St Action Pro 12GA Gauge Shotgun Safety Trainer Cartridge Dummy Shell Rounds with Brass Case, Orange, 10 Pack

These dummy rounds excel for classroom training, loading/reloading drills, and malfunction practice. They’re completely inert, ensuring safety, and the orange color prevents mix-ups with live ammo. Users find them effective for pump shotguns, with one noting, “Perfect for practicing loading and unloading my KSG.” The brass case mimics real shells, and they’re reusable for multiple sessions. At $15-$25, they’re affordable for stocking up.

I keep in the mag to keep the spring under tension and cycling action

Great for practice

good

My shotguns name is Betty, thought you should know that. The fake shells are good practice.

They do what they're supposed to without any fuss.

These work great for what they are. Used for practicing loading and unloading a Winchester 1887 shotgun clone, which are famously finicky. They are super lightweight and sometimes hiccup the action, but mostly work fine. They look like they are made on Rio caseheads. I prefer the A-Zoom dummies for their weight, but these work great for the money.

Most of us use training dummy shells for, ahem, training. And the first element of training is to recreate an accurate duplication of the real world experience. These dummy rounds fail at this, completely.There are two important things when you're practicing shotgun skills, which in large part revolve around tactical reloading. You want shotshell dummies that are the same size, and of close to the same weight. Only if you have both these factors, can you then realistically practice, develop muscle memory, and become skilled at handling your shotgun.These dummies are way too light, and also way too short. At best, they are maybe 2 1/4 inches long. Most of us, particularly in tactical applications, will be using at least 2 3/4 inch shotshells, maybe longer, all the way up to 3 1/2 inches.There's no way you can develop micro-motor reloading skills with training dummy shells that are so ridiculously shorter than the ones you'd use in a real situation.So, a total fail. Sure, they are low cost, but don't waste your money on something that will teach you bad rather than good habits. As always, I marvel at the abundance of short five star reviews......