Project Appleseed

Mikek, you're in my area, next time we meet up give me a heads up and I'll bring a few for you.

Are you still taking orders?

I've only used mine in a few 'seeds but they've already proven far tougher than anything else out there.  Well worth the money!

Yet another endorsement of these snapcaps.  With pictures (15 pictures, not the smallest, so bandwidth warning):

https://imgur.com/a/feVwE2v

I tried to break one, I really did.  I was unable to.

The first 3 pictures there show the effects of a single dryfire - basically zero impact on the snapcap except for a visible dent from the firing pin.

The next three pictures show the effects of ten consecutive dryfires on exactly the same spot.  The effect is basically the same as a single dryfire.

The next four pictures show me finally getting something that looked visibly damaged, by dryfiring the same spot 25 times in a row.  But of course "damaged" doesn't really mean anything, because it still works fine and extracts.

I then dryfired 25 more immediately adjacent, so you can really see it starting to smear out.  It still feeds and extracts perfectly fine.  I think after 50 dryfires on the same spot it no longer is being impacted much , because I couldn''t get it to break out any farther.  I suspect if you used an older rifle that was less safe with snapcap-less dryfiring (so that you had to worry about the chamber), it might eventually wear out.  With a newer rifle, I'm almost convinced you can't break these.

I was able to get a failure to feed up through the magazine once, but.... that's the exact same behavior I get with real ammo, because Savage Mk ii magazines are not very good.  So, behaves like the real thing.

Anyways, A+ awesome snapcaps.  Now I will be able to properly do ball and dummy at the range.  Well, not now, because everything is still closed, but once the virus relents a bit...... soon ?  Maybe? I hope.

Ok, ill get an order out.

do you take paypal?

Yes, I am still manufacturing them.   If you send me your address, I will send you a couple samples to try.

Another apple seeder endorsing this product. They work very good in the marlin 795. Also at a pistol shoot this weekend was able to use one to show another shooter that his firing pin was broken on his pistol. Great product and a great training tool. Thank you!

Are you still selling these? Is your order form in this topic still valid?

Thanks

I'm placing an order for these, to replace a bunch of .22 dummy rounds which are brass-cased/lead-bullet type and don't fit the bill as a safe item for dry fire practice since they're almost indistinguishable from loaded rounds (but work fine for function and ball-and-dummy).

I use the Magpul .223 dummy dummy rounds and while they're good, they're not great as the dimensions aren't to spec and so they load+eject funny sometimes.  Use of all the other garbage aluminum/brittle plastic types I've stopped, since they do more harm than good.

Prescott, do you intend to begin making dummies for other calibers than .22lr?

hankh,

The pricing and shipping costs are still the same as they are listed on the sales form.

Thanks,

No, I am not set up to take Paypal. Sorry

Yes,  I still manufacture them.

While I would feel pretty confident with many 22s made today, not all will tolerate dry fire without damage.
My CMMG 22 upper for example specifically requires the firing pin be removed for dry fire practice.

I stand corrected.

Why does Appleseed teach students to dry fire, and that doing so will not damage their rifle?

I don't know of a 22 RF design in production today that will be damaged by dry firing.

While I would feel pretty confident with many 22s made today, not all will tolerate dry fire without damage.
My CMMG 22 upper for example specifically requires the firing pin be removed for dry fire practice. After talking to the factory service department I was informed that while this is not a defect, it is inherent in the design of the pin itself. Though I had not yet broken any, he was very kind and sent me a spare, just in case.
It is a good idea to advise any shooter with one of these to not dry fire on the line w/o a snap cap.

I also have a Marlin 795, and while they generally hold up pretty well, they will work harden and can break over time. ymmv

Yes, I am still making the Snap Caps.  I recently had a new batch produced and they are ready to ship.

Thanks,

Thanks to all who have order the Snapcap for this upcoming season.  Please provide some feedback on how they are working for you.

Prescott - the snap caps are all you described and more.  Since accepting the Orange Hat, I've given them good use in ball and dummy drills and given quite a few of my first order of 25 away.  I'm sending a new order for 100 this week.  Great work, thanks.

I think this is a great idea! Not so much for the snap-cap benefit, but for training purposes! The military used to make these available to us for instructional purposes, because they WORK! Loading a magazine with ball and dummy is vastly superior for detecting/correcting flinching/bucking/jerking, etc. over  single loading, which seems to be the common method, at least in this geo area.

silly question, do they reliably feed from the magazine, in a real ball and dummy drill??

They work great, seen them used @ Castle Rock ,I have yet to see any problems ,,,I like em very much.


Wade

In a standard 10/22 rifle, these snap caps will last indefinitely.   The firing pin spring in the Ruger is not strong enough to dent this material.

My primary business is selling thermoplastic resin, and I tested 6 different grades to find one that would work perfect.   I tested the samples in every .22 rifle I could find, and one of my friends has an old pump action Savage with a wickedly strong firing pin.   His Savage was able to rip through all of the other materials tested, but just leaves a dent in this material.  I have used these snap caps at 3 appleseeds and have not had one failure.

As these snap caps are made from a semi rigid elastomeric thermoplastic resin, they are stiff enough to load and feed through most magazines.  I have had only one issue in a well worn Remington clip, in which the snap cap would push up too high out of the magazine and the nose would raise up and this would cause it to jam on loading.   The shooter changed to his second newer magazine and had no further issues.

I have attached the photo of the dent marks made by that pump action Savage.   I shot one cap at least 40 times with that Savage, and even though it was well dented, the snap cap did not crack, chip or tear through.

I had neglected to include shipping and handling in the original post and have updated to include that cost.

Thanks,

This is a great idea. I'm so sick of those aluminum "action proving" rounds whose rims get all bent out of shape after a few firing pin strikes.

Does the cost include shipping? About how many strikes can one of these bad boys take?