After going to the local Academy and finding out they were out of snap caps for 9mm (take a minute and let that sink in) I found some at another LGS. I've been using them in my M&P9 consistently for a couple of weeks. I tried stretching its legs on the standing 25 yard range yesterday and was rewarded with a reduction in group size of about 33%.
Pretty substantial for this pistol and my shooting, and it almost keeps up with my SW22 @ that distance. Almost because the SW22 was fired one handed with cheap ammo, while the M&P9 was fired using a 2 handed grip and my hand loads.
Most guns can be dry fired without snap caps, but I emailed S&W and they said it's probably not an issue for occasional practice, but I could use them to be sure if I wanted to do it a lot, so here we are.
Pretty substantial for this pistol and my shooting, and it almost keeps up with my SW22 @ that distance. Almost because the SW22 was fired one handed with cheap ammo, while the M&P9 was fired using a 2 handed grip and my hand loads.
Most guns can be dry fired without snap caps, but I emailed S&W and they said it's probably not an issue for occasional practice, but I could use them to be sure if I wanted to do it a lot, so here we are.