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.

Made the right choice with this one. Works well and seems durable. Only wish it was available in my preferred color. Decent enough.

very good

I have had Tipton products in my safe, range bags, cleaning kits etc for at least 15 years. This is the first issue that I’ve had with any Tipton item. 2nd “firing” and the edge broke off. YMMV

They cycle just fine. They're extremely easy to distinguish from live rounds versus these tip-in test rounds. The red color is fantastic. After cleaning my firearms they always test them using these snap caps. They seem to be quite durable in holding up well.

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.

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.

Der Schlagbolzen wird sich freuen. Ohne wir der Schlagbolzen nicht erfreut sein. Randfeuer eben. Alu war der Wunsch aber leider nicht zu finden.

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.