twofewscrews
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Went out to shoot today and had a light strike on my Ruger PC Carbine (9mm). Its the first one in 2,500 rounds so I'm not too worried about it, but it made me wonder what do you consider an acceptable rate of light strikes/failure to fire for a given weapon? For a given ammunition/caliber?
I consider a failure rate of 5% acceptable for a plinking firearm (5 out of 100).
On a SD/HD/Hunting firearm I would want a failure rate of less then half a percent (5 out of 1000) and even then that's a little high.
For a given ammo in a given firearm, anything higher then a 5% failure rate is a no go. Anything less then 1% is good to go unless the firearm is meant for HD/SD/hunting in which case 1% is still unacceptable.
I consider a failure rate of 5% acceptable for a plinking firearm (5 out of 100).
On a SD/HD/Hunting firearm I would want a failure rate of less then half a percent (5 out of 1000) and even then that's a little high.
For a given ammo in a given firearm, anything higher then a 5% failure rate is a no go. Anything less then 1% is good to go unless the firearm is meant for HD/SD/hunting in which case 1% is still unacceptable.