re-chambering carry ammo after dry fire

[Nephrology]

A 1911 having an issue with something? I'm surprised /s

Seriously though, I've done this with a gen2 17, multiple gen3/4 19s, gen3 21 and now a gen3 17. Zero issues.

I believe you. I've never had any setback issues with my 9mm glocks either - just that 1911 with 230gr Gold Dots.

Pistol rounds can be re-chambered a few times and be fine.

I was broke and carrying a 1911 so I definitely rechambered my cartridges more than a few times... Probably dozens.

[HCM]

I believe you. I've never had any setback issues with my 9mm glocks either - just that 1911 with 230gr Gold Dots.



I was broke and carrying a 1911 so I definitely rechambered my cartridges more than a few times... Probably dozens.

In the GA case tehnofficer likely chambered the round at least 200 times. He had small kids and unloaded / r-loaded his duty pistol every day. This is why we issue our people lock boxes instead of cable locks.

[OnionsAndDragons]

Pistol rounds can be re-chambered a few times and be fine.

Bullet set back is one issue. Repeated "taps" on the primer causing failures to fire are another potential issue. There is a documented case of this occurring with a pistol round in an LE incident but follow up investigation revealed the Officer had been unloading and reloading the same round daily for nearly a year.

Primer "tap" is more of an issue with AR's due to free floating firing pin. Rifle rounds in an AR are one and done for me.

@Tom Givens is currently not recommending more than 2 re chambering due to the possibility of multiple hard impacts crumbling the primer wafer. Remember that upon chambering, that round is taking 3-4 hard impacts from the breech face, feed ramp and slide locking up.

I would bet his rec is on the conservative side of things, and Claude's method is likely pretty safe. I mark my cases with a sharpie and will dump them into the training bin after the second or third mark. So far I have only had one FtFire from one of these rounds and it was with Golden Sabre from when I still carried a 1911.


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[Clusterfrack]

I've been rechambering my carry / duty ammo for more than a decade/daily. Never had a single issue, highly doubt I'll ever have a single issue. Use quality ammo and you won't either.

Same. No measurable setback with my 147 HST.

[Wondering Beard]

When I carried a G23, it took about ten rechamberings for the bullet (federal 165gr Tac) to set back.

[4gallonbucket]

@Tom Givens is currently not recommending more than 2 re chambering due to the possibility of multiple hard impacts crumbling the primer wafer. Remember that upon chambering, that round is taking 3-4 hard impacts from the breech face, feed ramp and slide locking up.

I would bet his rec is on the conservative side of things, and Claude's method is likely pretty safe. I mark my cases with a sharpie and will dump them into the training bin after the second or third mark. So far I have only had one FtFire from one of these rounds and it was with Golden Sabre from when I still carried a 1911.


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So does anyone else out there just follow the slide home softly on a full magazine to gently feed the top round in the chamber? I follow it up with an open palm to the backplate (gadget in my case) to make sure I’m in battery, of course and then top the magazine back off.


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[TAZ]

I use a method that, if I remember correctly, I originally heard about from Claude Werner. Each time a round is to be chambered, I mark the back with a sharpie. When a round has 4 marks on it (a "cross" around the primer basically), it can no longer be rechambered. I rotate through the mag until all rounds have 4 marks on them. This full mag is then shot at the range on my next trip out, and new rounds are loaded up to repeat the process.

This ^^.

I’ve measured and measured OAL in my Glocks, MP9, P30 and VP9 and have yet to note any setback (Hornady, HST and Gold Dot). I still do the above for a few reasons. 1. Better safe than sorry. 2 Primer damage and better safe than sorry. 3. If you dry fire enough it should give you a stream of defensive rounds to run through during live fire days. This IMO is probably just as important as the safety ones.

[Irelander]

I use a method that, if I remember correctly, I originally heard about from Claude Werner. Each time a round is to be chambered, I mark the back with a sharpie. When a round has 4 marks on it (a "cross" around the primer basically), it can no longer be rechambered. I rotate through the mag until all rounds have 4 marks on them. This full mag is then shot at the range on my next trip out, and new rounds are loaded up to repeat the process.

I do this as well. I figure if rounds in a revolver can take 4 or 5 solid whacks from the other rounds going off then my 9mm rounds can take 4 or 5.

[Gorris]

There is a lot of good info here. I think I will follow suite and start marking my casing with a sharpie. Thats basically 2 months of reloading everyday before I would wear out a single mag in my carry weapon.

[Gorris]

I had HST for duty ammo for many years, it's good.

I'd only recommend cycling out your carry ammo once a year or if it's been in water for a long period of time.

Do you still carry HST? If not, is there a reason why you switched? The only issue I have with it, is its super hard to find on the shelves. Seems to always be out of stock.