Yesterday, I cleaned my wife's EDC. After wiping off the dust bunnies, I did a closer inspection of the ammo. What was once bright shiney nickel plated brass and copper, was something that looked like real old silverware from the Traveling Road Show. Thinking about this further, I believe that ammo was several years old. Back when she was not carrying, it was never an issue
I cleaned the firearm and reloaded fresh defensive ammo, marking the older ammo as practice ammo.
This got me thinking that I need to get better organized and inspect our EDC firearms monthly and to replace the defensive ammo in them every six months. The ammo doesn't necessarily go bad, but if you EDC, moisture, lint, dust, and who knows what accumulates faster than you think. Replacing ammo carried on your body every day twice a year is not a big expense and it is cheap insurance, so to speak.
Yes, we shoot more often that that. I am guilty of dropping the EDC defensive ammo mag and replace it with a mag of FMJ, and theen replacing the EDC ammo when finished. Bad idea.
If you can't remember *when* you first loaded your current EDC carry ammo, at least take a minute to see that everything is as it should be.
I've heard of guys swapping out summer and winter ammo because people wear more clothing in winter, but that to me is like replacing the air in your tires with "summer" and "winter" air. "Wait a minute, the bad guy is wearing a leather motorcycle jacket so I need to switch ammo" - said nobody ever.
How often do you replace EDC ammo?
I cleaned the firearm and reloaded fresh defensive ammo, marking the older ammo as practice ammo.
This got me thinking that I need to get better organized and inspect our EDC firearms monthly and to replace the defensive ammo in them every six months. The ammo doesn't necessarily go bad, but if you EDC, moisture, lint, dust, and who knows what accumulates faster than you think. Replacing ammo carried on your body every day twice a year is not a big expense and it is cheap insurance, so to speak.
Yes, we shoot more often that that. I am guilty of dropping the EDC defensive ammo mag and replace it with a mag of FMJ, and theen replacing the EDC ammo when finished. Bad idea.
If you can't remember *when* you first loaded your current EDC carry ammo, at least take a minute to see that everything is as it should be.
I've heard of guys swapping out summer and winter ammo because people wear more clothing in winter, but that to me is like replacing the air in your tires with "summer" and "winter" air. "Wait a minute, the bad guy is wearing a leather motorcycle jacket so I need to switch ammo" - said nobody ever.
How often do you replace EDC ammo?