A good reminder to rotate the ammo in your carry gun

[TomJ]

Attached is the link to an article from TTAG about the importance of rotating the ammo in your carry gun. As they mention ammo isn't necessarily cheap, but spending a few dollars for a new box of ammo occasionally is well worth it.

https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/t...d-rotate-your-carry-gun-ammunition-regularly/

 

[Corpral_Agarn]

I'm over due

 

[230RN]

"The two worst sounds are a click when you expect a bang and a bang when you expect a click."

I believe I originated that expression a couple of years ago and have repeated it several times when I described the results of a broken 1911 extractor. The gun had functioned normally all day of prowling around the Grasslands and popping at targets of opportunity. When I got back to camp, I jacked the mag and racked the slide a couple of times and was surprised nothing came out.

I pointed the gun at a fence post and pulled the trigger, when the "bang when you expect a click" half of the remark occurred. The fence post survived and I later took the opportunity to use the incident as an object lesson in visually and manually inspecting the chamber.

Now it's not impossible that someone else thought of that independently, and it was not in a copyrighted venue and it may sound petty, but I thought I'd mention it again here for the sake of re-illustrating the moral of the story.

Besides, I feel petty today. Nyah-nyah.

Terry, 230RN

 

[tominboise]

Every few months I take my carry guns to the range and run through all the mags. Then I clean everything and reload with fresh ammo.

What I don't do, is take my bedside gun(s) to the range every now and then and shoot them. I probably should, to keep the mag springs fresh if nothing else.

 

[JEBruns]

I rotate my SD rounds every year in my semi-auto. I shoot up the old stuff. I've never had one not go bang.

 

[lemaymiami]

In my days of carrying on-duty and off-duty... Every year when annual qualification came around I'd make a point of expending my current ammo and refreshing every mag or speed loader (when we carried revolvers all those years ago...) as well. I've been in retired status now since 1995 so I have a bit different perspective (particularly since I no longer carry a sidearm...)... Instead I've settled for unloading and inspecting every round from both firearm and mags or loaders, carefully polishing each one with a soft dry cloth - then re-loading the weapon for use. Good quality ammo - is just that - and most of our ammo, if properly maintained, will survive our short lives.. If I'm making a mistake - I'll be the first one to find out about it..

 

[PWC]

"The two worst sounds are a click when you expect a bang and a bang when you expect a click."

I believe I originated that expression a couple of years ago
Terry, 230RN

Showing pride of authorship are we? LOL

 

[unclenunzie]

One of the reasons I favor Speer Gold Dots is apart from proven performance is they seal the primers. So does Federal in the HST line. I keep my carry guns clean and the chamber and breech face dry.

 

[TomJ]

"The two worst sounds are a click when you expect a bang and a bang when you expect a click."

I believe I originated that expression a couple of years ago and have repeated it several times when I described the results of a broken 1911 extractor. The gun had functioned normally all day of prowling around the Grasslands and popping at targets of opportunity. When I got back to camp, I jacked the mag and racked the slide a couple of times and was surprised nothing came out.

I pointed the gun at a fence post and pulled the trigger, when the "bang when you expect a click" half of the remark occurred. The fence post survived and I later took the opportunity to use the incident as an object lesson in visually and manually inspecting the chamber.

Now it's not impossible that someone else thought of that independently, and it was not in a copyrighted venue and it may sound petty, but I thought I'd mention it again here for the sake of re-illustrating the moral of the story.

Besides, I feel petty today. Nyah-nyah.

Terry, 230RN

I'll send a royalty check every time I use that expression.

 

[230RN]

"230RN said:
'The two worst sounds are a click when you expect a bang and a bang when you expect a click.'

I believe I originated that expression a couple of years ago
Terry, 230RN

Showing pride of authorship are we? LOL

Now it's not impossible that someone else thought of that independently, and it was not in a copyrighted venue and it may sound petty, but I thought I'd mention it again here for the sake of re-illustrating the moral of the story.

Besides, I feel petty today. Nyah-nyah."
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This one triggered me a little (not in an angry manner), 'cause the author said, "someone said," and the "someone" was me. I can lay claim to a couple of bons mots like "concealed means concealed" and "proximity does not imply causality."

Not that somebody else couldn't have coined those phrases, but there you go. The reason I went so far as bringing it up here is because there is a party on a not-gun forum who seems to purloin my way of putting something, then stating it as if it were his her own "coinage." Might not be consciously, but he she did it again pretty blatantly recently so I was sensitized to it in OP's post. Again, not angry, just... sensitized.

Anyhow, I'll say no more if you won't either.

Terry, 230RN

 

[tws3b2]

The shells in my carry today will the first fired next trip to the range. "At least once a month".
Each box I shoot today I will buy a box to replace. That box will go to bottom of pile.
What I shoot tomorrow will come from top of pile.
I'm still shooting ammo from obama days.

 

[PWC]

Lol...While we are in a name it and claim it mode, I claim:

Why do you carry at home?

"Because 100% of home invasions occur at home." Anyone, feel free to use that...LOL

Someone else said "Blamo ammo" and I now freely use that because it is so descriptive.

 

[armoredman]

It was much easier to rotate defensive ammo when it was widely available.

 

[Blackbeard 44]

I just had this thought today when I grabbed my 1911, I haven't shot it in 4+ years.

 

[tmd16556]

I had a carry round squib last year from oil sneaking in. Thankfully it was in a gun that had been semi-retired from carry duty, which was why it had sat so long. Also what it was replaced, because it’s hard to find jhp loads in 9mm Makarov these days.

 

[mmb617]

Once a year or so I shoot my carry ammo and refresh the mag. I usually go to the range about once a week and on those trips I remove the mag with my carry ammo and use ones with ball ammo instead, then reload the carry ammo at the end of the day. I don't worry about the carry ammo not working if needed as I think that's pretty far fetched. And I've already checked that the accuracy of the carry ammo and range ammo is close enough to the same that I don't worry about that either.

 

[mljdeckard]

I am spoiled in that I live in a dry climate. I have less reason to use a lot of lube in the gun which might compromise a primer, or corrosion to the ammo itself. I try to cycle out my carry ammo once a year, but I am currently overdue.

I have found that standardizing and using all the same carry ammo for mine and my wife's guns makes this less complicated. I can just add all of them up and get it all at once.