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12g Dummy Rounds - Hulls or Aluminum?


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12g Dummy Rounds - Hulls or Aluminum?

Do the aluminum dummy rounds damage your gun, chamber or extractor over time?

I'd really prefer the aluminum version to buy once and cry once and be done with it as opposed to using hulls reloaded that will wear out.

Thoughts?

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I bought a dozen of the red anodized aluminum snapcaps and found that it's the aluminum hull that gets torn up, not the gun.

Additionally, they'll ding up a hardwood floor when they land.

I think consensus is that if you're practicing loading/cycling a lot, then you're going to have to start considering dummy rounds as an expendable/recurring expense.

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I used to work with a Skeet shooter who loaded his own shot shells. He loaded some dummies for me using Remington gold hulls (I never use the gold hull shells, so no chance of getting them mixed up with live rounds). He left the spent primer in place, used corncob media in place of powder and put 1 1/8 oz of shot in each one. I have used them for years, but am about to have to replace them soon. He loaded them up for me for nothing and I used to bring spent AA hulls to him for nothing.

Hurley

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