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Stumbled upon this on another forum and figured I'd share.

My wife just bought a S&W351PD for ultra-lightweight carry, and she wanted to dry fire it for practice, but alas is't a rimfire and they don't like dry firing. Sure you CAN spend $10 on 6 snap caps which apparently break after a couple hits, but there is an alternative you might already have in your home.

#4-6 or #6-8 plastic wall anchors, depending on what your gun likes (hers likes the #6-8), from your favorite hardware store. Fully protects the cyl. and gives the pin something to dent/bounce off of. Plus, if they're a little over dented in 1 spot, rotate 15 degrees and it's like they're brand new.

All this for about $1-2.

YMMV

Great idea!!!!! That is one sweet revolver she has, your giving me too many ideas on guns that will drain my bank account....... Pictures would be great to share with other members...

7075-T7 wrote:Sure you CAN spend $10 on 6 snap caps which apparently break after a couple hits

If that was the case, someone was probably using A-Zoom's action proving rounds instead of actual snap caps.

From Midway:

http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/de ... ber=114531" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

From the description, "These are not snap caps but functional dummies."

Midway confuses the issue by including 'snap caps' in the description of products which aren't intended as snap caps.

These are real snap caps:

http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/de ... ber=360209" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;