Thread: Rotating ammunition in CCW guns?

Originally Posted by caleb

no reason to unload your mags EVER unless they are 30 years old. All the newer springs are fine with stress, they take the stress the same way the take the UN stress. It doesn't hurt them. As far as rotating ammo, every few months I move mine around for no particular reason.

10-4 caleb. All of the research I've seen also supports this. Besides, rotating ammo every few months would drive me nuts!

Some people I talk to just make it a habit to shoot out the SD ammunition at the range to make sure it's all working, then shoot all their ball for practice. Then when done they put the SD back in the mags.

I suppose that is their effective re-assurance that the ammo cycles and it keeps fresh rounds in the mag. But I suppose that could be expensive to restock if you visit the range very often.

I do it like Barney Fife. I keep one round in my shirt pocket and load as needed.

Originally Posted by five2one

I do it like Barney Fife. I keep one round in my shirt pocket and load as needed.

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Springs dont gat week by being compressed, it's the working of a spring (compressing and decompressing) that weakins a spring.
Explained to me by a mechanical enginer in the automotive spring industry.