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Does anyone know why (the most common brand of) snap caps are purple in color?




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Because they are gay?




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Because they are gay?

No. But they are gay friendly.




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Why purple specifically, or why some other color other than ammo colored? Obviously they're colored different from ammo so you can tell it's not ammo. Why purple specifically? I dunno. Possibly that's just the color of the material, coating it in something would eventually just wear off from repeated use, right?

Also, that's more of a raspberry color.



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I think it's more of a plum...



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I thought they were reddish brown
 
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Chartreuse.

Wait... I don't even know what that is.




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Because they are gay?

No. But they are gay friendly.


Those are the lavender ones.


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As long as it's not mauve.

It's anodized, they can make it any color they want. I realize it's a different color than live ammunition, but any reason for purple? Just that there's no purple ammo?



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I'd say eggplant.




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Uhm, Dudes, I always think of Friday as a good day to review Man Card rules and guidelines. Like, there's only one color (purple) between red and blue. See how it works?



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Cause purple is a color of royalty.






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What does that have to do with guns?



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That color combo makes more sense. Still wondering about purple.



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It's verging on fuschia.
 
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Does anyone know why (the most common brand of) snap caps are purple in color?




Those (in the pic) look to be a shade of red to me.


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