Mossberg and snap caps

[Saluki]

I have a brand new Mossy 500 bantam 12 gauge. I cleaned it up a bit the other day and then put it back together. I followed the directions in the manual for the function test and when the trigger is supposed to click it clicks. However, if I put in a "traditions" snap cap and cycle it through or place it in the chamber, then rack the slide the trigger will not budge. Is this a problem with the snap caps? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Bruce626]

Not totally sure of your circumstances, but I too bought some snap caps for my M500 and only later realized that I really needed "dummy rounds" or "dummy shells" which are full size unlike the way-too-short-to-feed snap caps.

 

[bobby68]

an old post but i'm looking for answers to this... brand new mossberg 500 that does not "fire" on traditions snap caps. The package says "for dry firing"

 

[Dimis]

are traditions snap caps the plastic type with spring inside?
are they shorter than a normal 2 3/4 shell?

will it fire on a normal shell or at least empty?

if it fires on empty or normal shells then id switch to the Azoom snap caps thats what i use and never had a single problem

if it wont fire empty or a loaded shell you have an issue with your trigger group and its time for a gunsmith or mossberg customer service (unless your skilled enough to do the work yourself)

 

[bobby68]

yes, traditions are the shorties with the spring inside... i did by some other brand, i think a zooms, and expect they work. other threads i read is that the traditions ones are for dryfiring break open shotguns.