jjjordan14
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Anyone have any thoughts on using snap caps in a semiauto pistol.
Use of Snap caps?
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steveno
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if you are using a snap cap it is very hard to shoot the tv.
kamloops67
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they dont cycle the action very well either
all357mag
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A wate of money.
PeeShooter
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Not necessary on center fire firearms; center fire can be dry fired without risk of damage unless you have a defective firing pin (I guess). When I practice, one of my drills is to load several magazines with random snap caps and live ammunition. You will know immediately what you're doing wrong when you pull the trigger when a snap cap is in the chamber.
crofoot629
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I think just the opposite is true.
It’s just one more way to have a brain fart and get a boom instead of a click.
Dummy rounds are for hot ranges and malfunction drills only at my house.
Emory
A lot of gun maker's say it's OK to dry fire, at least on centerfire guns, and I do it on occasion without a snap cap. If I am going to be doing a lot of dry firing, though, I put in a snap cap. Also, I like to use them on new semis to approximate how they will feed. I've never seen any that were JHP or WC configuration, just FMJ. I'd like to have some in a variety of "bullet" designs.
They are also useful in training...mix some snap caps in with live rounds in your magazines, and then you can practice malfunction drills. Better still, have someone else load your magazines, so you don't know when a snap cap will be coming up. (Plus you can get out of loading your own mags.
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They are also useful in training...mix some snap caps in with live rounds in your magazines, and then you can practice malfunction drills. Better still, have someone else load your magazines, so you don't know when a snap cap will be coming up. (Plus you can get out of loading your own mags.
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mrbort
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I really like to incorporate them into failure drills. At the range, I'll often have a friend load random snap caps (or sometimes not) into my mags for both failure drills and to see how my trigger pull is.
I dislike using them at home unless it's to practice double feed type malfunctions etc. I have a room that is quite specifically ammo free for dry fire/presentation practice and don't even bring snap caps into there.
If people see any potential safety issue with what I've typed, please let me know as I am always trying to find the safest way to train.
Edit: Shoot... GKC's post totally went unread by me. Sorry. Glad to hear that others are doing this. With me it's with a training partner we'll trade the snap cap loading for each other.
I dislike using them at home unless it's to practice double feed type malfunctions etc. I have a room that is quite specifically ammo free for dry fire/presentation practice and don't even bring snap caps into there.
If people see any potential safety issue with what I've typed, please let me know as I am always trying to find the safest way to train.
Edit: Shoot... GKC's post totally went unread by me. Sorry. Glad to hear that others are doing this. With me it's with a training partner we'll trade the snap cap loading for each other.
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