.22 LR Snap-Cap Cheap Alternative

[EmGeeGeorge]

Came across this on another site... seems like a good cheap alternative to paying 15 bucks for 10 or so...

 

[glove]

Good idea Thanks for the info.

 

[jeepnik]

Darn, now why didn't I think of that. But buddy you blew it. You should have figured out how to repackage and market them.

 

[Tomcat47]

Now that's using your head for something besides a hat rack!

Great idea! And I agree....you should have done a re marketing plan!

 

[jk2008]

Great idea! You ought to add that to this thread:
"What clever little things have you "invented or discovered" that you can share?" http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=218188

 

[blarby]

if it would only work in my rifle.....

 

[EmGeeGeorge]

it works in bolt rifles okay, semi's havent tried it

 

[Tomcat47]

Semis will have a lot of "failure to eject issues" .....

 

[toivo]

I use them all the time. They will even feed out of a magazine -- manually, of course -- in some firearms. Usually only one, though: they don't stack too well in a magazine.

 

[SimplyChad]

O that good

 

[bigfatdave]

Yes, Wall-Anchors work quite well as snap-caps for rimfire, they even feed and eject in some guns rather well.

 

[chicharrones]

Great idea! It never crossed my mind to use those.

 

[USAF_Vet]

I'll be. I never would have thought about that.

 

[SimplyChad]

Its always the simplest things that elude us

 

[iLikeOldgunsIlikeNewGuns]

awesome! Thanks for sharing

 

[BCRider]

I hate to break it to you guys but I've seen this hint around on this and other sites for at least two years. And I gather it was pretty well known before that.

But if it enlightens a new crop of rimfire buddies then it's certainly not wasted bandwidth.

.22LR firearms... The guns for those who don't need to "compensate"....

 

[MedWheeler]

I had heard of this before, but totally forgot about it. Thanks for bringing it back up. I went out to my garage last night and checked my doohickey drawer. Yep, had a handful of those yellow ones in there. Proceeded to try 'em out in my "cheap" guns first. In the Phoenix HP-22A, they fit right in and eject solidly upon racking the slide. Not much of a pin mark on the rim; could reuse each one several times, I think. In the Jennings J22, same story, though not quite the spring in the ejection; they just fall down through the magazine well (I didn't have a magazine in it.) Then, I tried an old Savage M89 falling-block (single-shot) rifle. Pin mark dang near sliced the anchor's rim, and the anchor is now stuck in the breech. No biggie; I was going to bed anyway, so I set it aside. I'll get it out with the cleaning rod. Later, I'll try this out with my two Rugers (Mk-II and 10/22.)