Pete D.
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And even then you can never be sure.You never know until you test if it will work when you need it.
Every pull of the trigger is an act of faith.
Pete
And even then you can never be sure.You never know until you test if it will work when you need it.
I appreciate that you have a gun and ammo combination that you have great faith in. As I wrote earlier, though, a firearm is a machine and all machines will fail sooner or later. This is a fact of life. The FTF is not a matter of “if”; it is a matter of “when”.Again I respectfully disagree. After breaking in and ammo function testing a super reliable weapon (did I mention how much I love my H&K 94) and after properly loading the best ammo then I am far more confident that it will go bang EVERY time I pull the trigger.
But as a climber who has reached dozens of (previously virgin) summits I like the Hemingway quote, but didn't he also have one about the hunting of men?
There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.
I appreciate that you have a gun and ammo combination that you have great faith in. As I wrote earlier, though, a firearm is a machine and all machines will fail sooner or later. This is a fact of life. The FTF is not a matter of “if”; it is a matter of “when”.
I have a Gold Cup that i reload for. I kept detailed records of its use. It went 50k rounds trouble free. Then it had an FTF. When, not if.
Pete
PS: about Hemingway....
Ernest Hemingway
True, but even there that's one heck of a small chance, pretty much small enough not to worry too much about.