Snap caps

[ZO6Vettever]

I just got a Sigma 9mm and understand the more I dry fire the better the trigger will get and if not I will at least get used to it. Some say dry fire all you want without snap caps and some say never dry fire without them. What do y'all think?

 

[ZO6Vettever]

I just got a Sigma 9mm and understand the more I dry fire the better the trigger will get and if not I will at least get used to it. Some say dry fire all you want without snap caps and some say never dry fire without them. What do y'all think?

 

[EOD Guy]

I always use snap caps (AZOOM)when dry firing using the philosophy better to be safe than sorry.

 

[tlen]

The S&W website says:
"Can I dry fire my S&W handgun?
Q: Can I dry fire my Smith & Wesson?

A: Yes, except for the .22 caliber pistols which includes models 22A, 22S, 422, 2206, 2214, 2213 and 41. "

.22 caliber revolvers such as models 17, 43, 63, 317 and 617 also should not be dry fired.

This said, why would you need or want to use snap caps ?

 

[MK]

This has been asked before, and it seems to
me I've heard of more broken strikers from
people *using* snap caps, than from the ones
that don't.
May just be a disturbance in the force, but in
those striker fired type of pistols, I'm almost
of the opinion that it's better not to use
snap caps. So I don't.. The factory doesn't
mention them either.
But.. To each his own in a case like this.

 

[berkbw]

Well - Sigmas I dunno - but M&P autos I do -
M&Ps will suffer broken strikers if fired empty. I always use "snap-caps" when dry-firing.

b-

 

[gmchenry]

You don't need 'em. Some M&Ps had bad strikers. If your M&P breaks a striker dry firing, I sure as hell wouldn't trust it with live ammo when I need it.