[lawson4]

I'm looking for action proving dummies for .270 WSM. Brownells doesn't carry them (they have .270 WSSM) and I don't want the A-ZOOM brand as they are solid; they aren't similar to a real round.
I've Googled and came up empty.:(
Where might I find some?

Thanks in advance
lawson4

[Sunray]

"...action proving dummies..." What you're looking for is 'snap caps'. They're available in .270 WSM. Pachmayr makes them. $8.50 a pair. Go here.
http://www.ableammo.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=10480_14913&products_id=89562
Plan 'B' is to make a few DP rounds out of regular brass and bullets. Drill and deburr a hole in the cases and assemble them without a primer or powder. Mind you, I don't know why you think you need to prove an action.

[rcmodel]

Action Proving Dummies in .270 WSM?
Beats me.

Snap-Caps is all I could find in my gunsmith catalogs.

If Brownell's doesn't have them in that caliber, I doubt anyone else will either.
Probably not enough demand.

You need to find someone who reloads for it and have him make you up some, I guess.

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[lawson4]

I need them to test the feeding with a redesigned mag follower. I want to make sure the extractor picks the round up every time and that there are no feeding issues.

lawson4

[rcmodel]

Could you just take the firing pin assembly out of the bolt and carefully use live ammo?

Thats all I have ever done when working on Mausers, Springfields, Remingtons, Winchesters, CZ's, etc.

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[Jeff F]

Only thing I can think of is to have someone load up some dummy rounds for it.

[mejeepnut]

I guess I don't understand,If you are trying to prove that it feeds then use whatever ammo you would use if you were going to fire it and point it in a safe direction and see if it feeds properly.

A few dented cases from miss feeding are cheaper than snap-caps.

If you are using snap-caps as go/no go gauges then you are looking for a face full of bolt,you aren't rebarreling a Savage are you?

[rcmodel]

There seems to be some confusion here as to the difference between Action Proving Dummies, and Snap-Caps.
They are not the same thing:

Snap-Caps:
http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=5176&title=AMMO+SNAP-CAPS

http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=247&title=DELUXE+SNAP+CAP

Action Proving Dummies:
http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=24442&title=CENTERFIRE+RIFLE+ACTION+PROVING+DUMMIES

Gunsmiths often use action proving dummies to preclude any chance of having a live round off the workbench getting in a gun they are working on.

I have a parts-box full of them in .22 LR, .45 ACP, 30-30, 30-06, .308, and .223.
I sometimes load inert dummy rounds for the less common calibers I don't have, if I have the reloading dies for them.

I also use snap-caps on guns that need firing pin protection during trigger work.

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[The Lone Haranguer]

Perhaps you could load a bullet into an new or resized old empty case sans powder, and devise some method of marking it (e.g., painting the bullet) so you don't mistake it for a live round.