Cycle your CC ammo

[dennishoddy]

Had a little incident last night on the way home after dark.
Deer crossed in front of me so I slowed to 25mph as there was 4 more standing on the side of the road ready to cross.
As i went by, one of the does bolted and ran right into the side of the Tacoma.
Stopped, and saw she had broken both front legs and her back.
Phone call later, got permission to put it down from GW.
Gun jammed open after the shot. I left it jammed, and came home. Looked at it today, and the problem was obvious.
The gun rests under the seat and never gets used. After a year, the ammo was so caroaded that it wouldn't cycle.
Should have taken a pic as it originally was, with all the green crud, but this is what it looks like after 6 hours in the tumbler.
We are going for our Tuesday eat and shoot tomorrow, so this all gets shot with new ammo in the mags.

 

[ShurShot]

Good tip.

I was driving down the service road just east of Weatherford last year headed to hunt ducks around 5 in the morning and saw a quick flash out of the corner of my eye right as a deer slammed into the driver side door of my truck. I about jumped out of the passenger side window!

I turned around and there was one standing in the road staring at me then it walked off into the trees.

Your post makes me think I should've gotten out and looked around. It might have been on the ground or something.

There was a group of them running down the hill like they had just crossed I40. It sounded like it was running full speed when it hit me. Very loud!

 

[DanB]

Your post reminds me of one of John Farnam's latest updates about a recent pistol match. Link below. While the failures mentioned are more than likely mechanically enduced as a result of poor maintenance. It just goes to show. if you are going to depend on a certain tool to do its job. You need to pull regular maintenance on it.

http://defense-training.com/dti/readiness/

 

[Commander Keen]

Definitely good practice to check your carry ammo.

I need to start shopping for a new round to carry, as I don't think my current one (.45 ACP 230gr Short BarrelGold Dots) is made anymore, and after another cycle or two of ammo I'll be out of my current stock.

 

[Fredkrueger100]

Mine stays in my drawer at home. I carry every single day but I check my ammo often. And I usually rotate it out of my mags and back into my safe about every 6 months. I am going to make my wife start storing hers in the house. This may happen to hers. We had a couple of police officers come to my work last month to do a safety class for our company. It was an okc cop and a trooper. The trooper was standing in front of me so I was able to see his pistol really well. His holster was covered in dust and what appeared to be even a little dirt. His gun wasn't much better. Looked as if it hadn't been cleaned In years. And it wasn't a glock. I was thinking to myself, how could a trooper let his or her weapon get like that. I would hate to have to use his pistol for defense of my life. It would probably malfunction. Does departments not have rules for cleaning and maintaining their firearms? His uniform was different as well. Looked old too. Not well manicured like most troopers. It had trooper on the back of his shoulders. I think it was sewn on. It wasn't the traditional collard shirt and slacks.

 

[Dale00]

Be aware that chambering a round over and over may cause bullet setback. This can cause a "kaboom".

I use a sharpie to put a line across the primer each time a round is rechambered. After multiple lines on a round I use them on the range. Another way to prevent setback kabooms would be to measure the "height" of the the round.

 

[dennishoddy]

Shot em up at the range today. No malfunctions of any kind once they got polished up.

 

[dugby]

Be aware that chambering a round over and over may cause bullet setback. This can cause a "kaboom".

I have been counseled by others on it being hard on a pistol to chamber a loose round and drop the slide on it. I do it anyway because I do not care to risk the setback that can come from stripping a round out of a mag multiple times.

It is the ride up the feed ramp that seems the issue to me. Esp hollow points.

 

[dennishoddy]

I have been counseled by others on it being hard on a pistol to chamber a loose round and drop the slide on it. I do it anyway because I do not care to risk the setback that can come from stripping a round out of a mag multiple times.

It is the ride up the feed ramp that seems the issue to me. Esp hollow points.

You were counseled right about chambering a loose round. The likely result will be a broken extractor in some models. Kahr comes to mind. Don't ask me how I know this.

 

[dennishoddy]

Be aware that chambering a round over and over may cause bullet setback. This can cause a "kaboom".

I use a sharpie to put a line across the primer each time a round is rechambered. After multiple lines on a round I use them on the range. Another way to prevent setback kabooms would be to measure the "height" of the the round.

Its possible for sure, and has happened.

A lot of the factory rounds come with a crimp around the bottom of the bullet to prevent this though.