I've been carrying the same ammo for a year...
I rotate rounds when I think about it, but normally it's chambered. I have 3 mags I rotate around as well all running the same ammo. The round that's pushed back has probably been chambered 5 times.
Most handgun ammo, unless it's a magnum, don't have a very strong crimp.
It's not a good idea to re-chamber any one round too many times.
One more thing to think about.
In what conditions do you carry?
This is why I ask.
Many moons ago, when I first began carrying, I had a little Kel-Tec .32acp. I loved that little pea shooter.
I carried it daily, in an inside the waistband "Uncle Mike's" nylon holster while working construction.
I learned about "set-back" on that pistol.
One day I decided it had been too long since it was last cleaned, so here goes.
After clearing the mag and the chamber I tore it down and scrubbed it squeaky clean. You could have eaten off of it.
Re-assembled, but not yet reloaded, I did the prerequisite function test.
Bad news! When I pulled the trigger NOTHING happened!
The hammer did not come back. The trigger was dead.
Confused, I began to look closer and found the problem.
The mainspring (hammer) on the Kel-Tec is mounted to a small pin which is exposed but recessed into the butt of the gun.
The end coil on the mainspring had corroded in two, which left the hammer inactive.
After carrying that long without shooting, things had gone wrong that I just happened to discover when there was no emergency.
Ammunition can go bad as well, though modern ammunition is pretty stable.
Ammunition doesn't like drastic temperature or humidity changes.
Temperature extremes can have a detrimental affect on ammunition, but everyday sweat can downright destroy it.
On some guns that is ok to but don't do it with a 1911, very hard on the extractor.I've always wondered why people actually load the round back into the mag just to chamber it again and again... you know you can drop the bullet into the chamber and then drop the slide, right?
I've always wondered why people actually load the round back into the mag just to chamber it again and again... you know you can drop the bullet into the chamber and then drop the slide, right?
I've always wondered why people actually load the round back into the mag just to chamber it again and again... you know you can drop the bullet into the chamber and then drop the slide, right?
Yeah, death to extractors. On many guns this is a no no.
Is there any actual proof to this? Or is it like the whole, "Don't shoot steel cased ammo because it will ruin your extractor!" old wives tale? Seriously wondering because I can't see how it's mechanically any different than chambering a round from the magazine other than it's just having to go over the base of the round, which is softer than the steel used to make the extractor and I've never heard of it or seen it before... also, just a 1911 thing?
I had to learn this the hard way myself. Learned how to change an extractor though.Yeah, death to extractors. On many guns this is a no no.
The extractor slides up into the slot/shell groove. And it is not just 1911's.Try it? manually cycle a round and see if the shell's lip comes up behind the extractor or if the extractor has to push past it as it chambers. I would try myself if I wasnt at work.
The extractor slides up into the slot/shell groove. And it is not just 1911's.