Spare backup parts?

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I'm just curious, what spare handgun parts do you all keep on hand, or do you usually just order or plan on utilizing warranty when something breaks or wears out?
 
Extractors. Having a spare 1911 fitted, profiled, and tensioned is never a bad thing. Having a spare or upgrading and keeping the original for others comes in handy if ever you launch one into the ether.

Springs, lots of springs; extractor, recoil, magazine most commonly.

Magazines; typically a wear/disposable item except where they’re unobtanium.

Grips/stocks; mostly just because, sometimes for trading benefits like comfort for security (purchase).
 
Springs, extractors and magazines for me.

You could dig through your grandpa’s tool box all day and never find the exact spring you need!:D Most springs other than recoil springs cost $2 new so people should order several.
 
Recoil springs are always good to have on hand as they are a consumable / wear item that should be regularly replaced for vest function.

For handguns/semi autos that I shoot a lot I keep spare extractors, firing pin springs, striker springs, mainsprings, and extra magazines on hand.

On stuff I dont shoot too much I rely on the factory warranty or just order parts as needed.
 
For revolvers; springs.

For autoloaders; springs, extractors and things that go ping that are ahead of the spring. :D

Long guns (non- semiautomatic); springs and hard to find wear parts (carriers, links, etc..)

Long guns (semiautomatic); springs, extractors, firing pins, ricochet parts (see auto loaders above)
 
Almost ANYTIME I order one-something, I order two if I can.

Black-powder Colt hands, Ortgies firing pins, Smith & Wesson bolt/spring combos....

So, for me, spares follow known failures - mine or other parties'.

Todd.
 
Mag releases. Most stick out the better part of half an inch, which may be great for range guns, but sucks for holster use.
So I get a replacement mag release, on many auto loaders I carry, and grind and sand the replacement down flush with the surface of the
frame, so the holster doesn't keep releasing the mag into the wild.
 
I keep nothing on hand. I can get along without any of my handguns for the time it takes to get parts. Hmm, come to think of it I can't remember the last time I had to do this. If I were a competitive shooter I might do things a bit different.
 
I keep spare parts, but just the ones left over after reassembly :what:. Only joking.

I keep RSAs for my glocks but have only needed to replace one ever.
 
As mentioned above: recoil springs, mag springs, magazines. Anything else I buy on need because that is $ sitting waiting. Except for one of mine that I wish I had spare parts since they are not in production. In that case an extractor, ejector and firing pin. Those can be made up now since my sample is still in good functioning order. I haven't investigated the cost which I suspect may be pretty high for such low run of 1-3 duplicates of those three parts.
 
I have several complete Glock innards worth, but usually keep recoil springs and extractors for everything else. If something ever break or needs replacing on any gun, I get two. I always have a pile of magazines for each gun, but those aren't really spares as they all get used.
 
None. Have spare firearms, though. Same thing?

Guess if I had the one firearm, the one competition gun, or maybe the one gun I really liked and it had high wear parts, then I could justify tying up funds in spare parts. In today’s world my spare parts are three days, or less, away and none of my money is tied up stocking and storing them.
 
Almost all of my guns have been out of warranty for several decades or more but I do keep some spare parts on hand for the ones I use the most; stuff like springs and firing pins and roll pins and screws.
 
Two is one and one is none.

Parts & guns I run the same mentality.
Magazines, barrels, batteries, RSA's, misc SMALL oddball parts. "This part never breaks" I buy two.
 
Traveling north from Adelaide to Coober Pedy (anyone know the road?), we got stopped when the second spare blew! Had to sit for about 3 hours 'til another car came by with an extra spare that fit. On that day 3 was the magic number. A spare car would most likely have been better.
 
Parts that are likely (or supposed to) wear out. Recoil springs, magazine floorplates (if you do speed reloads over hard surfaces), firing pins, trigger springs in some designs, etc.

Parts that are likely to get lost. Small springs or small parts with springs behind them that are likely to be launched during disassembly.

If you really depend on a firearm, it's probably best to just have a backup for that firearm rather than to try to keep a large number of spare parts that you may never use. If the gun goes down (or you can see a part needs replacing due to wear) you can switch to the spare firearm and then go about finding a replacement part for the gun that's down.
 
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