{"id":20591,"date":"2019-12-17T23:16:31","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T07:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dryfiretrainingcards.com\/blog\/?p=20591"},"modified":"2024-07-21T09:48:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T16:48:57","slug":"why-snap-caps-suck-for-dry-fire-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dryfiretrainingcards.com\/blog\/why-snap-caps-suck-for-dry-fire-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Why snap caps suck for dry fire practice\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"For decades, snap caps were the best option for doing dry fire practice.<\/p>\n

Because they were the only option.<\/p>\n

But, they had some serious shortcomings\u2026<\/p>\n

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  1. The more they look like live rounds, the easier it is to mistakenly introduce a live round\u2026with potentially tragic results.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>It might be that a live round accidentally got mixed in with the snap caps or a magazine that you were doing ball and dummy drills with at the range that still has a dummy round on top and a live round underneath.\u00a0 Regardless, using snap caps for dry fire takes a considerable amount of discipline.<\/li>\n
  2. Dry fire training with a snap cap doesn’t look anything like reality with a semi-auto.<\/strong>\u00a0 Oftentimes, it looks like this\u2026you insert a magazine with multiple snap caps (and no live rounds!) into your pistol, rack the slide, and perform a dry fire rep.Then, you rack the slide.Then, you perform another dry fire rep.\n

    Then, you rack the slide again.<\/p>\n

    But, unless you rack your slide between each rep during live fire\u2026how\u2019s that realistic?<\/p>\n

    Somehow\u2026if you do it enough times, your mind is supposed to magically know that it should pay attention to the dry fire reps and ignore racking the slide.But, it doesn\u2019t usually work that way.<\/p>\n

    What\u2019s much, much more common is that people develop a completely different neural pathway for dry fire than for live fire.<\/p>\n

    And they slip back into their old bad live-fire habits after the 2nd<\/sup> or 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0rep at the range.<\/p>\n

    (ALL of our dry fire training is taught in a way that creates a SINGLE neural pathway for dry fire and live fire\u2026and one of the secrets is interweaving dry fire and live fire [correctly] when you\u2019re at the range doing live fire.)<\/p>\n

    When snap caps were the only option, they were the best option\u2026but we don\u2019t live in the dark ages anymore. There are better options for semi-autos.<\/li>\n

  3. Snap caps don\u2019t let you do multiple shot strings of fire with semi-autos.\u00a0<\/strong> If you want to practice 2-to-the-chest and 1-to-the-head with snap caps with a semi-auto\u2026good luck.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Now for live fire, when you load a mag with a majority of snap caps and sprinkle in a couple of live rounds…they’re a great training tool.\u00a0 (But, you never want to do a traditional ball-and-dummy drill if you’re dealing with flinch)<\/p>\n

    For dry fire, you really do want something in your chamber so that a live round can’t slip in there and end up with an accident like this:<\/p>\n

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    Or worse…<\/p>\n

    But a snap cap usually isn’t the best answer.<\/p>\n

    Fortunately, we\u2019re not in the dark ages of dry fire anymore.<\/p>\n

    There are better (much better) tools for doing at-home dry fire training than snap caps for semi-autos.<\/p>\n

    You can still use snap caps\u2026you just have to be incredibly disciplined and understand the limits of the effectiveness of the training you\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n

    But there are GREAT alternatives.<\/p>\n

    There are laser pistols like the Dry Fire Pistol (SIRT)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    You can get an airsoft of your carry gun and do some GREAT training.<\/p>\n

    I recommend all of these options, but if you\u2019re looking for a MUCH more economical option…one that costs less than a single trip to the range that will allow you to use your own firearm for dry fire training, you really need to check out Dry Fire Cord.<\/a><\/p>\n

    Dry Fire Cord is designed to block your chamber with a quad-chamfered aircraft grade aluminum chamber block as well as give you a visual indicator that the chamber is blocked at both the muzzle and the ejection port.<\/p>\n

    You don\u2019t have to disassemble your pistol to use it\u20262-5 seconds to set it up for dry fire, 2-5 seconds to convert your pistol back to live fire.\u00a0 Easy Peasy, Lemon Squeezy.<\/p>\n

    Dry Fire Cord will positively block the chamber and give you a resetting trigger on a Glock, M&P, Sig, H&K, Kimber, Xd, Walther, and more so that you can practice multiple shot engagements WITHOUT having to rack your slide between reps.<\/p>\n

    And\u2026it removes the \u201cclick\u201d from the trigger press so that you can quickly assess and improve your trigger finger isolation and trigger finger speed.\u00a0 With Dry Fire Cord, you\u2019ll see and know IMMEDIATELY how firmly to grip the gun and how quickly you can run the trigger without disturbing sight alignment.<\/p>\n

    Learn more and get yours now by clicking >HERE<\/a><\u00a0 Normally only available in multi-caliber packs we’ve also got 9mm packs this week!<\/p>\n

    What about for revolvers?\u00a0 Snap caps are awesome for revolvers.\u00a0 I keep 2 speed loaders handy…an empty one and one filled with snap caps.\u00a0 When it’s time to dry fire, I dump the rounds in the cylinder into the speed loader, insert the snap caps, and do my thing.\u00a0 When it’s time to switch back, I reverse the process.<\/p>\n

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