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Snap Caps for weapons drills

Hi,

Yes, I've also put one or two in my magazine during live fire to practice malfunction recovery. My favorite dry fire practice is using a G-Sight laser cartridge with their phone app. I've also started using the Mantis-X system.

I'm not familiar with that acronym. I'll have to do a web search. (I don't "Google".) ;)


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
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Hi,

Yes, I've also put one or two in my magazine during live fire to practice malfunction recovery. My favorite dry fire practice is using a G-Sight laser cartridge with their phone app. I've also started using the Mantis-X system.

I'm not familiar with that acronym. I'll have to do a web search. (I don't "Google".) ;)


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
It’s the immediate action drill for the M16/M4 series.
Slap The Magazine
Pull the Charging Handle to the rear
Observe for a ejected round
Release the Charging Handle
Tap the Forward Assist
Squeeze the trigger
 
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I’ve been using “Dummy Rounds” and Snap caps for years. I learned as a Drill Sergeant at Fort Benning , GA that they are a valuable tool to help eliminate trigger jerk and teaching S.P.O.R.R.T.S.
I also don’t like dry firing.
Anyone else use them as part of their training?
Sorry, a little off topic, but I was wondering what years you were a Drill Sgt. at Fort Benning. I was an old Harmony Church alumni when I went through basic and was just curious.
 
I’ve been using “Dummy Rounds” and Snap caps for years. I learned as a Drill Sergeant at Fort Benning , GA that they are a valuable tool to help eliminate trigger jerk and teaching S.P.O.R.R.T.S.
I also don’t like dry firing.
Anyone else use them as part of their training?
Did until I broke down and invested in MantisX and BlackbeardX.

Still have the Magpul dummy rounds. They're invincible.
 
91 to 94 Sand Hill. Used to be 4/36 zing. It was the first “Star Ship” as soon as you got to Sand Hill
Those years I was already in the Marine Corps. I went through Harmony Church in 1984 when I was in the Army. But while in the Marine Corps, I think it was in early 1993, a buddy and I traveled to Fort Benning to go get some uniform gear that was hard for us to get at our duty station as Marines. Harmony Church was being torn down at the time. That made me sad that a historical place like Harmony Church was never more.
 
91 to 94 Sand Hill. Used to be 4/36 zing. It was the first “Star Ship” as soon as you got to Sand Hill
And of course, I will always remember the rivalry between Sand Hill and Harmony Church! I remember getting to Ft. Benning in the middle of the night and then staying at the reception station (Sand Hill) until we were assigned to our basic training units. I thought the "Star Ship" wouldn't be so bad. Then we were put on a bus to Harmony Church! lol Hello condemned WWII wooden barracks! lol
 
Those years I was already in the Marine Corps. I went through Harmony Church in 1984 when I was in the Army. But while in the Marine Corps, I think it was in early 1993, a buddy and I traveled to Fort Benning to go get some uniform gear that was hard for us to get at our duty station as Marines. Harmony Church was being torn down at the time. That made me sad that a historical place like Harmony Church was never more.
Harmony Church and all the old buildings on Sand hill were torn down. I think the Master Gunner school is there now
 
And of course, I will always remember the rivalry between Sand Hill and Harmony Church! I remember getting to Ft. Benning in the middle of the night and then staying at the reception station (Sand Hill) until we were assigned to our basic training units. I thought the "Star Ship" wouldn't be so bad. Then we were put on a bus to Harmony Church! lol Hello condemned WWII wooden barracks! lol
I did basic at Fort Knox then AIT at Benning. I was in Basic training when the US Embassy in Iran was taken over. President Carter was in office. We were told by the Drill Sergeants that are training was going to be sped up and we were going to spend more time on the ranges.
 
Some of it stayed as part of the Ranger training school, but I think a lot of it turned into some kind of armor training. I want to make a trip back to visit the Infantry Museum someday.
I went years ago when my son graduated from Basic. The ceremony was on the field right next to the museum. It’s a Awesome museum🪖
 
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