Body cameras have proven that is a lie!YUPBut people still think cops are like Jedi when it comes to firearms.
Outside your onesy Bank of America shootout Anythjng over 4-7 rounds ends up being a mag dump and maybe an ankle hit if any in the perp.
How do you cycle your carry ammo?
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Outside your onesy Bank of America shootout Anythjng over 4-7 rounds ends up being a mag dump and maybe an ankle hit if any in the perp.
Certified Silly Goose
Custom
Ah, I didn't know that! Thank you. I always told to put nail polish on the primers to keep water out, but that's definitely very old info indeed!
I would research anythjng.
We were also told to put rock salt in shotgun shells for trespasses ….that is still deadly force and will still kill or seriously injure someone within a certain range!
Lots of bad wife’s tails that refuse to die
Certified Silly Goose
Custom
That I did know. And popcorn kernels.
Certified Silly Goose
Custom
Technically, that's still cycling your carry ammo! You're just not rotating it in the mag
To the point you are correct. I will refer to myself as an infrequent rotation participantTechnically, that's still cycling your carry ammo! You're just not rotating it in the mag
Anchorite
Master Class
I carry a revolver 95% of the year.I think I’m due for a rotation
I change that ammo when the time changes. I used to change mags and ammo the same way - at the time change - when I carried a Glock or 1911.
SL66
Professional
Do you change it, or fire it and then load fresh ammo? If you change it, what do you do with the old ammo?
Anchorite
Master Class
I change it to “fresh,” as in not ever in the cylinder before.
Removed ammo goes into the range bag for next range trip or woods outing and then expended so skill set is exercised, sights checked, etc.
So since time changes twice a year, I buy only one new box of my flavor of ammo a year. My 38s are in a box of 20, so half a box a year is cycled thru my carry revolver.
HayesGreener
Ronin
Here in Florida at my PD we changed out carry ammo twice a year or whenever it got immersed. Then we would shoot it in qualification and training. There is wisdom in training with ammo that has similar report, flash, and recoil to what you carry. I continue the practice in retirement.
It helps to note that your carry ammo and gun are subjected to the same climatic conditions as you. If you are cold or hot, so is your gun and ammo. Plus in and out of heated or AC spaces has to affect it.
It helps to note that your carry ammo and gun are subjected to the same climatic conditions as you. If you are cold or hot, so is your gun and ammo. Plus in and out of heated or AC spaces has to affect it.
Biggfoot44
Custom
You made the presumption that everyone frequently unchambers .
HayesGreener
Ronin
Just realized this is the second time I have responded to this thread. It is a perennial question.
My range sessions have slowed down a lot because my wrists started bothering me and I figured out that a lot of shooting was likely causing it (hazard of living 3/4’s of a century, I guess). These days, cycling carry ammo happens once a year or so when I shoot the carry ammo and start over.
The Night Rider
Professional
Most cops use their ink pen far more than their Duty gun.
To the OP’S Question
My Carry Rotation consists of Glock 19 and an M&P 9.
Every year either on December 31st or January 1st I unload both guns and put the ammunition that I carried the previous year back in the box and put it on the SHTF pile.
I put the magazines from the previous year in a bag and they go in the back of the box of magazines. On the Glock they won't come back up for 7 years on the M&P 9 they don't come back up for 4 years.
Well I wouldn’t necessarily disagree however your metaphor is antiquated. With the adoption of CAC and I’m unit computers cops don’t use ink oens very much these days LOL JK
HayesGreener
Ronin
This is a good thing