Found the perfect .22LR snap cap substitute.

[mhphoto]

#4 plastic wall anchors. About 10¢ each at Lowe's, as opposed to about 35¢ for the real snap caps.

They actually load into the magazine, cycle through my Chiappa 1911-22, and protect the firing pin for dry firing.

Just a penny saving FYI.

 

[Mr.357Sig]

How the hell did you ever get the idea of using wall anchors as .22 snap caps? Good call!

Thanks for the money-saving tip.

 

[flatwins]

Very cool!

 

[mhphoto]

Haha, I honestly can't take credit for it. I saw it on a forum a while back (not sure how that guy discovered it...), but that was way before I actually had a .22 and I finally got around to picking some up.

 

[foghorn918]

#4 plastic wall anchors. About 10¢ each at Lowe's, as opposed to about 35¢ for the real snap caps.

They actually load into the magazine, cycle through my Chiappa 1911-22, and protect the firing pin for dry firing.

Just a penny saving FYI.

How is the Chiappa 1911-22? Is it ammo picky? I'd like to have something like that that would shoot the walmart federal bulk packs without any problems.
I've liked the looks of them in internet pics, but never seen one. Did you buy it locally?

 

[mhphoto]

How is the Chiappa 1911-22? Is it ammo picky? I'd like to have something like that that would shoot the walmart federal bulk packs without any problems.
I've liked the looks of them in internet pics, but never seen one. Did you buy it locally?

I haven't had much time lately so I've put about 100 rounds through it so far, and there were plenty of failures to eject in there, but it only had the factory lube at the time. And the failures were with both Remington Yellow Jacket and CCI Minimags. Those aberrations aside the gun is fun as hell.

I gave it a deep cleaning and lube after that shoot, so hopefully next time I get it out it'll be more reliable.

If you're looking for a 1911-style .22 you might wait for the GSG 1911 .22 to come out. The Chiappa is great for the money, but I think the GSG (which will be about $50 more last I heard) might be a better value. The GSG has been "about to come out" for about three years now.

I picked up the Chiappa from Sooner Guns for $279.

 

[okie98]

Thanks for posting it.

 

[z06man]

Awesome! Thanks!

 

[mhphoto]

 

[Old Fart]

I think I'll pick up 10 for my 617 S&W.