Hans Esker
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As we know, there are no durable .22LR snap caps on the market. The closest thing I have found was some empty, unprimed cases with bullets seated; I was rather disappointed in them. As I see it, when using empty cases, deformation of the rim area quickly becomes a problem. Ideally we could turn a dummy round from a solid, resilient material (other than aluminum, which has been tried and found lacking), but not many of us have ready access to a lathe, as compared to a torch of some sort. Not to mention the best to material to turn the dummies from has yet to be determined.
So here is my concept: In order to reduce the deformation, the case, and especially the rim area, needs to be filled with something. I believe that solder might fill the bill; surely it would be better than air! Here is where you soldering experts come in. I don't have enough soldering expertise to try this and do it right.
I have not ruled out the use of other substances, and am open to suggestions as to other materials we could fill the case rims with.
For those who state "why do you need to dry fire?", "why dry fire?", why shouldn't you dry fire a .22lr firearm?", "why not use empty cases?", et cetera, please do not bother posting, as it does not add anything to the topic at hand. If you have to ask, you probably don't understand, and should go do some more reading.
So here is my concept: In order to reduce the deformation, the case, and especially the rim area, needs to be filled with something. I believe that solder might fill the bill; surely it would be better than air! Here is where you soldering experts come in. I don't have enough soldering expertise to try this and do it right.
I have not ruled out the use of other substances, and am open to suggestions as to other materials we could fill the case rims with.
For those who state "why do you need to dry fire?", "why dry fire?", why shouldn't you dry fire a .22lr firearm?", "why not use empty cases?", et cetera, please do not bother posting, as it does not add anything to the topic at hand. If you have to ask, you probably don't understand, and should go do some more reading.
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