Ya'll don't shoot enough.....
Ok,
This is a good thread......now I'm not counting springs. I have NO IDEA how many springs I have needed to replace. But real PARTS that I have BROKEN and WORN OUT.....we'll start with pistols...
Springfield Armory alloy compart frame on my Wilson Stealth cracked in 3 places after a "few" thousand rounds. Wilson replaced the frame with one of theirs for free
I can think of 3 1911 extractors I have broken the hook off of. All in .45 ACP, none in 10mm.
I wore out 3 Titanium 1911 hammers before I got wise and went back to steel hammers.
I broke 1 1911 ejector in a race gun.
I broke a Gold Cup rear site off a Gold Cup.
I didn't break the frame, but I shot a steel PARA ORD frame enough that the pin holes "walloed out" and the hammer and sear wouldn't funtion properly[read that intermitent full auto]. I had to replace pins with oversize pins. Again, a race gun with high round count.
Twice, I have had the factory rear site on Glocks become accidently dislodged......bioth times I didn't know that it was gone until I presented the pistol to fire it......very discerning
Rifles....
I shot out a Winchester Pre-64 30/06 barrel......it took awhile, but I finished her off
I mean completely shot it out, it wouldn[t group in 6-8 " @ 100 yards. Gunsmith confirmed it had 2 many rounds through it....ahhhh the joys of my younger days.
I have bent, stepped on, crushed, and generally made unusable several M1 carbine mags.
I have bent, stepped on, crushed, and generally made unusable several AR15 mags.
I somehow screwed up the plastic trigger guard on my old Rem 600. I think it was a combination of excessive heat and bug spray[Deer hunting early season in S.C.-August], it somehow got mushy and warped.
I broke a JP SAURER Drilling stock after half falling out of a tree......on top if the Drilling. I broke both of my arms at the same time.....
I destroyed[though hard use] a Bell and Carlson CARBALITE aftermarket stock. POS
I broke an issue M1 Carbine stock in half at the pistol grip.
Shotguns.....
I had a Remington 870 firing pin snap in half.
I broke a Remington 870 wooden buttstock.
On a Remington 11-87, I broke soooo many rubber O rings and piston rings, I was buying them a dozen at a time.
On a BROWNING 325 12ga Target Over and Under, I broke the Buttstock, and had to replace the locking bolt 3[!] times in just 8 months of competitive shooting. Not good.
On a BERETTA 390 12ga target shotgun I have broken....
1 buttstock
1 hammer
5 hammer braces
4 bolt connecting rods
1 bolt locking lug
2 shell lifters
3 trigger assembly retaining pins.
This gun has close to over 150,000 rounds through it....not a bad service record.
On a BERETTA DT10 12ga Target Over and Under. This gun has just over 140,000 rounds through it. In the action, I have replaced the cocking rods, hinge pins, and the locking bar. In the trigger group I had to replace 1 sear spring, but we aren't counting springs , remember
This gun has held up amazingly well.
Some of these parts broke due to my misuse, but most due to wear and bad design. If you hunt enough, you'll drop a gun. If you shoot a competion gun enough, you will find its weak parts. If you shoot a rifle enough, you will wear the barrel out.......
But if you pay attention during all of this, you might learn a bit about shooting along the way