wcwhitey
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Every 6 months I shoot off my carry ammo from my most used carry guns, a S&W Model 638, Ruger LCP and Kahr CM9. I have never had an ammo related issue with any of these guns and I figured that this is a good rotation. I shoot these guns much more but with generic range ammo usually. Today I had 4 Fiocci 95 Grain XTP’s and 1 Fiocci FMJ .380’s give me problems. The XTP’s fired not with a bang but slightly stronger “puff” than a squib. I had to check the barrel each time to make sure the bullet exited, it did but failed to cycle the LCP. The FMJ failed to fire completely after several good primer strikes. The crazy thing is this was from 3 loaded magazines that I have been carrying. The rest of the boxes all fired fine as I finished the entire boxes to make sure it was not a gun issue. I have never had this before, ammo was not damaged or corroded. The stock was about 8 years old and the last of the lot I bought to carry in the gun when I got it. Goes to show ya, things can and will go wrong. I had fully intended to buy fresh ammo today anyway as availability is back. $90 and 3 boxes of Hornady Critical Defense later I learned a lesson. 36 years of daily carry and there is a first time for everything, glad I keep up with these things. Don’t take ammo for granted.