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2022-12-13 -Land of the Free

This is Why You Really Should Rotate Your Carry Gun Ammunition Regularly

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Posted by The Walking Unvaxed 2022-12-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 "As God is my witness, nobody ever told me you have to take the ammo out before you put the magazine in the ultrasonic cleaner!"

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-12-13 07:57|| 2022-12-13 07:57|| Front Page Top

#2
I have seen jams and misfeeds in my Delta Elite 10 mm when leaving ammo in the clip and in the weapon for long durations. So I purchased a few extra clips, replaced the springs in the old mags, now rotate the mags in use monthly and test ammo occasionally.

Problem solved

BTW:
I have fired 75+ year old (at that time) corrosive style ammo made around the WWI, in my Mauser w/o issue.

Posted by NN2N1 2022-12-13 08:48|| 2022-12-13 08:48|| Front Page Top

#3 NN2N1 - 1915 ammo successfully fired from grandfather’s WW1 service sidearm, though from the spare mag, not the one it had been sitting in for maybe 60 years.

Posted by Glenmore 2022-12-13 12:10|| 2022-12-13 12:10|| Front Page Top

#4 /\ Had a gunsmith tell me a story about an old lady who came in with a 191l belonging to her late husband. The gunsmith removed the mag, pointed the weapon to the ceiling, actioned the slide, and pulled the trigger.

Much to his surprise, the gun went off putting a .45 cal hole through his ceiling and the roof.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-12-13 12:14|| 2022-12-13 12:14|| Front Page Top

#5 ^ So, the round in the chamber did not extract / eject when the slide was racked? That's about the only way it could happen with the mag out.

I'm no fan of 1911 for EDC for reasons like that, among others.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-12-13 12:24|| 2022-12-13 12:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Mine rotates every time I pull the trigger.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-12-13 12:33|| 2022-12-13 12:33|| Front Page Top

#7 Had an older lady come in recently, needing some stuff for her bedside pistol because harassment.

So she pulls it out of her sweatshirt kangaroo pouch and proceeds to hand it to a turning very blue me. Accepting it without panic, I point safe eject the mag and pull the slide - and ping out falls a cartridge. "Why'd you do that?" "Ma'am, always do that after receiving a firearm...see here...your safety was off."

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-12-13 12:44|| 2022-12-13 12:44|| Front Page Top

#8 I once pistol whipped a loser with his own very fancy M1911 knockoff. He was shouting 'It will go off! It will go off!' because the safety was off. Stupid shit was more worried about that than not getting fractured up.

Posted by Dron66046 2022-12-13 13:16|| 2022-12-13 13:16|| Front Page Top

#9 I'll keep my 1911/10mm.
Having tested a few other types over my last 45 years, I never warmed up a 1/2 plastic or alloy receiver based pistol.

Posted by NN2N1 2022-12-13 20:38|| 2022-12-13 20:38|| Front Page Top

#10 Was it one with gold engraving?

Posted by Skidmark 2022-12-13 22:02|| 2022-12-13 22:02|| Front Page Top

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