10 Reasons You Should Be Training With Snap Caps

By Dan Zimmerman

By Sarah Jane Jacob via wideopenspaces.com

Dry fire practice. We all know it’s an important training for competition or self defense. And it seems not a day goes by without a reminder of that fact from a shooting expert. Or ten. More to the point, if you’re not lucky enough to have the time, access or money to shoot more than once or twice a week, then you’re going to have to get some practice in at home in order to improve. Sure, it’s nowhere near as fun as live fire, but the benefits of dry fire practice have been proven time and again . . .

Snap caps are a great tool for practicing almost all the same drills you can do in a live fire session, and offer many benefits over dry firing on an empty chamber.

Here’s our top 10 reasons why snap caps should be your new best friend.

1. Damage
You can actually damage some firearms if you fire them on an empty chamber. We’re talking mainly rimfire guns here, but if you’re in doubt, your user manual will tell you if that model isn’t safe to dry fire. Using a snap cap instead will prevent deformation …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns