Ritchie
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Snap cap was hacksawed until it could be split. .40S&W
Inside the A-Zoom
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unclenunzie
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Neat, testing to destruction 
roval
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was there a spring in front of the "primer" like in a tipton?
Ritchie
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Nothing in there but a little blob of resilient plastic. Just made a large primer insert by sharpening the mouth of a .22 centerfire cartridge and using it to cut out a plug of shoe-sole material.
wesmonster
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AZoom makes a lot of snap caps in more calibers than anyone else I've seen, which is handy if you need a 5,45x39 or 6.5 Grendel snap cap. But my 9mm & .45 A Zooms all look chewed up on the shoulder of the case. Rough. Like the dog got a hold of em.
A few years ago I trashed em for Steelworx in my common calibers, so far they still look good. The Steelworx .22lr are the only all metal rimfire 'dummy rounds' so if they feed & eject, I know live rounds will also.
I'll also add that I don't use snap caps for practice, I use em to verify feed, chambering & ejection without using live ammo.
A few years ago I trashed em for Steelworx in my common calibers, so far they still look good. The Steelworx .22lr are the only all metal rimfire 'dummy rounds' so if they feed & eject, I know live rounds will also.
I'll also add that I don't use snap caps for practice, I use em to verify feed, chambering & ejection without using live ammo.
