Hillman370326 Ribbed Plastic Anchor, 4-6-8 X 7/8-Inch, Yellow, 100 count (Pack of 1)

While in the process of looking for 22lr snap caps for dry fire practice I stumbled onto these. Talk about a creative use for wall anchors! They cycle perfectly from mag to chamber. The take about12 to 15 strikes before the rim gets damaged, but if you rotate them you can easily get 50 strikes per "round". The flange is the perfect size so they eject like regular shell as well. I have run them through revolvers, semi auto and bolt action guns and have not yet had a single jam. If they do get jammed, you can simply twist a screw int the center hole and pull it out. A perfect inexpensive solution!

Below is my previous review, in case somebody can find the actual "snap caps" I'm looking for. These were redesigned and have smaller rims making them useless for a rimfire. Nonetheless, I'm still leaving it as a 5 star review because I'm sure that they work fine as the anchors for which they were designed.This is coming from a Grandmaster ranked speed shooter. Anybody who has tried a .22lr snap cap knows that they are a phenomenal waste of money: $2 apiece, and they break the first time you drop a hammer on them, often to the point that the rim rips off and they can't be extracted with anything other than a barrel rod. These anchors can take multiple hits over time and work perfectly. I just bought my second pack of 100 after many years of use from the first pack. Highly recommended for the active rimfire shooter!

Many of have used these for years as 22LR snap caps. The current version has a rim thickness of .5mm as measured with digital calipers. The actual thickness of a real 22LR rim is 1.0 mm. There are several free designs for 3D printing on the web and they all are about 1 mm rim thickness.and work just like actual rounds. The cu rent Hillman product just swallows into the chamber. Good wall hangers as they are intended but the end of an era for 22LR owners.

Purchased the same item number and size from Hillman in 2019. They were excellent snap caps for .22 revolvers. The new design DOES NOT WORK as a snap cap. The base diameter is too small to protect your firing pin. NOT RECOMMENDED FOR SNAP CAP USE.

No, these dont work. I dont know if the product has changed, but they are too thin and fragile compared to the ones in pictures. All of them just go thru the firing hole. Dont recommend at all. Might damange your gun

I saw a write up on this particular size item in a gun magazine for using them as "snap caps" for rim-fire in .22LR and .22WMR cartridges and I am rating this 5 stars for that purpose and cannot rate them for their intended use as ribbed plastic anchors because I have not used them for that purpose. They worked well in my Ruger Single Six and the Ruger MK II even feeding them using the magazine. They worked for both cylinders of my Single Six just fine which saves me a lot of money by not purchasing actual snap caps. The plastic rims do eventually get smashed down by the firing pin but when they get real flat I just toss them and insert a new ones. I bought the 100 pack which should last me for a long time, probably years! It's important that you get this particular size for use in your .22's - size 4-6-8 x 7/8" Happy trails.

I can't speak for how effective these anchors are in accepting screws and bearing loads. But they make for perfect "snap caps" for rimfire rifles chambered for 0.22 Shot/Long/Long Rifle. The 0.22 caliber plastic snap caps made by companies like Tipton are expensive and brittle and they crack almost instantly. The aluminum snap caps made by companies like Pachmayer are too hard and can damage your firing pin and other internal components of your rifle. Although they will not cycle/feed from a mag (at least not in my Henry lever actions), the Hillman 4-6-8x7/8 ribbed plastic anchors fit the chamber of .22 caliber rifles PERFECTLY and are made of pliable plastic that cushions your firing pin and protects your chamber face. The extractors/ejectors on my Henrys have no problem pulling the anchors from the chamber and ejecting them when I cycle their actions. I find that after 2 to 3 shots, the rim of the anchor becomes markedly deformed. I usually eject the anchor and rotate it a bit in the chamber to expose a fresh section of rim to the firing pin. I can usually get 12 to 15 shots per anchor. That doesn't sound like much, but in a slow concentrated dry fire session, you will only go through one or two anchors.

It seems that many people have been happy using these plastic anchors as .22LR snap caps.Somebody said they didn't work in a Ruger.They didn't work in my S&W M&P .22 Compact, either. Too thin, and the rim too small. They don't fit well in the magazine. Inserted one manually in the chamber, dry fired, and it almost got stuck in the barrel. Had to use a toothpick to remove it.Since this product is NOT advertised as Snap Caps, I can't fairly give them a bad rating. I sincerely hope they work well as anchors.But as snap caps, they didn't work for me. Maybe I'll try Pachmayr next time.

Perfectly good product, just a bit smaller and lighter duty than expected vs pictures.

They do the job.

Vive internet ! Grâce à ça j’ai pu trouver l’astuce de ces chevilles en plastique qui font parfaitement office de douille amortisseur pour mon pistolet 22 LR. Elles cycle parfaitement dans mon S&WVictory et ma CZ 455.La livraison depuis les États Unis est un peut longue, mais le prix est tout petit.Petite mise à jour, moins deux étoiles. Le prix est passé de 9€ avec les frais de port à plus de 30€....trois fois plus cher en peu de temps...

Does not work with #8 screws as advertised. Sold by Amazon but Returns are not allowed for this item. Even though it is sold directly by Amazon.ca and not a 3rd party seller, and not listed under Amazon.ca's own "some items purchased on Amazon.ca that you can't return". Even buying from & returning to 3rd party sellers, you get Amazon's A-Z guarantee. Why is this item not accepted for returns? It is advertised as 4-6-8 anchors and it does not work for my #8 screws project.

Seen various people recommend these for use as 22LR snap caps, but the ones I received are useless for that purpose. Actual 22lr rims (and proper snap caps) are about 1mm thick, but these are more like 0.5mm. Just enough in my bolt action to at least extract (so didn't get stuck), but the firing pin makes no mark on them indicating it's barely making contact thus defeating the point and not protecting the pin. You could hear a clear difference when used vs actual snap caps.I wasn't going to mark it down based on that, since it's not the intended use, but the product photos don't reflect reality. Looking at the rim vs total length in the product photos, the rim in the product photo is about 1mm. Perhaps they've changed the design to make that thinner and not updated the photos, or the thickness isn't consistent and varies between batches, either way it doesn't help anyone purchasing based on what is shown