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 didn't know you shouldn't dry fire a rimfire. After the person explained the damage it causes to the barrel, it all made sense. It makes a dent in your barrel and then the firing pin can't efficiently smash the rim of the brass. Then you'll start having ammo not work and you'll blame the ammo and not your carelessness.

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.

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 are decent, but you will need to rotate the snap cap about every 5 dry fires to avoid damaging the striker. Admittedly, they do not advertise them for dry firing, but if that’s your intent, I’d look elsewhere.

let me tell you that these are the best snap caps I have ever owned and the only ones I will ever use from now on. the primer is a spring loaded primer so it absorbs the hit of the firing pin which helps prevent wear on your firing pin and expands the life of the snap cap primer. I have let the firing pin fall many many times on them and they still function flawlessly and they have not cracked or chipped like some other reviews say. there are so many reasons to use snap caps in your pistols, rifles or shotguns. practicing trigger control, adjusting the weight of the trigger, function tests of your firearm, target acquisition drills, speed drills, clearing malfunction drills, practicing room clearance, home invaders drills etc etc... do yourself a favor and pick some of these up today. you will be highly satisfied.

These have not broken off in any way shape or form, being a bright red helps find them after they get ejected out of the rifle and they fit and chamber very well highly recommended. The brass shell part at the bottom won't break off in a ring in your chamber like some of the other all metal all aluminum ones like other popular snapcaps I've seen

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.

Es justo lo que esperaba.

Work as advertised.

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.

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 cycling the rifle, perfect fit