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Speaking of Hornady Lever-evolution Ammo.........Age, Polymer Tip Hardening?

Frogdog

Happened to be reading the other thread on Hornady Lever-evolution ammo, and it got me to thinking. I have had a bunch of the stuff stored for around 10 years, I believe. Anyone know if there is any guidance on how long the polymer tips are good for? I couldn't find anything from Hornady. My concern would just be if the tips lose their "squishiness" over time, presenting a potential danger in a tube-fed firearm.

Any thoughts?

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  • Don McManus

    I've got a few boxes that are probable 6 - 8 years old.

    You thinking the magazine tube would not be as accurate as the barrel?

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  • Mr. Perfect
    Don McManus: 31516608254363/comments/31516601800987

    I've got a few boxes that are probable 6 - 8 years old.

    You thinking the magazine tube would not be as accurate as the barrel?

    It has markedly less rifling.

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  • truthful

    I don't use soft polymer tipped pointed nose bullets in any caliber, in any tube-magazine gun. The minimal BC advantage isn't worth the risk that one of the tips may have hardened over time, or be a factory defect.

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  • Frogdog
    Don McManus: 31516608254363/comments/31516601800987

    I've got a few boxes that are probable 6 - 8 years old.

    You thinking the magazine tube would not be as accurate as the barrel?

    Yea, I think I'd prefer ignition topside. Probably a bit healthier.

    I know the polymer stuff can harden over time, so just wondered when/if that might be a problem to consider before loading up that tube next time. Maybe I'll just take a not-so-good friend and offer to let him try my rifle first : )

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  • hillbille

    just me personally but I don't think the plastic would get hard enough to set primer off, and if it breaks or falls out, it would leave the bullet like any other flatpoint/hollowpoint.......

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  • Mr. Perfect

    I wonder if Hornady provides a shelf life?

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  • select-fire

    I am thinking those plastic glocks should last about 1 min if near a fire.

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  • TRAP55

    In a tube magazine with a rimless cartridge, it would be a concern.

    With a Rimmed cartridge in a tube magazine, the rim tilts the cartridge nose, thus tilting the the bullet tip away from the primer in front of it.

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  • MIKE WISKEY

    don't you know that ALL ammunition has a 'shelf life' of 8 years...........it should be fired by that time. if any of your ammunition is older that that just send it to me for proper disposal......................... ;-)

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