Worn out guns?

Everyone loves the kaboom pictures. How about some pics of faithful weapons
that just seemed to go to pasture? Old lever wall hangers, blue long gone, etc.
Just a silly picture book.

I can say that I don't believe that I have ever worn a weapon out~! ;)

I had a Springfield Armory gov't model that I bought used. I did a few mods on it over the years and ended up putting approximately 170,000 reloads through it (5.8 grains of WW231 behind a 200 gr swc) before cracking the frame just forward of the trigger loop on the frame. I gave it to a guy that was just starting out shooting IPSC for parts. His opinion was that it wasn't quite worn out, and he was still using it last I heard. My opinion was that it was worn out. Can't say enough for Wilson's Shok-Buffs.
Robb

I had a Springfield Armory gov't model that I bought used. I did a few mods on it over the years and ended up putting approximately 170,000 reloads through it (5.8 grains of WW231 behind a 200 gr swc) before cracking the frame just forward of the trigger loop on the frame. I gave it to a guy that was just starting out shooting IPSC for parts. His opinion was that it wasn't quite worn out, and he was still using it last I heard. My opinion was that it was worn out. Can't say enough for Wilson's Shok-Buffs.

After a 170 K rounds! I think you got your money's worth. And, unless the crack affected the function or the breech locking, I would have kept on using it.

One IPSC shooter I knew, he was using a chromed 1918 vintage Colt. It was cracked just at the slide release hole. Shot fine.