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Hi:
The post about snap caps jogged my mind as to why I do not use snap caps!
I had an experience where the snap cap could have led to very bad situation. I quit using them immediately.
I think that it went something like this. I looked at the chambers and saw what I thought were snap caps but were indeed loaded shells. Had I released the tension on the firing pin springs, bad things may have happened.
I thought of painting the end of the snap caps a very obvious colour to help me notice when snap caps were in the chambers but I scrapped the entire idea and just said no more snap caps. This one incident made me rethink the entire idea of using snap caps!
Has anybody else out there had A "problem" of this sort when using snap caps etc.?
Be well,
Franchi
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franchi....a good reason to go with the a-zooms...the brileys also have a distinctive color.
muscle memory/habit is probably equally important as visual cues...I like to stand at the same spot behind the truck & take them out just as I shoulder a broken gun heading to the field...coming in from the field I empty the gun 50 yards from the truck & caps are the last thing I do after wipe down.
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Hi:
I quit using them immediately.
I think that it went something like this. I looked at the chambers and saw what I thought were snap caps but were indeed loaded shells. Had I released the tension on the firing pin springs, bad things may have happened.
Franchi: Loaded ammunition of all types has very visible head stamps that are quite clear..... when in doubt LOOK...Sorry, but in my honest opinion, anybody that dense or blind is really a danger to themselves and others............ No offense meant.........
Doug
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I have seen snap caps go off three times and have heard other that have gone off. I want no part of them. How many mistakes do you make in a day ?
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I think snap caps are a fine idea and nearly all of mine are A-Zooms. However, I only use my snap caps in my gun storage room - I NEVER take them out of the house. And I don't allow loose live rounds or boxes of 25 on my workbench when I'm working on a shotgun.
When my shotguns are outside the house, the gun is LIVE and ALL the ammo is LIVE. This method eliminates one form of accidental discharge after the hunt or at the club - as all the ammo with me is LIVE - there being NO snap caps with me to confuse the issue when I tired or less attentive.
SNAP CAPS STAY IN THE HOUSE - safer for me and those around me.
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Nothing will teach a person gun safety like a negligent discharge.
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True enough.
Years ago at a club I used to frequent...
A shooter shoved a snap cap into his gun and tripped the trigger.
He had the gun pointed under a chair where old Zeke was playing cribbage.
It turned out to be a spanking new Federal trap load and not a snap cap.
It blew the hell out of Zeke's shooting bag under the chair.
The guy sold off all his equipment and never showed his face at the club again.
There's a moral there someplace...
"The price of good shotgunnery is constant practice" - Fred Kimble
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I made another post that stated that I had converted fired shells into snap caps by placing pencil erasers in the hole where the primers were removed. This why these shells had head stamps et.al. I should have made this clear in this post!
Like I stated in the other post, I should have painted the heads of the shells a bright colour to identify them as snap caps. The snap caps that I now have,but do not use, are a light blue in colour.
As far as being "dense and blind", I was neither. I did notice that there was something not correct when I looked at the gun thus alarming my senses to look for something wrong. Sign of good vision! There is no reason to have shells in my gun unless I am ready to shoot.
PA 24: I have no idea as to what dense means when speaking of a person. At 5-10 and 190 lbs, my wife thinks that I am "dense."
Enough for now,
Franchi
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I have no need of snap caps, have also seen a gun discharged when it's owner believed he was relieving the mainsprings with snap caps...but used live rounds.
I do store my guns uncocked, but "snap" the guns w/ barrels off with a plastic screw driver handle or a wooden dowel. Reassemble the guns, and I'm done. Why someone would want to store a gun with anything in the chambers is beyond me, but each to his/her own.
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I made another post that stated that I had converted fired shells into snap caps by placing pencil erasers in the hole where the primers were removed. This why these shells had head stamps et.al. I should have made this clear in this post! I'm conducting a private social experiment, and could use an honest answer to a single question. Ready? Any chance you voted for Obama/Biden last election? Please be honest.... Best, Ted
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