Will a Glock 17 last a shooters life time? and How many life times will it survive?
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In my experience they last longer than many but not as long as some. Any well build modern handgun will last several lifetimes of light use (say 1000rds a year). And conversely heavy use will limit their life span to a few years (say 1000rds per month)
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Depends how bad global warming gets. But I think the Glock polymer will survive heat better than humans.
Anyways, like previous threads said, depends how much you shoot. Glock 17s have been known to last 300,000 rds with minimal maintenance. So at 100 rds per month, that's 3000 months or three long lifetimes.
Anyways, like previous threads said, depends how much you shoot. Glock 17s have been known to last 300,000 rds with minimal maintenance. So at 100 rds per month, that's 3000 months or three long lifetimes.
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Id say the 1911, has the track record of lasting ones lifetime....
The 1911s that last a shooter's lifetime don't get 1000 rounds a month for that duration...
Kyle Defoor put 200,000 rounds through a G17 not that long ago. Lots make it over 100,000.
Considering the average gun owner who actually shoots still probably puts less than 500 rounds a year through their most used gun (real rounds, not e-rounds, I know everyone here shoots at least 500 e-rounds a month while e-losing their e-virginity at 13 to the smoking hot 18 year old babysitter and winning about 100 e-fistfights) that works out to about 200 years of service for most people.
To put round counts in perspective, the 1911s that the FBI HRT used (and to a very limited degree, continue using, although most of the HRT units are also shooting Glocks now) were very good quality 1911s...and they needed total rebuilds (often including frame replacement - so new pistols, essentially) generally around 25-35,000 rounds.
So a Glock 17 will outlast the vast, vast majority of pistols. If a Glock 17 is not enough durability for you, you could look in to a USP...that would be the only pistol I can think of that might have a longer service life, although I don't know that it does. It may.
Effectively, if a G17 is not enough, neither is anything else.
Kyle Defoor put 200,000 rounds through a G17 not that long ago. Lots make it over 100,000.
Considering the average gun owner who actually shoots still probably puts less than 500 rounds a year through their most used gun (real rounds, not e-rounds, I know everyone here shoots at least 500 e-rounds a month while e-losing their e-virginity at 13 to the smoking hot 18 year old babysitter and winning about 100 e-fistfights) that works out to about 200 years of service for most people.
To put round counts in perspective, the 1911s that the FBI HRT used (and to a very limited degree, continue using, although most of the HRT units are also shooting Glocks now) were very good quality 1911s...and they needed total rebuilds (often including frame replacement - so new pistols, essentially) generally around 25-35,000 rounds.
So a Glock 17 will outlast the vast, vast majority of pistols. If a Glock 17 is not enough durability for you, you could look in to a USP...that would be the only pistol I can think of that might have a longer service life, although I don't know that it does. It may.
Effectively, if a G17 is not enough, neither is anything else.
All mechanical things break...even Glocks. One may last 300,000 rounds while another might not make a year at a commercial range. Like most makes there are repair/warranty centres for Glocks. The correct answer might be...depends.
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Bob
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Bob
It does seem reasonable to point out, though, that while all cars break down, your odds of hitting 500,000 km in a Corolla are a lot better than in a Lada.
There are no guarantees and all guns, and all machines, and everything else, involve probability not certainty. But you can stack odds in your favour. Glocks are generally a good jenga block to put in your stack.
There are no guarantees and all guns, and all machines, and everything else, involve probability not certainty. But you can stack odds in your favour. Glocks are generally a good jenga block to put in your stack.
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- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
The beauty of the Glock is that it has minimal parts, and they are all readily available and easily replaceable.
Catastrophic failures seem to be very rare with these guns, other than the idiots and their Kabooms.
You don't hear too much about Glocks with cracking frames, or slides, like you hear all the time with 1911's, Sigs, etc.
Catastrophic failures seem to be very rare with these guns, other than the idiots and their Kabooms.
You don't hear too much about Glocks with cracking frames, or slides, like you hear all the time with 1911's, Sigs, etc.
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- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
That is a pretty ridiculously low number if you ask me.
I doubt anyone goes to the range with less than 100 rounds for their favourite gun, and even once a month thats 1200 rounds.
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- South of your border
If you want durability get a Hipower(not a 1911 fan...)
I would bet that the overwhelming majority of gun owners don't shoot each of their guns an average of once a month.
I would bet it averages out to more like once every 2-3 months for the vast, vast majority of gun owners. Those people then tell their friends they shoot once a month. People who shoot once a month tell each other they shoot nearly every weekend. That's just the way people are.
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- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
Yeah but you specified their favourite/most used shooter. Would think that would be the one along on almost every trip.
If you hadn't said that I might believe you.
