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Your cart is empty.It's widely acknowledged that dropping the firing pin on an empty chamber is not advisable, making Snap Caps essential for your firearms. Always use Snap Caps when checking or adjusting trigger pull. If you prefer to release hammer spring tension when storing your guns, Snap Caps are ideal for this purpose.
brian
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2025
Half the order never showed up. I bought the two pack and only one showed up.
Jake
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2025
They cycle just fine. They're extremely easy to distinguish from live rounds versus these tip-in test rounds. The red color is fantastic. After cleaning my firearms they always test them using these snap caps. They seem to be quite durable in holding up well.
JustMe
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2024
Inexpensive enough that I don’t worry about losing one. Works perfectly I bought extra after my 1st purchase. Will buy again.
fluknick
Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2024
Snap caps are to develope an intimate knowledge of your trigger. You only need one. You should never eject it. Slide the bolt back to only set the hammer, nicely slide the bolt forward, get to know your trigger. If you are sending these things home with a full length bolt release (semiauto) the plastic snap caps with the brass and spring loaded primer, will turn to dust. I'm saying this cuz comments whine about them breaking. These aren't for playing/practicing war. They're for getting to know your trigger. From what I can see at the range, not many are concerned with lung/finger/trigger relationship. Use them correctly and they will not break, and will hone your trigger abilities, aka accuracy. Use them like a newbie, you'll be disappointed. These are Grade A.
Steve W. Draves
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2024
First round immediately jammed upon hitting the bolt release, not feeding properly and bending the tip of the round wedging it in place. After trying to rack the slide to clear the malfunction and feed the next round the jammed round did not clear, instead the next round fed, riding up the jammed round, jamming the second round into the space above my gas port in the top of the receiver, bending it out of alignment. Gas tube needs replaced on my rifle.Malfunction was difficult to clear, as I could not strip the rifle due to the bolt carrier group being out of battery because of the jammed round. Had to release tension on the round by holding the charging handle all the way back with one hand, while jamming a flathead screwdiver into the magazine well with the other hand to finally clear the round.In short, these might be fine for a bolt action rifle or a single shot rifle. I really would not recommend these for an AR-15. Never in my life have I ever seen a malfunction like this.
citan-uzuki
Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2021
Rimfire firearms should not be dry-fired. The firing pin will hit the edge of the chamber opening. One or both will end up getting damaged. A rimfire's firing pin is necessarily strong in order to crimp the base of the cartridge. The brass cartridge absorbs the impact by deforming. The steel chamber and the firing pin are harder and very brittle by comparison. Snap caps are used to absorbs the pin's impact.These snap caps are well-made. They can be loaded through the magazine. I have a Browning Buckmark, Tikka T1X, and Ruger SR22. The SR22 has a decocker and thus the pin can be gently lowered. The other two must be lowered with the trigger. Snap caps are necessary to prevent damage to the pin.These caps are made of plastic. Each cap is good for about five "firings" before it needs to be replaced. The edge crimps and deforms with each firing. It must deform in order to absorb the impact.Highly recommended. Buy a lot and keep it in stock. Do not dry-fire without it. Protect your firearm from damage. It's also a safe way to test your gun's extraction and ejection. Keep live rounds away when handling your firearms.
David Bruce
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2020
These work fairy well in my Smith & Wesson .22 Victory. Like many others have said, these will chip away after several uses. On the other hand, they are quite inexpensive. If I can get 4-5 rounds of dry fire from each of them before I throw them away, it costs me about 6 or 7 cents a shot. Its cheaper than driving 45 minutes to the range, paying the fee, and shooting real ammo. The other problem that occurs once in a while is that when I eject a round, the next one doesn't feed properly and gets stuck. But as long as you keep an eye on them and toss them when they get chipped, they are good enough for me. I'll probably buy a couple more bags for dryfire practice on those days when I can't get to the range.
Bacfire
Reviewed in Canada on November 14, 2019
Those snap caps work very well, as with all other snap caps i bought from Tipton. While they can be a bit more pricey than some other brand, they are well worth it in the long run.
Cliente
Reviewed in Spain on November 13, 2019
Es justo lo que esperaba.
Michael L.
Reviewed in Canada on October 21, 2018
.22LR snap caps are extremely important to use as rim-fire firing mechnisms can be damaged from dry-firing.By using these snap caps you are able to protect the firing mechanism as the plastic is siginifcantly softer than the metal chamber that the firing pin would otherwise hit.You will use these up over time as the lip slowly gets hit away with useage. However, they seem to last long enough for how little they cost.You can alternatively use some of the drywall plastic sleeves used to hang things on walls, but when purchasing these you know exactly what size you are getting.
Hammer-Werk
Reviewed in Germany on August 19, 2017
Der Schlagbolzen wird sich freuen. Ohne wir der Schlagbolzen nicht erfreut sein. Randfeuer eben. Alu war der Wunsch aber leider nicht zu finden.
buyer
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2017
I bought these in 7.62x39 and 9mm (which came with 5 cartriges, not 2) in early 2014, .223 later that year, and 12 gauge in early 2015. Plus many other redundant purchase of the same cartrige over and over. Generally I buy these every time I get a new gun, in the respective chambering. They're good to have lying around for practice or checking functionality after cleaning. I live in California where the bullet button is king, so the 223 gets more use as a bullet button "tool" than anything else. I keep these in the case that I keep the respective weapon in.The 7.62x39 got more actual use than any other l which is why I'm reviewing that chambering. After nearly 3 years, one of the two cartridges broke. The red plastic finally had enough and cracked. It's probably been cycled about 200 times (I cycle these a lot). I also wish they came with more than 2.But if you plan on using these for what they're for, they work better than any other rival product. Contrary to other reviewers, I've never had issues with chips coming off without me noticing and staying in the chamber, or the primer being crushed by the firing pin.I've used a generic version of these that came in a private purchase I made, and those had really chippy plastic. That concerns me. If I hadn't noticed it, the shrapnel would have remained in the chamber or barrel and possibly caused something bad to happen when I fired live ammo. At the very least, a failure to chamber.Not worth taking risks with guns over a few bucks to get a cheaper rival product with more cartridges. Buy these, make sure to check them for cracks, what, every few months? And you'll be fine.
Grecorio
Reviewed in Spain on February 22, 2017
Cumple con lo esperado y resisten bien los impactos de la aguja de mi Toz 35. Poco más que decir de un producto tan simple.
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