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I've seen folks wrap the scissor snaps with silicon track bandage or vet wrap to prevent them from opening if the horse rubs. This might not be as good for the bolt snaps - you wouldn't want the tight wrap to accidentally open the "bolt snaps".
My general rule of thumb is to not use a running martingale. Those few times that I did, my instructors drilled into me that I was to always use rein stops to prevent mishaps. They're cheap insurance. I have seen a number of horses get hung up when they weren't used, including the bolt snaps - the loop for the rein to attach was just big enough to get caught in the martingale loop.
Any metal snap can experience metal fatigue and break under minimal stress. The metal can have stress lines or bubbles from when it was manufactured. Impossible to tell unless you xray them! Hey - new income for the Emergency Departments around the country. Endurance riders lining up to have their snaps xrayed!!
Linda Flemmer
-----Original Message-----
From: Farafix@aol.com [mailto:Farafix@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 9:43 AM
To: flemmerl@rcbhsc.wvu.edu
Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: Re: Rein attachments - followup
In a message dated 99-06-01 09:12:32 EDT, you write:
<< Be especially aware of having Tempo catch those "snap bolts" onto an
immobile object. >>
Never seems to be quite the perfect solution! Am open to any suggestions on
better snaps (the scissor, & the type that have a little sliding bar that you
push down & up to open & close don't seem to hold up for me).
Nancy, always fiddling
Md
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