Snap Caps for Rimfires?

[DeadCalm]

Does anyone make snap caps for .22 LRs? I use spent cases, but get tired of having to turn the rims for every fresh firing pin strike. Thanks.

[TAB]

yes

http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=521044&t=11082005

[rcmodel]

Somebody said plastic screw anchors of the proper size work well, but I have never tried it.

Don't know what size, but they look like this.

http://www.dkhardware.com/product-11446-p1329c-3-16-in-plastic-screw-anchor-with-shoulder--100-each.html

rcmodel

[Omnivore]

I used some of the plastic screw anchors at an instructor class I took last fall. They work great in revolvers and bolt guns, and some say they even work in some autos.

[.38 Special]

There are three manufacturers that I am aware of. Midway carries Pachmayr and Tipton; I have had best luck with the Tiptons. The Pachmayrs can be brittle; ocasionally the rim will shatter.

Regardless, you still have to rotate the case between strikes, as each strike flattens a section of the rim which then will not cushion another blow, at least not very well. You'll also have to replace each cap after every 20 strikes or so; I buy them buy the hundred.

If you do not have difficulty slipping empty brass into the chamber, and you do not mind the occasional carbon "clinker" getting tossed into the bore from the fired case, there is no real advantage to snap caps over empties.

[BSlacker]

Brownells has these. They are good for action proving and dry firing. The case is soft and deforms but can be hit several times in the same place.
http://www.brownells.com/aspx/ns/store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=22527&title=RIMFIRE%20ACTION%20PROVING%20DUMMIES
50 cost less than 12, go figure. They don't look like the picture on the page. :)

[clinton knopp]

http://www.gunforall.com/shopcart/mcartfree/searchAction.asp

[jwax]

Home Depot- Drywall plastic anchors, Size Screw 4-6, 7/8" work fine.
100 for about $3. Usually work well in a Browning pistol magazine too!

[Taurus 617 CCW]

I use the brownell's red snap caps in my 1911 .22 conversion kit as the last round since the slide doesn't lock back.