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This is good sense. I only use my snap caps when checking the gun over - then take them out. I store my guns cocked, and after many years (some over 100 years), no problems with tired springs.
The only tired spring I have had was one lock only (off a sidelock s/s) made in the 1980s. I suspect a case of poor material/heat treatment there.

Hi Ted:

Yes, I did indeed vote for President Obama in both elections!

The alternative party is a scary thing!

From your question, I bet that you voted for Romney-Ryan. "Please be honest."

Stay well,

Franchi

I find it incomprehensible that any responsible individual would pull a trigger on any firearm without having visual firsthand knowledge of what is in the chamber and full awareness of where the muzzles are pointed.

Maybe it is time for the government to step in and enact a round of snap cap laws to protect the masses from themselves - or just take away our firearms, that would solve the problem.

Real shells in lieu of snap caps is a nightmare, no different than other accidental discharge stories. The key reality that should save anyone is the base rules about muzzle control and always assuming the gun is loaded.

Returning to the original focus of the thread. I use snap caps in the house, in my gun room, I do not use them in the field.

I believe that nickel plating or chroming them adds to distinguishing them from other shells.

A liberal with home made snap caps, and no idea of when and where they belong is far, far scarier!


Best,
Ted

I hear a lot of folks talking about making snap caps from spent shells; this is exactly why I think that idea is, well, not smart.

The A-zoom color is fairly easy to differentiate from the color of an actual round. Brass or nickel; much more difficult. While it's true that there's no substitute for caution and always "knowing" you're doing it right, I'm not willing to stake my life or anyone else's my ability to always be right.

I once read an essay by sporting artist Bob White about a loaded gun that he was SURE he unloaded. No matter how careful we are, or how sure we are of our routines, accidents happen.

I take some comfort that this liberal appreciates fine guns and has the capacity to fabricate useful things. Like it or not, this last election was a watershed event. The world we once knew is gone, and unless something dramatically changes, conservatives will never hold the White House again. Demography is destiny, and unless we can find common cause with some good liberal folks, our days as hunters and shooters will be over fairly quickly.

Yep! That would explain a lot. Excellent question Ted. The honest reply completes the explanation. I will continue to safely use snap caps, and I will continue to wonder why we ever got away from poll testing. Screwing up the whole damn country is worse than a single accidental discharge.

Pretty simple. Inside the safe,snap caps, When the shotgun comes out of the safe, the snap caps come out. Gun is not loaded until I am in the field and away from the truck or camp. Muzzle NEVER sweeps anything I would not want to shoot.

Puting erasers in a head stamped shotgun sheel sounds like a recipe for disaster sooner or later.