YammyMonkey
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I was looking for some snap caps to use in malfunction drills and couldn't find any. Then an idea came to me while I was wondering around Home Depot looking for staples for the staple gun. If I could get a dowel rod about the diameter of my bullets, I could wedge/glue it into the case then round the end off so it would function just like a real round, without the bang and hot lead through the air.
Took all of 30 minutes to make 2 of them up. Used some JB Weld inside the brass to keep things together and did some quick function testing at home, everything worked out fine. Had to adjust the nose carving on one so it wouldn't bind the magazine, but that was easy enough. Going to make the wood a nice bright color so they're easier to find and scream "FAKE!"
Don't know about other calibers, but a 7/16" dowel is perfect for making dummy .45's.
Took all of 30 minutes to make 2 of them up. Used some JB Weld inside the brass to keep things together and did some quick function testing at home, everything worked out fine. Had to adjust the nose carving on one so it wouldn't bind the magazine, but that was easy enough. Going to make the wood a nice bright color so they're easier to find and scream "FAKE!"
Don't know about other calibers, but a 7/16" dowel is perfect for making dummy .45's.