Short answer, until you see excessive bullet setback. Buy and use some good mics or calipers. If you're not sure toss out that round. It's cheaper then your gun or your health. Just for reference:
Don't look at carry ammo as 'expensive'. What is your life worth? Your family? Go without the gandemochalattefou-fou drink (or whatever) a day or so a week, and put that money towards your carry ammo budget. Find something you don't have to buy in 20 round boxes, and buy a couple hundred rounds of it. You'll thank yourself.
If you're referring to the posts on page 1 about dropping a round in the chamber and then letting the slide slam against it, I agree.I am glad you resurrected this thread. I learned that I have been using a bad habit for a couple weeks now.
Seems like if you have even a cheap micrometer or some other measuring caliper handy it would be easy enough to monitor.
If you're referring to the posts on page 1 about dropping a round in the chamber and then letting the slide slam against it, I agree.
When I was the Firearms Instructor for my Department I observed three incidents of extractors breaking from this practice.
INGO should have a sticky warning members against this practice.
You might want to get a magnifying glass and check the area where the hook of the extractor engages the cartridge rim.I am indeed. I spent a lot of time in the last two weeks moving into a new place and I unloaded the gun a few times when it would be in the case and getting jostled. I decided it would be easier to just drop the round in than to chamber from and top off the mag, which is what I usually do when I go to the range or clean. Did it three times with the same round because i was unaware of the detriment to the extractor. No more.
How many times do you think you can chamber a round and unchamber ii before you cause the bullet to be pushed back in enough to worry about increased pressure?
This would arise from clearing the pipe on a carry peice nightly or after a road trip.
Thanks!