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One of, if not the most, important things before carrying is magazine testing. Opinions vary on the number of rounds minimum before giving a green light to carry. Some people say I think too much. This morning's thought was the following.
With a high capacity magazine of 19 rounds, that's a full box of carry ammo for one test. Let's say we've run 2 boxes of range ammo through with zero faults. That's 5 cycles. Now, do we need to run 19 rounds of carry ammo through 5 cycles or could we load carry ammo top and bottom with range ammo in the middle?
I thought maybe 2 or 3 carry then range ammo with 2 or 3 carry topping it off. It would seem like if the first and last few are carry ammo that's going to tell if the mag plays nicely with it since it seems like any problems would be either when first using the mag or getting to the last rounds. It would save quite a bit too having 6 carry and 13 range loads per mag.
So, too much thinking or a reasonable testing method?
With a high capacity magazine of 19 rounds, that's a full box of carry ammo for one test. Let's say we've run 2 boxes of range ammo through with zero faults. That's 5 cycles. Now, do we need to run 19 rounds of carry ammo through 5 cycles or could we load carry ammo top and bottom with range ammo in the middle?
I thought maybe 2 or 3 carry then range ammo with 2 or 3 carry topping it off. It would seem like if the first and last few are carry ammo that's going to tell if the mag plays nicely with it since it seems like any problems would be either when first using the mag or getting to the last rounds. It would save quite a bit too having 6 carry and 13 range loads per mag.
So, too much thinking or a reasonable testing method?