Yes- If theres no beating banging or such you can "chamber" the same round a thousand times without affecting it-does this happen from putting the round into the magazine and letting the action chamber the round?
I have the same round in the chamber every time, but being a beretta, the chamber is easy to access, and I just manually feed the round that's going to be in the chamber, send the slide forward, then insert the mag.
I find this easier than inserting a full capacity magazine, chambering a round, then removing the magazine and loading another round.
The slide slamming home on a round whether its from a mag or manually inserted causes the case to lose its grip on a bullet. Acts like a kinetic bullet puller.does this happen from putting the round into the magazine and letting the action chamber the round?
I have the same round in the chamber every time, but being a beretta, the chamber is easy to access, and I just manually feed the round that's going to be in the chamber, send the slide forward, then insert the mag.
I find this easier than inserting a full capacity magazine, chambering a round, then removing the magazine and loading another round.
You wont have setback if you controll the slide feeding roundsI don't unload at night and only clean after a range trip that is ever two weeks at the most so no worries about bullet set back here.
But my slide does work fine moveing slowly and controled . No sling shot needed.
For me, I don't have enough money to take regular range trips, and I clean my gun semi regularly, fired or not. I may thoroughly clean 7-10 times between range trips. My last range trip before Sunday was almost two months ago. I clean thoroughly for a couple reasons: 1. Nothing better to do if I can't shoot it, weapons familiarity, a Marine habit. And 2. Never has a weapon been destroyed by cleaning. A bullet every now and then is a small price to pay for knowing your gun intimately.Why do you keep re-chambering? I always have a round in the chamber unless I go to the range to shoot.
Setback tends to happen at it's greatest after the first rechamber. I suggest doing like I and others have done, compare the round side by side with a factory new round.from everybody's responses it doesn't seem like it's a good idea to keep re-chambering. is there at least a safe number of times i can keep doing it to a round or is it pretty much like playing with fire if i do?
does the setback happen only on the bullet or can it also occur on the primer?trip286 said:Setback tends to happen at it's greatest after the first rechamber. I suggest doing like I and others have done, compare the round side by side with a factory new round.
One good method is to stand the rechambered round up on it's base, in between two other factory new rounds (one on either side), and lay a ruler or some other straight edge across the top of all three. If the rechambered round touches the straight edge, I would consider it unquestionably safe. If it doesn't touch, use your discretion.
sorry i musta misread it. i do that from time to time and normally catch it and re-editJonM What part of my post made you think I was worried about set back. I all ready s l o w l y rack the slide. except at the range. I just done find a need to unload other than when cleaning .
Your primer should never really be affected by anything but a firing pin...does the setback happen only on the bullet or can it also occur on the primer?