Do you clear your weapon daily?

[IndyGunner]

Ive been talking to someone in another thread. They said that continually clearing and then reloading the same round into a chamber over an extended period of time can cause the round to seat farther in and could potentially result in a kaboom.

My question isnt whether this is true or not, but rather, what do you do? I wake up and go to class on campus (unarmed), I come home (grab my gun), put a magazine in, put a round in the chamber, pull out the mag and put another in (15 +1). Then I carry like that all day until bed. When I sleep I take a round out and put the loaded mag back in, then put the pistol by my bed. (I take it out because I dont want to be reaching around for it in the dark and accidentally pull the trigger)

Should I just load it and leave it? Should I keep doing what im doing? Should I get rid of the 2 rounds ive been cycling for the past couple months?

Thank you!

 

[esrice]

Should I just load it and leave it?

Yes. Fiddling simply increases your odds of an ND.

Load it.
Secure it.
Chamber check when necessary.

 

[grimor]

I leave the round in the chamber all the time, I will sometimes rotate the round to the bottom of the magazine. Every 6 months or so I empty the mag and put in fresh ammo.

 

[Expat]

I load it and leave it. I wipe it down occasionally but I never do anything else except after some range time.

 

[Expat]

Every 6 months or so I empty the mag and put in fresh ammo.

I will take the old stale stuff for you.

 

[Regionnus Rattis]

I leave the round in the chamber all the time, I will sometimes rotate the round to the bottom of the magazine. Every 6 months or so I empty the mag and put in fresh ammo.

I leave a round in the chamber all the time, but my pistol doesn't sit idle enough that I empty the mag and put in fresh every 6 months. It's probably more like 4-6 weeks I shoot the mag and then put in fresh ammo.

 

[Dogman]

I load it and leave it. I wipe it down occasionally but I never do anything else except after some range time.

What the Man said.

 

[redneckmedic]

Factory crimp should keep the bullet in the same place on clambering one as clambering 500.

I shoot and rotate my SD rounds about every 6 months. I have the fear that some of the lube could seep into the case and booger up the powder or primers. Probably not an issue, but rotation isn't a bad idea either.

But no, my SD handgun never get cleared unless I have to for some reason. (gun show, friday night steel, ect.)

 

[Johnson]

I keep it loaded and keep it close at hand. If I secure it in the safe, it goes in loaded.

 

[Flyguy]

Just leave it alone. No need for daily primping.

Ammunition and springs have a very long lifespan. Just my

 

[rockhopper46038]

I was going to post about cartridge set-back, but the OP addressed it. I've been told .45 ACP and .40 S&W are particularly susceptible. ( I guess "told" isn't exactly right, I read it in "aBC's of reloading" and in a Lyman loading book). In any case, I don't clear my EDC daily; I shoot them after they've been in the gun a few months. One thing I do though is I mic my EDC rounds to check OAL, cycle them once and then remic them before using in my EDC. I'm not confident enough in my reload skills yet to use my own reloads or I would already know they were the right OAL.

 

[IndyGunner]

Thanks for the info guys!

One final question. Should I keep the magazine fully loaded all the time or is that bad for the spring?

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Factory crimp should keep the bullet in the same place on clambering one as clambering 500

Should, but watch those .40SW rounds, they seem especially prone to set back.

 

[MontereyC6]

Thanks for the info guys!

One final question. Should I keep the magazine fully loaded all the time or is that bad for the spring?

Nope, its perfectly fine on modern day springs. It's the constant loading and unloading of the spring pressure that wears them out.

 

[IndyGunner]

Got it. Keep one in the chamber and dont mess with things unless you do a wipe down or get some range time in. Sounds easy enough.

Thanks for the quick help guys I appreciate it!

 

[Flyguy]

I will say that I have found that chambering the same round several times can or will push the bullet back in the case. This may or may not depend on the gun, ammo etc. But I have had it happen to me.

For this reason I rotate my ammo from the top to the bottom of the magazine.

 

[Buckaroo]

Yes. Fiddling simply increases your odds of an ND.

Load it.
Secure it.
Chamber check when necessary.

End of thread!

Next question?

Buckaroo

 

[JetGirl]

Factory crimp should keep the bullet in the same place on clambering one as clambering 500. cleared unless I have to for some reason. (gun show, friday night steel, ect.)

That's ^ not what I was taught...

I will say that I have found that chambering the same round several times can or will push the bullet back in the case. This may or may not depend on the gun, ammo etc. But I have had it happen to me.

For this reason I rotate my ammo from the top to the bottom of the magazine.

This ^.
If you want to see for yourself, mark that round and measure it with calipers, or better yet, a micrometer...keep doing the reload/unload and check it for yourself.

 

[youngda9]

Leave it loaded...mine is either on my hip or in the safe.

 

[Hoosier8]

Read somewhere, maybe here, where someone tested that reloading the same round over and over again and measured the round. It did seat the bullet deeper.