Do Snap Caps help "break-in" a Pistol. please?

[sirsloop]

break in a pistol? Don't get it...

 

[hondauto]

Derekb..
I am ok with you disagreeing with me..It's just my opinion is all..
Welcome to America,land of the free(for now).

 

[zippy13]

I like snap caps for IAD's on the range, and for safety reasons while dry firing.

By using them, they force you to verify the gun is clear before you start, and you cant have a live round and a snap cap in the chamber at the same time, no matter how hard you try.

I'm not sure I follow your reasoning. Traditional training tells us if the action is closed, then the gun is assumed to be loaded. IMHO, you can't be safer than that.

I'm more comfortable seeing the action open (or a protruding empty chamber indicator) than trying to remember if the action was closed on a snap cap, a live round or is empty. Where I shoot, when the range is cold, closing the bolt on a snap cap isn't going to win you any points with the RSO.

 

[AK103K]

My reasoning with the snap cap and safety is with dry firing. It just adds an additional level of safety, as you cant have a live round and the snap cap occupy the chamber at the same time. You have to physically clear the gun to load the snap cap.

As far as the range, my gun is always loaded, so theres no worrying or guessing if it is or isnt. It is. I dont have to worry about those pesky RO's either.

Now at the range, the snap cap has a totally different use.

 

[chasep255]

I don't really think they would do much of anything to the pistol. However if you have a new and stiff mag snap caps can help to break that in. When I just got my 1911 I made 6 dummy rounds for each mag and left them loaded for a few days.

 

[ethan95]

On any modern pistol of revolver, snap caps are a waste of time and money. Modern guns are designed to be dry fired endlessly with no damage.

Not totally true, rimfire guns should not be dry fired endlessly without a snap cap. A friend's XD recently sheared a pin from not using snap caps while dry firing. With most guns today it doesn't make a bit of difference, but with some it does.