Curious, how much-if at all- can heat/humidity effect loaded (magazine) ammo?
Took the .45 out back today to touch of a few rounds. Ammo was Blazer Brass 230 grain TMJ.
Id' bought the box a few months ago, shot off a few rounds, and it was fine. Had'nt much chance to fire any more until today.
Now, my .45 has such low recoil -regardless of ammo- (standard pressure, not +P) to begin with, but today's shooting "felt" like even less oomph.
(Hard to describe) Cycled the action just fine, no jams/FTF's at all- but the already mild recoil felt even lighter, smoother than normal.
Case in point- I'd let the wife touch off 2 rounds-she's very gun-shy, and had not yet fired this pistol, or ANY .45 auto before this. I didnt expect her to have much issue with the recoil, but.... Said it felt "perfect" for her.
Also, the rounds were impacting about 1.5-2" below point of aim @ 25 feet , consistently.
Normally this pistol is dead-on accurate with all loads I've put through it so far.
Also, recovered one of the rounds (the other 6 I was unable to locate due to failing light/evening-will look for the others in daylight, tomorrow)-it had passed through 1 jug water, 1 900-page phone book, and 1 old Dell ATX tower-impacted the trunk of the massive Oak tree that I used to back-stop it, then fallen to the ground at the base of the tree. The recovered round displayed very. very little deformation (even for a TMJ . Impact on target was nowhere near as "dramatic" as usual- I actually had to go over and double-check to see if I had even hit the jug, at all. (was expecting-for demonstration purposes for the wife- the usual exploding jug and water spraying all over the place effect,but no dice). Small entrance hole 2" below center, small trickle of water leaking out- massive hole out the back of the jug.
Is it possible the ammo/powder could just be deteriorating or whatever, due to the recent heat/humidity we've been having? Or just nearing the end of it's shelf-life? No idea how long that box of ammo may have sat on the store shelf prior to my purchase of it, so...
Took the .45 out back today to touch of a few rounds. Ammo was Blazer Brass 230 grain TMJ.
Id' bought the box a few months ago, shot off a few rounds, and it was fine. Had'nt much chance to fire any more until today.
Now, my .45 has such low recoil -regardless of ammo- (standard pressure, not +P) to begin with, but today's shooting "felt" like even less oomph.
(Hard to describe) Cycled the action just fine, no jams/FTF's at all- but the already mild recoil felt even lighter, smoother than normal.
Case in point- I'd let the wife touch off 2 rounds-she's very gun-shy, and had not yet fired this pistol, or ANY .45 auto before this. I didnt expect her to have much issue with the recoil, but.... Said it felt "perfect" for her.
Also, the rounds were impacting about 1.5-2" below point of aim @ 25 feet , consistently.
Normally this pistol is dead-on accurate with all loads I've put through it so far.
Also, recovered one of the rounds (the other 6 I was unable to locate due to failing light/evening-will look for the others in daylight, tomorrow)-it had passed through 1 jug water, 1 900-page phone book, and 1 old Dell ATX tower-impacted the trunk of the massive Oak tree that I used to back-stop it, then fallen to the ground at the base of the tree. The recovered round displayed very. very little deformation (even for a TMJ . Impact on target was nowhere near as "dramatic" as usual- I actually had to go over and double-check to see if I had even hit the jug, at all. (was expecting-for demonstration purposes for the wife- the usual exploding jug and water spraying all over the place effect,but no dice). Small entrance hole 2" below center, small trickle of water leaking out- massive hole out the back of the jug.
Is it possible the ammo/powder could just be deteriorating or whatever, due to the recent heat/humidity we've been having? Or just nearing the end of it's shelf-life? No idea how long that box of ammo may have sat on the store shelf prior to my purchase of it, so...