Tipton Rifle Snap Caps with False Primer and Reusable Construction for Dry-Firing, Practice and Safe Firearm Storage, 2 Pack

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.

I've tried looking in local 'big box' stores for a wall anchor that would extract in my collection of 22 bolt guns. No luck. I recently purchase a box of 100 Hillman (yellow) anchors here on Amazon and not only won't they extract, they fit completely flush into the chambers of my Ruger rifles. I did find they WILL extract on a couple of other brand rifles, but the fact the 'rim' is virtually non-existent on the Hillman anchors, I can't see them being effective protecting the Ruger firing pins. Evidently, the latest Hillman anchors have been 'redesigned'. Today, I received these Tipton caps. They have a rim, and function/extract perfectly. Why didn't I just use a spent case? Because it has no 'point', the spent case is more difficult to insert into the chamber, even with tweezers. I never put them in a magazine and try feeding them like a live round. Note: Once you have either a spent case (or a Tipton cap) in the bbl, there is NO need to lift and pull the bolt back as in live fire. Simply lifting the bolt and lowering it cocks the action, and you won't have your snap cap leaving the rifle. I have a lot of 22lr bolt guns, and I'm constantly experimenting with trigger pull weights.

These look cheap and they and when you think about it, they are wildly overpriced (simple pieces of injection molded plastic costing $.70 each? Probably cost about 10 cents to make and another quarter or so to pack and ship. That all being said, these are the only rimfire snap caps that I've come across that work at all for dry firing. The plastic is resilient enough to take multiple strikes. I dry-fired my first set for probably 30 minutes straight without one of them failing. The metal caps I tried all ended up very distorted and unusable after the same amount of dry fire. The other brand of plastic caps had their rims shatter after a few minutes of dry fire. These caps have held up the longest I've seen so far. Rimfire snap-caps are by definition a consumable item, they will all eventually break at the rim, just the nature of things. These at least last long enough to get you moneys worth in dry-fire time.

I was worried that these wouldn't last very long but, they have. I have used these in auto rifles, pistols and a revolver. They feed and eject like a shell should and don't jam. You can see the strike marks on the rim but, they don't get damaged enough to cause concern. They have lasted through many test fires and if I need more, this will be my go-to company.

It feeds into the chamber fine, you can hear when you pull the trigger. It's protecting the firing pin a little bit. And that's exactly what you needed it for I imagine. My biggest complaint definitely comes with when you're ejecting it. Doesn't matter how fast you pull back your bolt. It just does not have the weight or balance to eject properly. It gets stuck every time.

None of the snap caps or NOT snap caps for sale on Amazon at this time wowed me. They all seemed to have issues; breaking, sticking, jamming. So, took a chance on these and all is good!! Using them in a revolver without any issues. They load smoothly, take a hit multiple times in the same firing pin position and have no issues with the ejector rod removal. So in this application, revolver, all is good. I have yet to try them in an auto.

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.

Es justo lo que esperaba.

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.

Great for doing function tests. Also works well for weapons manipulation routines, where you mix it with live ammo and go through remedial action to bring the weapon back into action. There's a brass base with a spring loaded "primer" so your firing pin will not get damaged during use.

.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.

Great for cycling the rifle, perfect fit