Hardness of cerrosafe Alloy?

[ricka0]

I want to make some dummy rounds for dry firing. I was thinking of pouring Cerrosafe in the primer pocket to make my own A-Z00M snap caps for dry firing. A-ZOOM doesn't make them for my 270 WSM, 375 RUM. They don't even make them for Allen uber mags /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[jb1000br]

it will chip and flake from what i have seen -- not a good idea /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

just dry fire the bastage! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif Or if you are worried, use a fired case with the dead primer still in...

JB

 

[Jimm]

bigbore,
I too cringe when I dry fire without something under the firing pin mainly cause I don't want to have to send it off to be repaired cause then I could'nt be shooting /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
jb suggested one of the things I do ,that is use a fired round, y7ou will see that the pin still makes contact with the primer , at least a couple of times more.
Wonder if a guy could take a 270 std azoom snap cap and marry it to (the operating end) one of your fired cases.Should'nt be too hard.
Jim

 

[chris matthews]

If you must have something, a primer pocket full of silicone works pretty good.

 

[dcb]

I use o-ring the size of a primer a dab of super glue cut the rubber o ring flush with the case.
Dave

 

[LWolken]

A pencil eraser will also work.

 

[ricka0]

Thanks for all the responses. I'll give these a try.

 

[Sam11]

Better still use an eraser from a pencil. I chuck the whole pencil in a drill and sand down the diameter of the erase just enough so I can work it into the primer pocket. Trim it flush and you have your snap cap.