Snap-Caps? Do you Need them?

[Dangerous1]

I use snapcaps to practice catching them after racking the slide hard. It gains cool points after a COF.

Too bad snap caps don't pop out the same as real bullets.

[Sniper3142]

I have snap caps for most of the calibers I own. Not all, but most.

+1

I have Snap-Caps for my pistols, my AR, my 308 rifle, my shotgun, and my 300WM rifle.

I use them because while some say they aren't needed (and are probably right for certain firearms), I dry-fire a LOT. I will usually dry-fire at least 100-500 rounds during practice for every live round fired at the range.

By using Snap-Caps, I don't have to worry about whether my particular firearm is able to withstand the use/abuse.

The firing pin isn't usually made to hit nothing. It is meant to strike the back of a round.

[rromeo]

I cannot count the number of times that I personally dry-fired my M16. I cannot begin to imagine the number of times it was dry-fired before and after me.

[swerv512]

Too bad snap caps don't pop out the same as real bullets.

or make the cool sounds... PHEW! PHEW!

[thedonger]

I will usually dry-fire at least 100-500 rounds during practice for every live round fired at the range.

So you saying that if you go to the range and shoot 1 Box of 50 you dry fired 5,000-25,000 times in practice ???

[Sniper3142]

So you saying that if you go to the range and shoot 1 Box of 50 you dry fired 5,000-25,000 times in practice ???

Yup... pretty much.



Tonight, I've done at least 50 dry-fires on my USP. Probably closer to 100. I've also put at least 25 dry-fire rounds thru one of my ARs. I practice drawing, presenting, and proper shooting (sight alignment, trigger control, proper grip, etc) quite often. It doesn't take any special setup or preparation.

[chickenfried]

yay fifty to one hundred more days till your next range trip to shoot a box of 50 rounds!

[berto]

The purple ones automatically paralyze anybody who gets shot with one.

[sytfu_RR]

The purple ones automatically paralyze anybody who gets shot with one.

lol thugs told me so.

[asgalindez]

Snap caps are great when you're at the range. Have your shooting buddying load your magazine, and mix in a few snap caps. That way you'll see all your poor shooting habits.

I mostly use snap caps for teaching people the proper firearm procedures and techniques.

I have snap caps for most of the calibers I own. Not all, but most.

^^^All of these^^^

[steelrain82]

i use snap caps to practice with my enfield. i like watch the round fly out after "shooting" it.