want to be easy on my weapons.

I vote for the aluminum snap caps. The plastic will not last and aluminum is so much weaker than the tool steel your gun is made from I can't imagine them causing any wear at all. As a mater of fact what are you needing snap caps for? The only use I have found for them is randomly mixing them with live rounds to help cure a flinch. The only modern firearms that are affected by dry firing are rimfires.

[sb_pete]

I prefer the alu ones. The plastic ones get shredded pretty quick. Also, the plastic have issues extracting from my Steyr, but ymmv. They work fine in my other guns.
I find them useful both for flinch treatment and for mag change drills.

[BiggMatt]

I vote for the aluminum snap caps. The plastic will not last and aluminum is so much weaker than the tool steel your gun is made from I can't imagine them causing any wear at all. As a mater of fact what are you needing snap caps for? The only use I have found for them is randomly mixing them with live rounds to help cure a flinch. The only modern firearms that are affected by dry firing are rimfires.

Randomly mixing them into your mags is good for more than curing flinching, it is good practice for a misfire or clearing a jam, also unexpected reloading.

[turbochris]

plastic ones wear out quick. get the aluminum ones

[sirgiles]

plastic ones wear out quick. get the aluminum ones

Thanks Cap. I definitley want to be easy on my weapons.