Silly question here, but I never thought about it until leaving the range. After getting my 365 XL I went to the range. Wow, this thing got hot after a while. Okay, good, I spend a lot time shooting then.
Silly part here, I wasn't comfortable leaving with my pistol loaded. I have a ccw. Is leaving the firearm loaded while it was quite hot no good? I know it takes a lot of heat to cook off a bullet, but the pistol was very hot to the touch.

You will never (ok never say never and all that) but the likelihood of you cooking of a round out of a semi automatic pistol is just about as likely as widespread forest fires in Antarctica.

Seriously you are not going to cook a round off in anything shy of full auto and even then it’s not easy so to speak.

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This. I’ve gotten them so hot that when I kicked out the round in the chamber it burned my hand when I picked it up. No issues or worries.

I have not shot my P365 enough yet to get it that hot, but I have heard multiple say how hot they get. My Hellcat did not get too hot to touch after a lot of rounds, is there something about the P365 that makes it different?

I shoot my carry P365, and after I'm done at the range, there's always one in the chamber as I leave. It's still hot, but you will not cook off a round.

If the videos I've seen on Youtube of shooting full auto weapons to destruction is anything to go by, you'd have to shoot it to the point where the thing has smoke billowing out of it before this is something to be concerned about.

If there’s a danger, it’s more likely you burning yourself on the hot metal. The bullets will do just fine on their own.

Even with somebody handing you fresh magazines as you run one out, I don't think you can fire a pistol long enough or fast enough to "cook off." It takes ~500-550° - about that of an oven set to broil - to do that. You couldn't even touch or hold the pistol if it were that hot. What I will do, however, is wait until the pistol is somewhat comfortable to hold before putting back in a Kydex or other plastic holster.

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Originally posted by cslinger:
You will never (ok never say never and all that) but the likelihood of you cooking of a round out of a semi automatic pistol is just about as likely as widespread forest fires in Antarctica.

It's a growth industry.

Thank you everyone. I figured it was crazy, but I'd rather be a little embarrassed here than really embarrassed if it could actually happen.

We’ll put mags as fast as we can and holster back up with no worries. Can’t shoot that much unless you load a lot of mags before hand.

One did we did do something stupid and ran a few mag dumps on our rifles with my Specwar. It turned white hot. I had to leave it on the rifle on the table over night to cool off. It was too hot to touch and it was already a long day.

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Originally posted by citykid:
Thank you everyone. I figured it was crazy, but I'd rather be a little embarrassed here than really embarrassed if it could actually happen.

I, for one, thank you for asking about a legitimate concern as you become more comfortable with firearms and the surrounding knowledge. Your question was sincere and based out of wanting to learn, so good on you. We were all there at some point and anyone who doesn't admit that, is either full of it or won't acknowledge/remember being so.

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We were all there at some point and anyone who doesn't admit that, is either full of it or won't acknowledge/remember being so.

At some level or another we are all STILL THERE. Nobody knows it all and even the most knowledgeable of us ask not only a “more advanced” so to speak question but even more basic or informative type questions that have eluded us for some reason.

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It turned white hot. I had to leave it on the rifle on the table over night to cool off. It was too hot to touch and it was already a long day.

I’ve been part of shooting rifles white hot and seen AK hand guards smoke and smolder. Where as most “lay folks” look at an M16 or AK etc. and see UNENDING BULLET HOSE OF DEATH SPEWING 40,000 A SECOND!!! those in the know or those who come to learn suddenly realize these are really semi automatic rifles with the capability of full auto if needed. Run a full combat load on semi auto fairly quickly and you will realize how fast you can heat these guns up.

Two comments:

1) Gun writer friend brought in a T&E G17 years ago to our weekly defensive shooting group. Great - new pistol and unlimited free ammo. Shoot two mags, hand off to next guy. Two guys continually loading mags. Gun got so hot couldn't safely put hand on slide. He'd eventually pop off the slide, into bucket of water, take it out, slide back on and continue shooting.

2) I recall reports coming back from the sandbox re M4's in major firefights. Also, saw some non-stop full auto testing done. Melted/destroyed the barrels, but no mention of cook offs.

Doesn't mean it's impossible, but after 50 years of shooting, I've never heard of this happening.