[phantomak47]

Simply question, much like a new model of car, how long do you wait till all of the bugs get worked out of a gun that your interested in before you buy?


With out naming names, some of our favorite guns had slide problems because they were designed with around a 9mm , not the 40.

Other guns had cracked frames.

Once these problems were worked out, the vast majority of these pistols became our favorites.

As is the case for me, I love the xd 45, yet I am tempted to wait out a bit to see if any problems arise.

Discuss.

[Soybomb]

Actually I don't tihnk I have a handgun in my safe other than some older family models that I wouldn't trust the manufacturer to stand behind so I wouldn't wait too long as long as I knew the manufacturer was trust worthy.

[Dienekes]

Depends if it is a "project" used gun that I expect to have to work on or NIB. If the latter--not long. :barf: I don't mind some minor tweaking if the problem is fairly obvious and the cure takes right away. I have even brought a few back from the dead, but those are usually military weapons built for the ages.

However I bought a Ruger P97 a couple of years ago that was a complete lemon. Fought that thing over a year and 1200 carefully documented rounds:fire: . Even the factory couldn't make it right, so they destroyed the %$#@* thing with my permission :evil: and replaced it with a new one. Which I promptly sold unfired:) :) .

Inasmuch as I own some Ruger stock, it was strictly a lose-lose proposition:( . The moral, however, is that if the thing doesn't respond to TLC early on it may be posessed by evil spirits and beyond salvage. Life is too short to mess around with losers--people or guns:banghead: .

[10-Ring]

Personally, unless it's a project gun that will need fine tuning I don't give a gun much time at all...If I have to chronically tinker w/ it and still not see improvement...I move on. There are way too many good guns out there to waste your time on lemons

[huntershooter]

I think I'd need "bugs" defined. With my 1911's/P-35's I'll set them up to my preference after purchase, shoot 500-1,000 rds. through them, "tweak" if necessary, then shoot the crap out of them.

[Rob1035]

I've bought 9mm glocks recently, so I'm sort of like "bugs? huh?"

[TOADMAN]

I need a CC gun that hits the ground running...S&W 642 and the Glock 26 does this for me...

[Onmilo]

If by 'bugs' you mean initial design flaws then you will wait a very long time indeed.
Nothing is perfect and everything can stand improvement.
Even the fabled 1911 has gone through product upgrades throughout the whole period of its long useage.
Some upgrades improved safety, some improved ergonomics, some just improved the look of the weapon.

Firearm designs that stand the test of time will have had hundreds of minor changes implemented in the design and construction.

Stagnant designs just don't stay around on this volatile market for long.