Steelworx 9mm Stainless Steel Snap Caps/Dry Fire Training Rounds

I purchased five 10 packs (50 dummy rounds) of the plain, non-colored rounds in order to stimulate the weight of a loaded handgun and spare magazine for when I practice my dry fire, reloading drills, and malfunction clearing. I train with a Canik TP9SF (9mm). I have been using these dummy rounds for a couple months now, and here's what I can tell you: Likes: -Good price compared to other dummy rounds (approx. $1.30/round). -Smooth stainless steel makes loading a magazine easy. -Solid construction so you don't have to worry about damage to the round when practicing malfunction clearing. -Nice, large rubber striking pad. -Awesome screw-top tin case. Dislikes (more like nitpicks): -Rounds are SLIGHTLY lighter in weight compared to live cartridges. -Rounds are APPARENTLY a little smaller than your standard 9mm. (I say this only because, even though I can't PHYSICALLY see or feel a difference, I'm actually able to fit 19 dummy rounds in my 18-round magazine. I cannot make any sense of it; I've tried putting 19 live cartridges in my mag, but they don't fit.) -You MAY have ejection problems when SLOWLY racking the slide (full speed racking has never been an issue).

Good quality they fit perfectly in my p320 mag and no issues cycling them through. Nice for dry firing with the padded ends. Used them multiple times and no issues with my handgun after using them. Seem to be of good quality, paint on tip comes off over time from use but to be expected would buy again

It might seem simple to produce these training rounds, but I've bought a lot of them that don't come close to the standard of the .40SW and 9mm trainers built by Steelworx. These are all metal, except for the primer area, which feels smooth like velvet (but isn't). Exactly the right size for cycling through, and they don't damage my weapons. They're also tough, smooth, and wear very well. I'll post this review for the 40SW and the 9mm because I bought both. As far as I can tell, these are the best on the market.

I ordered these to practice cycling my new semi-auto without having to risk using live rounds. It cycles pretty well, not 100% perfect but I also haven't used live rounds in this gun yet so that may be normal for my model. It has jammed on me once though. The paint before I even used it was already flaking. Not a big deal to me. If it is a big deal to you, I'd suggest just taking it off with some sandpaper and using a colored permanent marker to color it. Actually, if you care about the coloring and have colored permanent markers, might make more sense to just buy and color the silver model for a few bucks less. The weight is 8g while the live rounds I have are 13g. So it's about 62% of the weight of a live round. Not great if you're training for competition, but good enough if you're just generally practicing. All in all, I am happy with my purchase. Even though I haven't used my gun yet I've gotten used to the action by racking, de-cocking, and now cycling every night or so.

These are great! I've used them many times over the past year to test many different 9mms and magazines. They have a nice weight to them, as well. I would recommend,

One out of the 5 rounds is defective, it is slightly bigger than the other dummy rounds. It causes a malfunction every single time it’s loaded. The other 4 work perfect, so maybe it’s just a CNC machining error or something?

Good quality.

Great training tool! They function very well and the price was right.