Critique my pre-CHL carry strategy plz.

[TexasComputerDude]

Take the magazine and +1 round with you when you leave it in your truck. The downside is more handling of the gun. The upside is less chances of coming back to your truck and finding an armed bad guy.

Thats actually an excellent idea, the only problem is I would lose a round everytime I go anywhere. I've heard some horror stories about chambering a round multiple times.

[TexasComputerDude]

I've taken a temporary vow of poverty.

I drive a 03 silverado.

well, I mean I can afford the essentials, but I'm not buying a new gun every week. I need that truck because I like girls, and girls like trucks. and besides lol, theirs a big difference between a little 03 silverado extended cab and a quad cab $60K dually.

[seamusTX]

... the only problem is I would lose a round everytime I go anywhere. I've heard some horror stories about chambering a round multiple times.

It depends upon the pistol. You can try chambering the same round 20 or 30 times (obviously you need to do this safely), then compare it to untouched rounds.

If you don't own a micrometer, place the cycled round primer-down on a table and put an untouched round on either side of it. Place a ruler across the three bullet faces.

I have done this and seen no measureable setback after 30 cycles.

There is another problem in warm, humid climates: brass shells become tarnished, and ultimately could fail to extract. I fire the top round periodically as a form of quality assurance.

- Jim
[Edited to correct messed-up attribution]