Replaced my carry ammo today

[Belt Fed]

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That dern bird

 

[Jsimon78]

I think some should buy me a brand new CZ 75B.

 

[LDB]

Somebody's treating new guns? Cool! I'd really like a nice Marlin .32-20 model 94, or a deluxe 39a would also be fantastic or a minty model 60. And if they're a 1957 a double bonus!

 

[Biggfoot44]

Probably not.

There are people that still shoot WW2 era ammo and it always goes bang. Even more people shooting Vietnam era ammo and it always goes bang. I personally am loading match ammo with 1972 vintage primers and always goes bang. Why change carry ammo twice a year? Seriously!?!

This is one of those crazy conspiracy theories that makes the ammo companies erect. Ammo doesnt go bad in 6 months or 6 years or 60 years. Your grandchildren will have grandchildren that shoots your refuse.

A distinction is to be made between the Storage of Ammo , and the Carry of Ammo .

If Ammo is stored under vaguely not terrible condions , it's good for a long time.

【 Anecdotally , WWl era ammo brought home , and kept in sock drawers or humiditloaded in 1911 mags , didn't show inconsistencies for 75 plus years , and occasional failures to fire until close to 100 yrs . ]

But ammo carried on the person is subject to heat , cold , humidity generally , sweat , vibration , bumps jarring , and exposure to oils , lubricants , whatever exposures and contaminants that humans are .

From my chrono 'ing of handfuls of ammo that had know histories as carry ammo , inconsistencies show up after 3 - 4 years .

Hence the generally accepted LE standard of fresh ammo at least yearly. For me personally , with my own hardware , l consider that appropriate for stuff that is carried daily, every day . For guns & spare reloads only carried occasionally, it can stretch a little longer .

Without going totally down the SD Ammo rabbit hole , in 9mm , .40S&W, .38 spl , .357.mag , ammo within my preferences & preferred weights is commonly available in 50 rd boxes , and l buy at least 3 at a time .

That allows for a bit of function / accuracy confirmation for that Lot № , and several annual rotation of fresh carry ammo , without searching for availability, supply chain ,.discontinued by mfg , etc .

[ I have lifetime supplies of * actual carry ammo * for 124 HST , 165 in Both HST & Ranger w/ letters behind it , Plus 180 HST that l accidentally got a case .]