What is your highest round count through a semi?
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heavenIsAlie
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25k through my spartan, should be more but im being lazy with my practice
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- East ontario
130k in a glock 17 before the bbl lug cracked
90 in my svi and then a full rebuild, shot another 35k then sold it, client is still using it but now has a new bbl
my g34 I own how is in need of a rebuild, ive shot 44-45k and it was used when I got it.
I owned a benelli m1 super 90 I put well over 100k before the bbl ring weld let loose, then another 40 k befor the bolt broke, 8 k after then the frame cracked at the port, at that point I scraped it.
If you have a quality product and look after it well, it will last.
change you spring and keep well oiled is my trick
bbb
90 in my svi and then a full rebuild, shot another 35k then sold it, client is still using it but now has a new bbl
my g34 I own how is in need of a rebuild, ive shot 44-45k and it was used when I got it.
I owned a benelli m1 super 90 I put well over 100k before the bbl ring weld let loose, then another 40 k befor the bolt broke, 8 k after then the frame cracked at the port, at that point I scraped it.
If you have a quality product and look after it well, it will last.
change you spring and keep well oiled is my trick
bbb
Well, I thought I did quite well getting out there, guess I'm not even close! I guess if its competitive you do go through a lot. I've run to the range on a lunch brake and shot a few rounds and headed back and then some days go and shoot a few targets .
I've got a Beretta 92FS with 10,000 thru it, only used froglube since new (I know, I know). No failures or broken parts, and it looks barely different than new.
Also have a Browning .22 with similar round count and results, but It's just a rim fire so I'd expect as much.
Also have a Browning .22 with similar round count and results, but It's just a rim fire so I'd expect as much.
56K through an M&P9 - in that time I've replaced mag springs and followers, recoil springs (probably unnecessarily at least once) and I put a new striker in at 50K, because I'd had the new one for over a year and it was the new shiny one (Gen3 vs the original 'weak' Gen 1 Striker). Given the way I've treated this pistol, there's no way I can complain about it, the only time it's not gone bang is when my reloads, or the ammo I fed it sucked.
mudgunner49
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
I have a 4" S&W 66 with over 100K, mostly .38 Special 158 SWC @850, a Gen2 G23 with about 70K (didn't even clean this one for the first 5400 rds, then I felt guilty), and a couple of 1911's with over 75K each. My current Gen3 G19 is headed toward 30K.
One of my best friends is a FA/UoF trainer with the OPP and he has a P229 with well over 200K through it. He's on his 5th barrel And the gun has no finish left on it and rattles when you shake it but it just keeps on ticking. He refuses to turn it in for another, he was issued it the week his son was born and the lad just turned 21 in May. He's determined to keep it until he retires in Sept. Looks like he'll make it...
One of my best friends is a FA/UoF trainer with the OPP and he has a P229 with well over 200K through it. He's on his 5th barrel And the gun has no finish left on it and rattles when you shake it but it just keeps on ticking. He refuses to turn it in for another, he was issued it the week his son was born and the lad just turned 21 in May. He's determined to keep it until he retires in Sept. Looks like he'll make it...
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OneBarfly
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
I bought a NIB Gold Cup Trophy as one of my first ever of what was originally a two handgun purchase. Easily put 40K rounds through it. Loose now, but that's what you get with stainless. I'll sell it for parts soon.
I doubt most folks put more than 2K through a single gun a year. Competitors ain't most folks.....
My usual guideline is that by the time you've spent 20X the original purchase price of the gun in ammo, you've gotten a fair value from the purchase.
With suitable cleaning, lubrication, and the replacement of wear parts like springs, I'm surprised if a pistol fails in less than 20K.
I'm not really surprised to hear a good gun running above 50K.
If I was relying on that gun, I'd probably retire it to back up status or just a training gun above 50K.
Guns will wear out, but if it's a good quality out of the box and you take care of it, they should last a long time.
I see guns killed more through stupidity than wear. Bad reloads, injudicious use of the Dremel, or neglect kill more pistols than wear in my humble opinion.
My usual guideline is that by the time you've spent 20X the original purchase price of the gun in ammo, you've gotten a fair value from the purchase.
With suitable cleaning, lubrication, and the replacement of wear parts like springs, I'm surprised if a pistol fails in less than 20K.
I'm not really surprised to hear a good gun running above 50K.
If I was relying on that gun, I'd probably retire it to back up status or just a training gun above 50K.
Guns will wear out, but if it's a good quality out of the box and you take care of it, they should last a long time.
I see guns killed more through stupidity than wear. Bad reloads, injudicious use of the Dremel, or neglect kill more pistols than wear in my humble opinion.
I've not had many small parts let go myself. But among the groups I shoot with when it's all taken together a good size handful of small parts breaks and is replaced over the course of a year. I've had a spring let go and a slide stop break and a hammer hook wear out from use and need a kiss with a stone to restore the safe use of that gun.
If you think that your gun will NEVER break then you're in for a shock when it happens. They are mechanical machines and they do wear and some things will break in time. So it's a wise person that picks a brand that they know they can find parts for and that the brand and models are popular enough that the supply of parts will be around for the life of the gun.
If you vary from that expect to get burned and only buy such a gun knowing the risk. For example, Alfa Project revolvers are popular just now. But the current version has only a short history here in Canada of being imported. So realistically while the producers, importers and distributors might all have great intentions of this being a long term product let's face the facts. Financial or personal problems for any of these links in the supply chain could result in the guns already in country becoming orphans if no one else picks up the product. This is balanced by an attractive price and from my experience a very nice product. But I went into it realizing that there is some risk.
So it's wise for your first few guns to stick with well known brands and models if you're not a risk taker. And when I see posts worrying about round counts on used handguns I see someone that isn't a risk taker.
If you think that your gun will NEVER break then you're in for a shock when it happens. They are mechanical machines and they do wear and some things will break in time. So it's a wise person that picks a brand that they know they can find parts for and that the brand and models are popular enough that the supply of parts will be around for the life of the gun.
If you vary from that expect to get burned and only buy such a gun knowing the risk. For example, Alfa Project revolvers are popular just now. But the current version has only a short history here in Canada of being imported. So realistically while the producers, importers and distributors might all have great intentions of this being a long term product let's face the facts. Financial or personal problems for any of these links in the supply chain could result in the guns already in country becoming orphans if no one else picks up the product. This is balanced by an attractive price and from my experience a very nice product. But I went into it realizing that there is some risk.
So it's wise for your first few guns to stick with well known brands and models if you're not a risk taker. And when I see posts worrying about round counts on used handguns I see someone that isn't a risk taker.
