GJUK Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 Hello So, snap caps. Some people say to use them others say don't bother... Well I've bought some for my gun and I while I wait for them to be shipped to me, I need to find out how to use them... One assumes that you put them in the gun before storage, after cleaning and 'fire' the gun so the firing pin hits the snapcaps, then store the gun? Is that correct? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keen shot Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 Now then mate, i think with snap caps you put them in the gun and fire, after you have used your gun to relieve presure from the pins. But i aint sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJUK Posted December 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 That's how I thought they worked - can't see it any other way. Just wated someone to confirm this for me however! Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayman Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 Forget snaps in a modern gun. Their use is historical to the days of hammered leaf springs on old hand made guns. Today, the springs are made of the same steel as the valve springs in your car, and you don't let the head off at night. Valve springs in a car do 50 million reciprocations in their life. Your gun will be knackered after 50,000 firings, and the springs wont even be run in. Snaps have a use, for test firing a gun and for dry fire training, but they do nothing to preserve your gun in storage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psyxologos Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 I bought a nice pair of brass snap caps from the internet after both my shooting instructor and my RFD advised me to use them. They are both my friends and had no reason to lie to me. Especially after I told my RFD I already had them. He said it was a very wise move. After you clean the gun put them in the chambers. Shoot one and then give the stock a knock to simulate recoil. Then fire the second. Store the gun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzy518 Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 Its a case of personal choice, some use em some dont....I dont, no particular reason why not, just dont. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tosspot Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 Would love to know the percentage of shooters that actually use these, I don't and don't think I know anyone that does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petersclan Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 always a lot of myth with snap caps isnt there!!! i do use them, only the cheap plastic ones i hear that some people use spent carts as snap caps! dont like that idea at all.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead-eye Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 My friend uses some in his silver pig i dont in my gun though. Using spent cartridges is exsactly like dry firing because the primer has alredy been pushed in so the pin doesnt hit anything and could chip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 I agree with clayman, they are not necessary with modern guns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petersclan Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 more to the point, putting in carts of a fireable nature in the house and pulling the trigger, is a mistake going to be made and a live cart put in!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayman Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 Yes all you lovely customers, I'm the guy with the best snap prices on EBay, and you are all busy buying them off me, I import them in bulk and have the keenest prices, and I've sold literally 1000s !!! And I'm an RFD for 20 years, and I'm a Senior CPSA Instructor, Senior Safety Officer, Referee, and was staff Training and Safety Manger for 5 yrs, and staff tutor for longer - so dont listen to me!!! I think you are wasting your money, but please, oh, please disagree and buy yet more snap caps!! ( Cranfield, you're excused) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 all we hear is snap caps, do you use them. dont waist your money on them.its a way of some one making money out of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomleatel Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 What age is considered a modern gun? 5, 10 years old? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayman Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 (edited) Hammered leaf springs pretty well disappeared at the turn of the 19th Century, . If your gun is nitroproofed, consider it modern If is black powder, Damascus barrel, or has leaf springs not coil springs, then its likely to be 100yrs old and snaps will help. Most guns up to 50 years old can be considered "modern" in their construction and materials used, including the springs. There will be a few die hard exceptions to this in hand made guns, but they will be rare and far between. Bottom line will be any mass produced gun made since WWII will have high quality spring steel that will far outlast many of the other components and wearing items that make up the modern gun Don't forget to vote in the poll now running in this section - we are all interested to see the ration of snap users to non-snappers Edited December 27, 2008 by clayman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 Clayman, As a relative newbie to this forum, you need to understand that this one comes up pretty much on a monthly basis. There are always plenty of newcomers to the shooting game who will continue to use these silly bits of plastic or brass, and the gun dealers are laughing all the way to their banks..!! They do say, "there's no fool like a new fool", certainly true in this case. Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyb Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 I find it hard to understand how we needed (another) thread on the use of snap caps anyway! They give SGC's to anyone these days it seems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJUK Posted December 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 They give SGC's to anyone these days it seems What the **** are you trying to imply? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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