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[MarinRange42]

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[FeuerFrei]

Obeying the 4 golden rules of firearm safety?
Beware "bullet set back" with ammo while hand cycling it through your pistol.
Google bullet set back for info.
Shoot the ammo first and that will tell you more than running rounds through it by hand. You really cannot move the slide as fast by hand vs live firing it.
Buy snap caps.

[19K]

Obeying the 4 golden rules of firearm safety?
Beware "bullet set back" with ammo while hand cycling it through your pistol.
Google bullet set back for info.
Shoot the ammo first and that will tell you more than running rounds through it by hand. You really cannot move the slide as fast by hand vs live firing it.
Buy snap caps.

http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/05/ba...etback-matter/ it doesn't set back

[67goat]

That's not what the article says at all. The article says that based on the very unscientific methodology used by one tinkerer with one gun of a specific caliber, the tinkerer does not believe it to be an issue. That is completely different than saying it doesn't set back.

Also, set back potentially introduces a whole different set of issues not related to guns blowing up (decreased accuracy, for one).

Hand cycling ammo can also lead to the primer losing its powder charge. Not a huge issue for range ammo, but potentially disastrous for SD ammo.

[MarinRange42]

OK thank you.