snap caps

[Elijah Gunn]

I went to the gun show today , and picked up some snap caps.( the brand is  Triple K) I was thinking they would be a good way to keep practiced up on trigger control, and save on ammo. Anyone here use these? I was wondering if each gun should have its own dedicated snap cap, or will it be ok to use the same snap cap in different guns of the same ga. or chambering. Opinions please.

[JustaShooter]

I use them, even in firearms that the manufacturer says can be safely dry fired - probably because my father drilled the "no dry fire" mantra into my brain...

Anyway, I can't see any reason why you couldn't use the same one in multiple firearms of the same caliber or gauge.

Just a Shooter

[Dee]

I make my own. I decap the right round casing, and fill the primer hole with liquid silicone rubber. When it cures out over night, I have snap caps. Especially use them on the new Smiths with the spring loaded firing pin.

[Elijah Gunn]

I really like your idea Dee. The price is right too.

[Dee]

Works like penicillin used to.

[Squib]

does the rubber flake off and get in the firing pin hole???  I've not used rubber cement before

speaking of dry fire, the usmc has a bunch of kids (mostly kids, mostly never shot before, definitely not at five hundred yards) dry fire a bunch for two weeks, then take a "practice" qualification course, then the real thing..... 200, 300 and 500 yd shots (points must stay above 80% or 190/250).  totally new and ignorant to guns 17-19 boys hitting stuff a quarter of a mile away with iron sights, firing light bullets that aren't loaded match grade, out of weapons that are hand-me-downs and not accurized bbq guns- ALL DUE TO DRY FIRE, IT WORKS AND HAS FOR YEARS
if that's possible (it is, look it up) then hitting cans with a pistol at 25yds is really easy, rediculous easy.  with rifles you need to worry about breathe control more than trigger control though- you gotta control your heart-rate like a yoga mystic. 

anyone heard about the somalian victory in .. IPSC maybe?  one year that nation's team won and it mostly just dry-fired everyday to train for that season.

[Dee]

Use silicone base and force a small amount thru the flash hole to hold the rubber in the primer pocket, and no it doesn't flake unless you use cheap cement. This is a gasket, or electrical wire rubber sealant, not cement.

[Squib]

available at wal-mart?  if so what kind/brand?

[Dee]

I would have to go out to my shop and look, it is at the present dangling precariously out of reach of my mind on brand. You can also get the stuff in a small tube at an auto parts store. It is nothing more than a liquid gasket type material that cures and dries in about 24 hours, and is silicone based. I have used it for years to put valve covers on engines, and even on lawn mowers where there was need of a gasket to prevent oil leakage.
One of you other do it yourselfers whose mind is functioning better help me here. Maybe "Mr. Gasket" is one.

[Squib]

it figures, I just ordered snap caps about two weeks ago!!!!!

[Wynn]

Permatex. Any auto parts store.