njc110381
AH enthusiast
A really strange question, but I recently watched a video of a chap who was loading and shooting earplug rounds to train for snap shooting at close range. It looked like a great idea. Basically you take a cylinder shaped earplug like a 3m classic, roll it as you would to put it in your ear and shove it into a primed case. They expand to fit pretty much any case size up to about .45.
Now this guy was using them in a handgun for safe quick draw training but they will work the same in a rifle. They'll pop a balloon at close range or penetrate paper but not do any real damage to anything else or fly very far. Drawing a live handgun could pose a risk but if you shot yourself with one of these by accident it would be no big deal. I was wondering if it could be adapted for dry firing practice in a DG rifle? Firing at something that would mark when hit, it would give a good idea of your point of impact and you could learn to be quite accurate whilst shooting in a garden or garage. The plugs apparently will tolerate several shots before wearing out so it's cheap too.
I want to try it with my .416! Has anyone else done it?
Now this guy was using them in a handgun for safe quick draw training but they will work the same in a rifle. They'll pop a balloon at close range or penetrate paper but not do any real damage to anything else or fly very far. Drawing a live handgun could pose a risk but if you shot yourself with one of these by accident it would be no big deal. I was wondering if it could be adapted for dry firing practice in a DG rifle? Firing at something that would mark when hit, it would give a good idea of your point of impact and you could learn to be quite accurate whilst shooting in a garden or garage. The plugs apparently will tolerate several shots before wearing out so it's cheap too.
I want to try it with my .416! Has anyone else done it?
