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'88Scrat · June 22, 2013, 09:43 AM

So here's the deal, I'm looking to see how proficient I can become with my new Enfield by practicing the "Mad Minute". But as .303 ammo is not quite cheap I'm looking to do so with dummy rounds of some kind. The Snap Caps are to expensive to purchase en mass (I will need about 30 dummies in total) so I thought about using a drill to put a hole into some live rounds and emptying all the powder (which should render them inert right?) and marking them as dummy rounds with a paint pen or something. The only thing I'm not so sure about is the primers. I need to be able to pull the trigger on them and cycle them through the Enfield; a lot.

Any advice?

June 22, 2013, 09:43 AM	#1
'88Scrat Senior Member Join Date: July 11, 2011 Location: Kansas Posts: 549	Making Dummy Rounds So here's the deal, I'm looking to see how proficient I can become with my new Enfield by practicing the "Mad Minute". But as .303 ammo is not quite cheap I'm looking to do so with dummy rounds of some kind. The Snap Caps are to expensive to purchase en mass (I will need about 30 dummies in total) so I thought about using a drill to put a hole into some live rounds and emptying all the powder (which should render them inert right?) and marking them as dummy rounds with a paint pen or something. The only thing I'm not so sure about is the primers. I need to be able to pull the trigger on them and cycle them through the Enfield; a lot. Any advice? __________________ BOOM