9mm Stainless Steel Snap Caps/Dry Fire Training Rounds

I needed some of these for my 9mm firearms for dry fire drills and these are perfect so far. I have used them extensively in 3 different guns with no issues at all. They have hard rubber inserts in the rear to keep firing pins from possibly becoming damaged from dry fire and so far none have slipped into the case. The case is chrome and tip is red so some of the paint has chipped off slightly from feeding but really has not been an issue. There is still no way these can be mistaken for actual rounds as long as your rounds don't have chrome shells. These all fit in the different mags as they should and feed perfectly.

I purchased five 10 packs (50 dummy rounds) of the plain, non-colored rounds in order to stimulate the weight of a loaded handgun and spare magazine for when I practice my dry fire, reloading drills, and malfunction clearing. I train with a Canik TP9SF (9mm). I have been using these dummy rounds for a couple months now, and here's what I can tell you:Likes:-Good price compared to other dummy rounds (approx. $1.30/round).-Smooth stainless steel makes loading a magazine easy.-Solid construction so you don't have to worry about damage to the round when practicing malfunction clearing.-Nice, large rubber striking pad.-Awesome screw-top tin case.Dislikes (more like nitpicks):-Rounds are SLIGHTLY lighter in weight compared to live cartridges.-Rounds are APPARENTLY a little smaller than your standard 9mm. (I say this only because, even though I can't PHYSICALLY see or feel a difference, I'm actually able to fit 19 dummy rounds in my 18-round magazine. I cannot make any sense of it; I've tried putting 19 live cartridges in my mag, but they don't fit.)-You MAY have ejection problems when SLOWLY racking the slide (full speed racking has never been an issue).

These things have remarkably the same weight as the actual ammo. It functions very well and has a great and serving it’s purpose.However the one thing that I see that is a problem is the ones that I ordered were stainless steel in the silver color. Unless I really pay attention it is really easy to get these confused with real ammo. I would highly recommend anybody purchasing these to buy the version that has colored heads to make it easy to identify these dummy rounds versus live rounds. If I had ordered the colored version I would be OK leaving them loaded in a spare magazine. But if I did that I could end up getting confused and the last thing I want to do is accidentally load live rounds when I think I’m loading dummy rounds. I don’t have to tell you the inherent danger i’ve somehow making a mistake thinking you had one type versus the other. What I have to do to make sure that I don’t make any mistakes, I keep the dummy rounds in a plastic bag until I’m ready to use them and then make sure live ammo is nowhere in the room. While it is a good practice anyway double extra caution is needed with the silver colored dummy rounds.

I’ve used the crap out of these, some can get a bit deformed from heavy use but for the price I can’t complain

Good quality they fit perfectly in my p320 mag and no issues cycling them through. Nice for dry firing with the padded ends. Used them multiple times and no issues with my handgun after using them. Seem to be of good quality, paint on tip comes off over time from use but to be expected would buy again

These seem to be a good value if you want WEIGHTED dummy rounds (I bought these just because they are heavy, and I want to practice dry-fire with a mag that is the correct weight for my USPSA division). These are the heaviest dummy rounds I have seen. However, as others have said, they are STILL NOT the weight of a real 9mm round, weighing only 60-80% of the weight of a live round (depending on what ammo you shoot). To practice for Production, I had to stuff approx 13 of these into a standard-cap mag to achieve the correct weight of a 10-round mag with 9 or 10 rounds. I haven't run them through the gun (racking them, etc.), because I didn't buy them for this, so I can't comment on ejection and chamber fit and stuff like that. But as weighted dummy rounds, this seems to be the best choice (you'll note that there aren't many options, and these may be cheaper than buying something like a DoubleAlpha weighted practice mag, which is actually TOO heavy for Production shooters).

The key issue is that these are advertised as being the same weight as standard ammunition, and they are not. I took 10 rounds of Fiocchi 115gr Training Dynamics, and they weighed in at 4.10oz. 10 rounds of these Steelworx snap caps weighed in at 2.75oz.I grant this is much improved over the old nearly-weightless snap caps, but if I'm training to draw a fully-loaded magazine, these don't quite match the real experience.Also, the red came already rubbed off the base ring on most of the snap caps, so this is clearly paint and not penetrating dye, but there's plenty of red left to see that it's a training round, so I don't consider that too much of a downside.Otherwise, these are fairly good for what they are designed to accomplish -- better than the first generation snap caps, to be sure; but not quite perfect yet.I would have rated it a 4 or 5 out of 5 if it had been properly advertised, but spending money on a product, then waiting for it to be delivered, only to discover the description was misleading, sucks rocks.

The reason I purchased a firearm was so that I could be ready if the time came to defend my family.I use these with my weapons for a least 30 minutes a week so that if the time came I am ready.I use these with my mantis system so that I can train as much as possible in my home office without having to spend a lot of time (and money) at the range.Don't get me wrong, I still go to the range because nothing can replace practicing with recoil, but this definitely helps.