Quote Originally Posted by bjl913 View Post
Before I trust my life with it, I always take my new guns out and shoot at least one magazine of the ammo I intend to carry.
Good practice... but better yet fire 2-500 of the ammo you intend to carry in the firearm you intend to carry it in to ensure reliabilty with the ammo you choose to carry in your firearm.

This will make sure your firearms is not just reliable but you are proficient with that firearm.

I know this gets very expensive with the price of personal defense ammo, but is your life worth it? I guess my advise is really for those that expect they will really need to fire their guns in self defense rather than the average CCW holder... but good advise anyway.


Back to the original post. I agree with loading and unloading in semi-auto's you can get set back and these rounds should be changed out, but the rest of the mag should be good for 20 years at least. Now you might change magazines you keep loaded so the springs don't get worn out.

As far as revolvers. No there is no reason to change out ammo.