Dummy rounds
- Thread starter Martha99
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Just buy some of these;
.22 snap caps Midway
.22 Snap Caps Impactguns
.22 Snap Caps Cabelas
I have a bunch of the A-Zoom ones for my 9mm and love them. I can fill my Sigma's magazine full and each one will cycle just fine. plus they are metal while some snap caps are plastic. You can pick up the A-Zooms at most Gun stores.
.22 snap caps Midway
.22 Snap Caps Impactguns
.22 Snap Caps Cabelas
I have a bunch of the A-Zoom ones for my 9mm and love them. I can fill my Sigma's magazine full and each one will cycle just fine. plus they are metal while some snap caps are plastic. You can pick up the A-Zooms at most Gun stores.
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A few years back, these were available to the states for Hunter Safety Education. I noticed that the boxes said they were made by Winchester. These came out in various rifle and pistol calibers, including .22 LR and .22 mag. I have several but have not seen them around lately. They were a regular .22 case and bullet and the case was a dark brown. They have a center hole, in the base of the case, so you can readily identify them. When I pull these out and use them in front of folks, I inform them that they are dummies. Not surprising, I still get some hard looks. 
I then have to show or prove to them that they are not real. You might want to contact the Winchester follks. These are not snap-caps but I use some of them in this manner. I also have dummy shotshells again, made by Winchester. Hope this helps.
Be Safe !!!
I then have to show or prove to them that they are not real. You might want to contact the Winchester follks. These are not snap-caps but I use some of them in this manner. I also have dummy shotshells again, made by Winchester. Hope this helps.
Be Safe !!!
YARDDOG(1)
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Use ram set shots .22 just don't point it at any one
Kreyzhorse
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Just curious - what you are using these for? People have been killed using dummy rounds and if I'm not mistaken, it just happened within the last couple of months.
Yeah, one of the most important features of dummy rounds is that they DON'T look like live ammo, for what I thought were obvious reasons. If assembled from actual ammo components, dummies should be painted, or have a hole drilled through the case, so that they are not mistaken for live ammo (and perhaps more importantly, vice versa).
Says you but the reality is that some dummy rounds are hard to distiguish. Snap caps are another matter. Some of the dummy rounds I have, would fool most people that are not familiar with them. I also have shotshell rounds that are in clear plastic to show the shot and wads and clearly printed with "Dummy" eventually this printing is going to wear off. In short, you cannot expect every dummy round to be clearly identified or do any thinking for you. One one occasion, found a box full of .22 rounds that did not have the base drilled and brought it to the attention of the training officer. You won't get in trouble using a dummy round but could if you assume it is and wind up shooting someone. The only real purpose I see for these, are for training purposes by a certified instructor.
1) Never point the muzzle of any gun at anything you don't intend to destroy.
As always, Be Safe !!!
Thanks kle as these are identical to the ones I have.
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The more realistic the more likely there will be an accident. I made some 9mm dummy rounds that were so real looking it wasn't long before a round with a light primer strike got mixed in by accident leading to a negligent discharge.
You really really REALLY want dummy rounds that look like dummy rounds. Anything else is foolish and will sooner or later lead to a NG. There's nothing accidental about it.
Voice of experience.
Kreyzhorse
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For training purposes, I wouldn't want my dummy rounds to look any thing like live rounds. That just seems to me that it violates safe gun handling and common sense.