Would you fire dropped ammo?

[scythefwd]

Out of my Heritage Arms, rough rider?? You can bet on it. Out of my Anschutz.. yeah, let me thin.. no, nope, nut unh, hahahahahahaha, no chance, forget that, not just no.

I think it would depend on the type of gun. Cheap plinkers or hunting rifles, sure. Target rifles like a fully custom stolle or anschutz.. nothing but actual pristine, clean rounds from my carrier will touch my chamber.

 

[1KPerDay]

I have before, worst I've had was a dud or two.

Don't drop the 12 gauge shells, I personally watched one of them go off when it hit the gravel by accident. Thankfully the load was directed to the woods when it blew.

The load isn't the issue on rounds fired out of battery. The case is. So says Isaac Newton.

 

[ny32182]

Dropping a round on the ground will not cause it to become a dud. If it was a dud after it hit the ground, it was a dud before it hit the ground.

 

[jrdolall]

I got to practice my tap-rack drill yesterday on a snake. Only had four rounds of 9mm FMJ in my "woods" gun and shot three was a FTF. I finished the snake off with the round that fell on the ground.

 

[allaroundhunter]

Yeah. Super bad. And some day I will break myself of the flip-and-catch habit! I promise!

(Some habits are REALLY hard to break!)

I'm in this same boat, Sam. If it was as easy to flip-and-catch when I'm clearing my AR then I would have to break the habit with that gun as well...

 

[ny32182]

I haven't figured out the perfect way to flip with an AR either, but if I ever shot one a lot, I'd be working on it.

 

[allaroundhunter]

I haven't figured out the perfect way to flip with an AR either, but if I ever shot one a lot, I'd be working on it.

I shoot mine a good bit, but as an RO I don't want a competitor flipping an AR round and trying to catch it so I don't attempt it myself.

It just so happens that the pistol flip-and-catch is an inherent ability that shooters don't know they have until they 'smoke' their first stage. I can't explain it, it just happens... and then it continues.

 

[Agsalaska]

Never thought twice about it. I shoot it.