A friend of mine gave me a bunch of 9mm ammo after Sandy. Packs had been wet but the aluminum case ammo looked fine. I shot up about 25 of the 100rnds and noticed that the cases were not flying as expected, getting a bit more smoke than expected. And I felt some dust.debree hitting me. So I inspected some fired cases and they were split, some even came apart.
Here is what it did to the chamber in my 1911:
Here is the breech face:
I saved about $5 in ammo. I now have $200 in a new barrel and several hours of my time to fit barrel and time the pistol. The Kimber Target II SS will be better than it was from factory when all is done. However, it aint cheep even when doing the work yourself.
Lesson: Dont save a dime to spend a dollar and nothing is free.
Here is what it did to the chamber in my 1911:
Here is the breech face:
I saved about $5 in ammo. I now have $200 in a new barrel and several hours of my time to fit barrel and time the pistol. The Kimber Target II SS will be better than it was from factory when all is done. However, it aint cheep even when doing the work yourself.
Lesson: Dont save a dime to spend a dollar and nothing is free.