Who makes solid, durable "snap caps" in various chamberings?

[-hanko]

Works, but no visual evidence they're dummies. I find that a drawback for my uses.

I drill a 3/16" or so hole that passes through both sides of the cartridge case.

[CSACANNONEER]

only Pro-Shot I see are these funky mop-heads for 12ga.

http://www.amazon.com/Pro-Shot-12-Gauge-Snap-Caps/dp/B0057AA0P8

Real nice and brassy and top quality no doubt (2 for $20) but I don't think they'd be good for cycling actions in pumps or autos. Edit: LOL, looks like someone tried. From link.....

By Ercillor on January 9, 2014
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Don't try to use these in a semi automatic shotgun... They jammed my Mossberg 930 SPX and I had to remove the receiver in order to remove them. The mops themselves are of good quality and, since I already had an adapter that makes them compatible with the threads on a standard cleaning rod [the brass backs screw off], I was able to find a good use for them. Wouldn't buy them again though.

LOL, reminds me of an old (1970s) Sears catalog that said "These flotation (truck) tires are designed for greater support over soft ground, not for buoyancy in water".

I'm talking about how little nicks and scrapes happen to my A-Zooms when ejected from a Rossi lever action or Glock.

Pro-Shot does make a semi auto brass snap cap. So, the idiot that tried to cycle the mop type in his semi auto only has himself to blame. He bought the wrong type!

[speedrrracer]

I've been spending some time practicing the trigger pull on a few of my guns to make sure they aren't getting stiff or loose. I know that dry-firing on an empty chamber repeatedly will eventually break the firing pin (no matter which gun it is), so I'm in the market for some snap caps in various chamberings.

Anyone have any input as to where I can buy them for a decent price in quantity as well as premium-quality snap caps that won't wear out or break after 100 or so dry fires?

First, dry-firing on an empty chamber is not always going to break the firing pin; that's just rubbish. There are some pistols where that's the case, but to say it's all pistols is simply wrong. The firing pin in many pistols is stopped by the firing pin spring, so as long as you replace that spring before it's too worn, your firing pin will last it's normal service life.

Hitting nothing (empty chamber) is much softer than hitting something (metal primer, etc). You can confirm this by punching the air, and then punching a brick wall, and see which is harder on your hand.

Anyways, for a really good dryfire experience, I recommend a mag full of dummies that have both the proper size AND the correct weight:

http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-tools-supplies/general-gunsmith-tools/cartridge-dummies/traditions-training-cartridges-prod58036.aspx

If you have a pistol that actually needs a snap cap to cushion the firing pin, then load the mag with dummies except for the last round, and make that final round a snap cap, so the weight of the mag is as close to realistic as possible. A-Zoom makes great snap caps, I've had mine for years, I also like the Tipton's mentioned above.

Happy Dryfiring!

[iluvmycolt]

A-zoom is good.

[JDay]

I know that dry-firing on an empty chamber repeatedly will eventually break the firing pin (no matter which gun it is),

Not true.

[faterikcartman]

I've had those tipton style ones break on me. +1 for the A-Zoom dummies.

-Dave

EXACTLY what I was going to say.

[Bigtwin]

Make your own that are the correct weight. Seat and crimp a bullet in a FL sized piece of brass (no powder charge or use an inert substance). Use pieces of pencil eraser in the primer pockets.

This is what I do!
I used the erasers for a while but wound up using my wife's hot glue gun to fill in the primer pocket instead, since the erasers fell out from time to time.

I also have mine marked with a sharpie, so there is no way to confuse them.

[Zorba]

A-zoom.