Nonsense is dripping off of this.
I typically put in 45-50hrs per week at my “day job,” then operate two businesses at about 10-15hrs per week and manage books for my wife’s business for another handful of hours, and coach youth sports 4 seasons per year. I shoot competitively a couple matches per month, and still find plenty of time to burn ammo through my AR’s, somewhere between 5-8k rounds per year. When I was shooting my greatest volumes through AR’s, I was working 84’s on nights, 7 days per week 6 weeks at a time before taking weekend off, and shooting around 25,000 rounds per year through my AR’s.
Paying for every. single. round.
Granted, I’ll readily acknowledge that I have well monetized my time.
If a gun owner doesn’t actually shoot their rifle, it will last forever. But moving parts wear with use. A set of tires might last for over a decade if they only roll a few miles per month - or a set of tires might need replaced after a few laps on a track. There was a time I was rolling 100-125k miles per year - I was replacing tires about every 9mos, and changing oil more than once per month. Is that normal? Not hardly. Was I driving more than anyone else in the world? Not hardly. I know a couple of guys shooting 3 gun that burn between 1000-1500 rounds per month - not sponsored shooters, just dudes with a passion for the sport. So if you don’t shoot, sure, you don’t “need” much from your rifles, and they’ll last forever. If you actually use your rifles, parts will wear, and you’ll need to replace them.