Training tools

[CarbonMTN]

So snap caps,

for training at home, working of trigger techniques and trying to defeat my bang flinch, would you guys recommend using snap caps??

they dont seem to be a very soft metal so im just worried about ruining things like the feed ramp , chambering, and the throat.

what would you suggest if not snap caps?

 

[PBWalsh]

Snap caps are awesome, I use mine quite often for my handgun reloads.

Start slide/bolt back on an empty mag. Drop mag and insert new mag filled with snap cap, hit slide release. Re-acquire front sight, target, press trigger.

Its a good way to burn an hour or so indoors.

A-Zoom caps suck in my experience, the link below are of better quality. I personally use these and so does the police department I am at.

http://www.stactionpro.com/action-trainer-dummy-rounds-c-1.html?zenid=o882rrbh5ugvo4rmaa3mfvafu3

Also very effective on the range mixed with live rounds to catch yourself if you develop a flinch.

 

[sabrecross]

yes to snap caps. Also place a coin on the end of your barrel when pulling the trigger. If it falls off when you pull the trigger, then try again...

 

[Srikaleak]

+1 snap cap training. I do a lot more dry fire training than live fire due to ammo costs and limited time to visit the range.

 

[Sheldon N]

For training at home just dry fire, no need for snap caps. It takes a lot to do anything to a firing pin, and if it fails it's only a $30 part. Would suck to load mags that many times with snap caps.

If you want to work on the flinch with mixing live fire and dummy rounds, I'd suggest doing it with hand loads that have a dud primer and no powder. You can mix them in a pile and load up a mag yourself, you won't be able to tell which one is going to be the dummy round so no need for a friend to help load the mag for you.

 

[thaifighter]

second on the ball and dummy drill, but I'd suggest starting with a partner. Typically we teach the partner to feed dummy rounds until all hint of flinch goes away and then feed a live one or two and see if the flinch comes back on the next dummy...

lather, rinse, repeat...

I run solo ball and dummy every now and then to test my overall form. It's a great drill to see if your trigger manipulation is causing movement in your sight picture as well.