Chaingun81
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I was wondering - how often you guys change ammo in your carry piece? I had a very unpleasantproblem once, which made me paranoid. I was carrying a 38 Spl revolver with same exactHordnay HPs in it, since about August until December without firing it in this period. Every working day i had to leave my gun in the car (damn company policy) for about 10 hours each day. I imagine that gun and bullets in it seen temperatures ranging from 100ish in August to lower 30s in December. I should also consider daily thermal cycles going from air conditioned car at comfortable 72 F tositting in a parking lot car at 100ish Fand backin August, and from heated up 75-80 F car down to30-40 F car and back in December. Anyway, when i finallytook it to the range in late December all 3 rounds that i fired from these that've been sitting in the gun failed to fire exactly the same way (squib). Ammofrom a different boxwent off without a hitch on the same day.I didfire 5 round from the same box back in August after i bought it (i always fire at least 5 roundsfrom everySD ammo boxbefore i load anyrounds from the same box for daily carry) and they went off fine.Theydid however have some weird discoloration (staining) on brass casings. I'm not sure what was the cause of it, but it sure made me paranoid.I guess it could be:
1) Bad ammo which wasnt sealed properly and eventually accumulated enough moisture to fail the gunpowder ignition.
2)Temperature cycles it had to go through being left in my car.
3) Resedue from oil and cleaning solvents left in the chambers after cleaning that made its way into the rounds (i tend to overlubricate cause i'm paranoid aboutrust - damn thisgun OCD)
4) Something else???
Any ideas?
I was wondering - how often you guys change ammo in your carry piece? I had a very unpleasantproblem once, which made me paranoid. I was carrying a 38 Spl revolver with same exactHordnay HPs in it, since about August until December without firing it in this period. Every working day i had to leave my gun in the car (damn company policy) for about 10 hours each day. I imagine that gun and bullets in it seen temperatures ranging from 100ish in August to lower 30s in December. I should also consider daily thermal cycles going from air conditioned car at comfortable 72 F tositting in a parking lot car at 100ish Fand backin August, and from heated up 75-80 F car down to30-40 F car and back in December. Anyway, when i finallytook it to the range in late December all 3 rounds that i fired from these that've been sitting in the gun failed to fire exactly the same way (squib). Ammofrom a different boxwent off without a hitch on the same day.I didfire 5 round from the same box back in August after i bought it (i always fire at least 5 roundsfrom everySD ammo boxbefore i load anyrounds from the same box for daily carry) and they went off fine.Theydid however have some weird discoloration (staining) on brass casings. I'm not sure what was the cause of it, but it sure made me paranoid.I guess it could be:
1) Bad ammo which wasnt sealed properly and eventually accumulated enough moisture to fail the gunpowder ignition.
2)Temperature cycles it had to go through being left in my car.
3) Resedue from oil and cleaning solvents left in the chambers after cleaning that made its way into the rounds (i tend to overlubricate cause i'm paranoid aboutrust - damn thisgun OCD)
4) Something else???
Any ideas?