BBoyle Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 I just finally bought two sets of snap caps for dryfire practice. (9mm and .45) I realized that the firing pin dents the back springloaded primer. I checked a fresh one and pushed on the back primer and it did go into the case as I figured it should. Loaded it and pulled the trigger once. Same result, a nice small indent! The indent is nowhere near as deep as with a live round but I was wondering. Is this normal? If I continue to use them will it damage my firing pin(s)? Thanks again. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 No, it won't. At least no more than what normal firing would do (firing pin leaving marks on live primers). I have an old .45" snap cap that has almost a crater where the firing pin used to hit it. I no longer use snap caps, since the guns I use for comeptition can withstand all the dryfire abuse I can give them without any problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtex84 Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Yes it is normal, however some are better than others I like the a-zoom snap caps because they are all metal. I have broken a few of the ones you are talking about, I either cracked the plastic or ripped the base off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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