Snap Caps?

[Lomita]

Hello,
I'm a noobie to guns and pistols specifically. Recently purchased a Browning Buckmark. I've read about "dry firing" and am wondering if I should be concerned. The question is......are snap caps worth the purchase and do what they are advertised to do and is one brand better than another? Suggestions and other advise is welcome.

[eatmoredonuts]

Get some of these:

http://www.azoomsnapcaps.com/home/training-rounds.php

Each dummy round will give you quite a few dry fires before they should be tossed. Do not waste time/money on anything plastic.

['ol shooter]

Get some of these:

http://www.azoomsnapcaps.com/home/training-rounds.php

Each dummy round will give you quite a few dry fires before they should be tossed. Do not waste time/money on anything plastic.

The A-Zooms for .22 are action proving rounds, not for snap cap use. Use #4 yellow wall anchors or plastic snap caps. Buck Marks are hit and miss on whether the firing pin protrudes far enough to ding the barrel. Go to the Buck Mark Forum on Rim Fire Central for better information.

http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/

[Half Cocked]

Use #4 yellow wall anchors or plastic snap caps.

Like 'ol shooter said, use plastic wall anchors. I picked up a box of #4-6 x 7/8" yellow plastic anchors made by Crown Bolt at Home Depot a while back and they work great. You should also have some dummy rounds to check the function of your firearm and magazines. Never use live rounds for function checks.

[meanrock]

As a buckmark owner, do NOT dry fire the gun. Worst case scenario, you can damage the hammer causing failure to fire AND you can push material into the barrel preventing extraction - A quick google search for an example- http://cvff.org/other/breech.jpg The wall anchors are ~$3 to $4 for a box of 50+

[RandyD]

I use Saf-T-Trainer Dummy/Training Ammo. http://www.dillonprecision.com/#/con..._Training_Ammo

I have them in all calibers, and use them to instruct my daughter and wife how to load and unload firearms. The only time a snap cap is needed to protect the firearm is when the firearm is a rimfire.

[Half Cocked]

Here is a picture of a yellow plastic anchor, a live round and a dummy round for comparison.


The yellow plastic anchors can be found at home depot.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Crown-Bolt-4-8-x-7-8-in-Yellow-Ribbed-Plastic-Anchors-100-Piece-54772/100338197?MERCH=REC-_-SearchPLPHorizontal1_rr-_-NA-_-100338197-_-N

[Rosebud22]

I save a few spent rounds and use the brass casing for dry fire. Cost nothing.
You do have to hand feed. The aluminum snap caps will feed, but don't last
for ever. They get dinged up after a few hits by the firing pin.

[CaptnCaveman]

The blue Lyman A Zoom dummy rounds are not meant to be dry fired. They are dummy rounds, not snap caps. I returned some when I read this on the package.

Pachmayr makes some found at the bottom of this Lyman product catalog PDF http://www.lymanproducts.com/lyman/c...%20Catalog.pdf I haven't tried them myself. The wall anchors seem like a pretty good substitute.

['ol shooter]

I only dry fire a rimfire for verifying firing pin strikes after maintenance or repair is done, and have found Tiptons to hold up pretty well.

[MrSam]

The blue Lyman A Zoom dummy rounds are not meant to be dry fired. They are dummy rounds, not snap caps. I returned some when I read this on the package.

Pachmayr makes some found at the bottom of this Lyman product catalog PDF http://www.lymanproducts.com/lyman/c...%20Catalog.pdf I haven't tried them myself. The wall anchors seem like a pretty good substitute.

I learned that the hard way. You "can" dry fire using them. Be warned, they'll become unusable after 10 or so dry fires...not recommended though.