obviously when selecting what load to carry in a defensive handgun you want to throughly function test a given load before deciding on it.
my question is "how throughly?" i have heard one should fire anywhere between 200 and 500 rounds of a given load before declaring it reliable, i guess if a malfunction occurs during that test period the load should be dropped from consideration?
but what if you are doing a 500 round test and a malfunction occurs on round number 499? that seems like it could get frustrating.
so what a good number of rounds to test before trusting a specific brand and type of ammo?
also this 200-500 round test isn't supposed to be all in one session is it? or can it be spread out over several range sessions? seems like it might be better to spread it out and clean the gun between sessions as fouling from firing hundreds of rounds at once could cause malfunctions that might incorrectly be blamed on the ammunition.
i'm trying to envision a defensive scenario in which i'd be forced to fire 500 rounds through a pistol, if that kind of shooting is neccessary i'm going for one of my AKs instead..........
my question is "how throughly?" i have heard one should fire anywhere between 200 and 500 rounds of a given load before declaring it reliable, i guess if a malfunction occurs during that test period the load should be dropped from consideration?
but what if you are doing a 500 round test and a malfunction occurs on round number 499? that seems like it could get frustrating.
so what a good number of rounds to test before trusting a specific brand and type of ammo?
also this 200-500 round test isn't supposed to be all in one session is it? or can it be spread out over several range sessions? seems like it might be better to spread it out and clean the gun between sessions as fouling from firing hundreds of rounds at once could cause malfunctions that might incorrectly be blamed on the ammunition.
i'm trying to envision a defensive scenario in which i'd be forced to fire 500 rounds through a pistol, if that kind of shooting is neccessary i'm going for one of my AKs instead..........