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Hi all, was wondering today: would it be crazy to make up a few sets (~4) of snap caps for my 500NE, and fill them with sand and buffer, to match the exact weight of the full version, to practice loading with in my office?  welcome  | ||
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Just use normal cases with bullets and sand in them. much easier to make up and the correct length etc. No need to pull the trigger, just simulate it. Previously 500N with many thousands of posts ! | |||
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If your office is in a Post Office, probably not. You might fit right in. Bob Nisbet DRSS & 348 Lever Winchester Lover Temporarily Displaced Texan If there's no food on your plate when dinner is done, you didn't get enough to eat. | |||
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I don't know if A-Zoom makes .500NE snap caps, but .470NE caps might work, since the 470 is made on the 500 case, and they weigh about the same as a loaded round, and are cheap to buy several to practice with. ....................................................................  ....Mac >>>===(x)===> MacD37, ...and DUGABOY1 DRSS Charter member "If I die today, I've had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"~ME 1982 Hands of Old Elmer Keith  | |||
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As Mac says, get the A-Zoom 470NE snap caps for use in a 500NE. They work just fine. We buy 4 to allow us to practice re-loading. Mike ______________ DSC DRSS (again) SCI Life NRA Life Sables Life Mzuri IPHA "To be a Marine is enough." | |||
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Thanks very much! | |||
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Anyone else find it goofy that A Zoom doesn't offer the 500 NE? I know the 470 will work but really, if you're willing to offer the 600 and 700 NE you'd think you'd offer the 500. There have to be many times more guys shooting 500's than the 577, 600 and 700 combined. SCI Life Member DRSS "In those savage countries success frequently depends upon one particular moment; you may lose or win according to your action at that critical instant." Sir Samuel Baker | |||
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But 470 works in a 500 where as the others don't have another option. One less line to make and inventory. Do that across every product and it adds up. Previously 500N with many thousands of posts ! | |||
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I use the 470 A-Zoom snap caps in my 500NE for all my practice. | |||
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