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First- let's be clear about this. The bullet is just the piece of lead that shoots out the barrel. The bullet + brass casing + gun powder + primer is called a CARTRIDGE.

A dysfunctional cartridge is called either a dud or a mis-fire.

It is bad for the gun when you go through the motions of firing the weapon without a cartridge actually being in the chamber. It causes unwanted wear and metal fatigue on the hammer and firing pin assembly. A snapping cap (sometimes called a snap or snapper cap) has the same dimensions as a cartridge but has no primer, no gunpowder, and no bullet. It is a true dummy cartridge...one that you place in the gun's chamber so that you can "fire" the gun without harming it.

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