One of the weirdest things I keep reading in the interwebs is shooters that have lost faith in a handgun if it malfunctions. Even if it went back to the manufacturer and was repaired and showed to work.
I have not liked a pistol that had to be repaired a few times, and sold them off. But they all worked, and if I had to would carry it. But I never thought it wouldn’t work. They are, after all, mechanical things and are prone to breakage. Even my beloved Glocks have failed, but I repaired them and keep in shooting them.
Maybe it’s because I come from a time where we were not blessed with such workable pistol out of the box either. I remember it was a 1911, Hi Power, or SW39 on LEOs hips if it wasn’t a SW27. Then the third generation of SW autos came out, four digit models, and now there was a reliable pistol that didn’t take 1000 rounds to break it in, only 500. LOL Now I read where shooters get mad when a pistol has a stoppage in the first 200 rounds or so! Like I said, it’s mechanical and some things need to be broke in. This isn’t the Battle of Stalingrad, we have time to break in a weapon. But I have been guilty of this too, wondering if I have gotten a lemon from Gaston. Putting 200-250 rounds through it just to make sure. But in the back of my mind, it’s still a mechanical item and prone to fail if preventive maintenance like RSA or trigger springs aren’t changed at certain intervals.
For those that think like this, and I’m not judging nor making fun of, what goes through your mind when your pistol breaks or has the same malfunction over and over again? Do you not trust it anymore? Or do you try to fix it and go on?
And yes I have had lemons, but always had the manufacture repair it. Never though it wouldn’t fire or not work after that.
I have not liked a pistol that had to be repaired a few times, and sold them off. But they all worked, and if I had to would carry it. But I never thought it wouldn’t work. They are, after all, mechanical things and are prone to breakage. Even my beloved Glocks have failed, but I repaired them and keep in shooting them.
Maybe it’s because I come from a time where we were not blessed with such workable pistol out of the box either. I remember it was a 1911, Hi Power, or SW39 on LEOs hips if it wasn’t a SW27. Then the third generation of SW autos came out, four digit models, and now there was a reliable pistol that didn’t take 1000 rounds to break it in, only 500. LOL Now I read where shooters get mad when a pistol has a stoppage in the first 200 rounds or so! Like I said, it’s mechanical and some things need to be broke in. This isn’t the Battle of Stalingrad, we have time to break in a weapon. But I have been guilty of this too, wondering if I have gotten a lemon from Gaston. Putting 200-250 rounds through it just to make sure. But in the back of my mind, it’s still a mechanical item and prone to fail if preventive maintenance like RSA or trigger springs aren’t changed at certain intervals.
For those that think like this, and I’m not judging nor making fun of, what goes through your mind when your pistol breaks or has the same malfunction over and over again? Do you not trust it anymore? Or do you try to fix it and go on?
And yes I have had lemons, but always had the manufacture repair it. Never though it wouldn’t fire or not work after that.
