Durability

[b4uqzme]

I totally understand the importance of reliability and it's a significant factor in how I judge firearms. However I'm not sure I understand the hullabaloo around durability. I own no gun that is in any danger of wearing out.....ever. Am I normal? :o

[berettabone]

If your one of those people who shoot 15,000 rds. a year, it could be a concern. Gun wearing out, or parts of gun wearing out?

[rjt123]

If your one of those people who shoot 15,000 rds. a year, it could be a concern. Gun wearing out, or parts of gun wearing out?


Man, to shoot that much you would need to use the gun to rob a bank or something just to pay for the ammo. If you could find that much ammo.

Or maybe be one of those sponsored professional shooters or something.

[b4uqzme]

If your one of those people who shoot 15,000 rds. a year, it could be a concern. Gun wearing out, or parts of gun wearing out?

Gun wearing out. Parts break and you fix them. No biggie. I guess I shoot the trap gun most but nowhere near that count. Should last a lifetime with reasonable care. That's kinda what I was thinking. I buy a gun with the thought that I may just keep it forever.

[muggsy]

It depends on the gun. Some cheap pot metal piece of crap could have a major melt down in as few as a few 100 rounds. Most well made handguns will last a lifetime.

[b4uqzme]

It depends on the gun. Some cheap pot metal piece of crap could have a major melt down in as few as a few 100 rounds. Most well made handguns will last a lifetime.

I choose door number two Monty.

[Flieger]

Heck, 15,000 rounds a year? I'm afraid even with my retirement, I couldn't afford to do that unless I spent all my time picking up range brass and reloading.

Maybe that's why I own 30 + handguns, so I can rotate them.

[muggsy]

Beware of the man who own but one gun. He knows how to use it.

[Alfonse]

To be able to shoot 15,000 rounds per year, you would probably have to work for a high security agency for the feds. Something like Housing and Urban Development or the Post Office. They are purchasing a bunch of guns and ammunition, for "practice."

[berettabone]

Sarcasm is taken way too seriously around here...........................

[jocko]

I totally understand the importance of reliability and it's a significant factor in how I judge firearms. However I'm not sure I understand the hullabaloo around durability. I own no gun that is in any danger of wearing out.....ever. Am I normal? :o

not on the normal part but on ur stateme3nt. Good guns don't wear out, they might break a part b ut again that is not an incidaction of a junk gun. Fokk even the almighty Glocks break to. Oh my what did I just say:32::32:

[rjt123]

Sarcasm is taken way too seriously around here...........................


That's how I took it. Hence my tongue-in-cheek response. ;)

[b4uqzme]

Ya gotta use the little "rolleyes" guy. Some of us are a little slow. :rolleyes:

[rjt123]

Ya gotta use the little "rolleyes" guy. Some of us are a little slow. :rolleyes:


Sorry, B4...I'm usually posting from my Piece-of-Crapberry phone...and I don't have all the smiley codes memorized. The version of Tapatalk I'm using doesn't support the smilies, so you have to type the code instead of clicking on something. <Sigh>

[CJB]

lets see...


15000 devided by 52 weeks is just under 300 rds a week. Thats do-able on any competiive level

[Barth]

I normally run about 1500 rounds through a new gun just dialing it in.
Then taper off dramatically with a few boxes now and then.
My Glock with six barrels has around 7K.
Everything else has much less.

I never worry about wearing out a gun.

[ltxi]

I totally understand the importance of reliability and it's a significant factor in how I judge firearms. However I'm not sure I understand the hullabaloo around durability. I own no gun that is in any danger of wearing out.....ever. Am I normal? :o

No, no more than jocko

[b4uqzme]

No, no more than jocko

Seems I need to start raising sheep...:p