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skydve76:
I've read that over time, chambering the same round can cause it to FTF eventually.  Is there any merit to this?  Something about setting.

I don't ever un chamber my gun.  I leave it in a nice IWB holster, and just take the holster off with the gun in it  and put it in my safe.  I just leave it RTF for about a week or more at a time.  Is this a bad practice?  I carry an XD9 SC not sure if it is hard on it to leave it chambered for a long period of time.

After a week, I'll unchamber it and whipe it down with remoil on the outside. 

Dan W:

--- Quote from: skydve76 on March 20, 2011, 08:40:44 PM ---I've read that over time, chambering the same round can cause it to FTF eventually.  Is there any merit to this?  Something about setting.

 
 

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I leave my G30 loaded all the time too.

The issue as I see it is repeated chambering can drive the bullet back into the case and cause a high pressure situation due to setback.  Can be a bad situation if you carry a 40cal

Ronvandyn:

--- Quote from: Dan W on March 20, 2011, 08:57:24 PM ---I leave my G30 loaded all the time too.

The issue as I see it is repeated chambering can drive the bullet back into the case and cause a high pressure situation due to setback.  Can be a bad situation if you carry a 40cal

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I have noted this with my XD-40 SC, but have been able to fix it by removing the bullet and reseating it.  The chambering over and over again of the same round causes it.  Since I noticed it the first time I have taken care to unload my mags occasionally and restack them making sure to use a different chamber round each time.

Ron

skydve76:
Is it possible to prevent setting by slowly letting the slide come forward, to keep so much pressure off the round?

Ronvandyn:

--- Quote from: skydve76 on March 23, 2011, 06:16:38 PM ---Is it possible to prevent setting by slowly letting the slide come forward, to keep so much pressure off the round?

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You can do that I suppose, but doing so does not ensure that the weapon goes to full battery or that the extractor engages the casing. 

What I have found works well is inserting the first round into the chamber by hand and closing the slide, not allowing the slide to chamber the round.  That does not remove the push down of the round but it does seem to reduce it.

Ron

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