New Website for Match Cartridge Snap Caps
A couple months back, we announced that Eric Kennard had started producing snap caps for match cartridges such as the 6mmBR and 6XC. They say that necessity is the mother of invention, and that was true here. Eric started making snap caps because nobody produced such a product for the match chamberings that he shoots. Eric’s match-cartridge snap caps have been so popular that he has expanded his product line to include 12 different cartridges. Plus Eric has recently launched a new website, HarbourArms.com, that features a handy shopping-cart system, so you can easily order all the snap caps you need.
12 Cartridge Types Now Offered
Harbour Arms Precision Snap Caps are available in .223 Rem, 6mmBR, 6BRX, 6mm Dasher, 6XC, 6-6.5 x 47 Lapua, 6.5 x 47 Lapua, 6.5 x 284, .260 Remington, .308 Win, .300 Win Mag, and .338 Lapua Magnum. Each set of two snap caps is precision-crafted from aluminum and costs $12.95 for two snap caps.
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Cartridges Offered: .223 Rem 6mmBR 6BRX 6mm Dasher 6XC 6-6.5 x 47 Lapua 6.5 x 47 Lapua 6.5 x 284 .260 Remington .308 Win .300 Win Mag .338 Lapua Mag |
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Who needs a Snap Cap? Anyone who dry fires. It has been said that dry-firing is the best form of practice. Dry-firing allows one to check for proper natural point of aim, position, and trigger control. Many of the custom rifle actions use two piece, thin, or titanium firing pins. These pins are susceptible to fracture or breaking when dry-fired too much. Shotgunners using custom trap or skeet guns would never dry-fire their expensive arms without a Snap Cap to protect their firing pins. Nothing is worse than your firing pin breaking during a match!
Ordered mine on Tuesday, got them on Friday. Sweet!
Compared to plastic snap caps, these are very well made. The body is solid aluminum and the “primer” is brass. The spring-loaded action on the “primer” is surprisingly stiff. I can barely push it in with my fingernail.
Does anyone know where I can get 6.5 Creedmoor snap caps?
Harbour Arms (Eric Kennard) is working on 6.5 Creedmoor snap caps now (April 2010).
Can one use a 7mm-08 or a 7mm WSM snap cap in a 7mm Rem Mag?