Are All Your Weapons 100% Reliable?

[usp9]

My never failed are:
HK P7, HK USPc9, Sig P232, Beretta 84 and 85

My failed a couple times:
Seecamp LWS32, Walther TPH

My failed too many times to count:
CZ 83, CZ 82, Sig Mosquito

 

[rbernie]

If I own it, I shoot it. If it fails to operate properly, it gets fixed. If it needs fixin' too many times or if it can't be reasonably fixed, it gets sold as a parts donor.

 

[LeonCarr]

No man made anything is 100% reliable, but I make every effort (good ammo, good magazines, regular cleanings) to make them virtually 100% reliable.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

 

[JDGray]

I voted no, for my main shooters.
CZ75- 100%
P345- 99%
22/45- 99%
GP100-100%
In all fairness, most if not all malfunctions, are ammo related, specialy in the .22

 

[TexasRifleman]

In my collection I have mostly reliable, but as your poll suggests, some are just for looks.

My great grandfathers 16ga SxS shotgun doubles every time and will cost me a fortune to fix it, so it's to look at.

My Colt Delta Elite IPSC gun has a documented 85,000+ rounds through it and no failures not related to my stupidity at the reloading bench so I feel pretty sure it will fire the next time I pull the trigger.

Actually come to think of it, I don't remember any actual failures to fire that were not ammo related ever in any gun I own or have ever owned.

Maybe a fail to eject or cycle on new autos now and then, but never a FTF because of the firearm.

 

[Whirlwind06]

You need a "depends" choice.
Depends on whether I have been tinkering with it or not
My stock XD 9mm has been 100% reliable except for the first 100 rounds of reloads that I loaded too light (per a recipe in Lees load book). And didn't crimp enough.

 

[armoredman]

The only pistol failures I have had are due to OAL in my own handloads. As for the others, I don't know - can you get a Mosin TO malfunction?

 

[redneckdan]

only mosin failure I've seen was a lodge bullet in a dirty throat. The guy never cleanedit, took it deer hunting and at the end of the day tried to eject the chambered round, bullet pulled from the case.

I haven't had much positive experience with the SIG 'skeeters. The two I've worked with would not cycle reliably, even with everything from standard velocity to hyper velocity ammo.

 

[Walkalong]

I voted NO - Any truthfull soul would. Unless, of course,they sell everthing they ever get that is not 100% reliable and some may.

Excluding revolvers, I have two 1911's that I consider 100% reliable and 1 XD SC .40 that is on it's way to being considered 100%. It's never failed yet, just not enough rounds and not enough variety shot through it yet.

Savor the ones that never fail. Don't make excuses for the ones that do.

 

[51Cards]

Sig 229, never even twitched, approx. 5-6000 rds
Springfield XD-9 SC, never twitched, approx. 4000 rds
Springfield GI Stainless, twitched at first, now only every few hundred, 2000 rds
Ruger Mk III (Hunter/Target), FTE three timeswhen new, approx. 5000 rds
Kel-Tec P-3AT, FTeverything at first, "factorized," now no twitch in 300 rds
Colt Defender, refuses to be consistent with a couple of HPs, restricted diet, 800 rds :banghead:
Colt M1911A1, ca 1943 by Colt, no longer fired, but never missed during several hundred rds I have fired
High Standard "B," no longer fired, but never missed during several hundred rds I have fired

Sig, SA XD: 100% Any ammo (except steel, never use it), any time. Clean, dirty (well, they never get too dirty), any mags. Anything, Always.

Mk III: I seem to have lucked out with this one. The only stuff that won't feed is Eley Tenex, and considering the nose shape, that wasn't exactly a shock. I have had none of the issues posted variously on THR.

KT P-3AT: At first, I thought those people were quite, quite insane. I mean, it looked like a pistol, and cost almost what a pistol might, and smelled like a pistol, and held what a pistol generally holds. It tried to break my wrist and thumb by not coming out of battery on time, then would FTE-FTF-FTE-FTE. It went back, got a new slide and a nice little F&B, and is now more as dependable as an only- slightly rational person might expect; which is to say, As good as it gets.

 

[ZeSpectre]

I have several guns that have demonstrated reliability over 700+ rounds. However I have a couple (Ruger 22/45 MK III and one of my two Taurus Gaucho SAA pistols) that I would term "fussy". The Ruger is improving with break in, the Taurus does a light strike on the primer at totally random and widely spaced intervals.

I'd imagine that my SKS is pretty reliable too though I've only got about 100 rounds through it so far

 

[.357 magnum]

No FTF so far.

My two Taurus 24/7 Pro's .40 cal they are both into the thousand's of rounds with no FTF. My two Springfield XD .45acp are also into the + 3000 rounds no FTF. I think with modern firearms such as these, a malfunction should be rare. Now I am rather picky, as I clean my gun's after each trip to the range whether I shoot 100 rounds or several hundred rounds. Most range trips I will average 300 rounds. Since I may have to rely on any one of these in a SD situation. I think they should always be practiced with and cleaned on a regular basis.

 

[Skywarp]

I used to be one of those guys that cleaned my guns after 20 rounds through them.

Half a box and I'd have my guns ripped apart and the house stinking of hoppes #9.

Now, my benelli doesnt know what gun cleaner is. she's been cleaned twice and has nearly 50+ cases through her. I clean the chokes and thats about it.]


My main issue is I buy in my opinion quality guns from big name manufacturers. they should work. I realize every gun has a break in period. Mine were broken in then I started to beat on them. I understand there are ammo problems and mag problems but those are easy. When you have to polish feed ramps, adjust springs (for shooting caliber standard ammo), or in any other way modify a gun to make it work well I think it's a failure.

I believe I can honestly say my guns are guns i could trust my life with for CCW. Two of the sigs got the mud puddle treatment and were left like that for a few days while I shot up the desert. Why? Why not? it should function dirty in my opinion.


I was going to buy a Kimber my buddy was selling for cheap. He needed money and I wanted a new gun. That gun would just not function after 150 rounds. you would get erratic failures to return to battery unless you cleaned it. Wonderful trigger and pointed like a dream but that bothered me so much I turned it down. Kimber would have probably taken care of it but it bothered me so i walked away.


Im just picky.

 

[hexidismal]

A better question might have been, "Do you feel you can trust your life to the reliability of your firearm", or something along those lines. As the question is, no one can intelligently and without ego answer yes ( although it seems at least half of members seem to have felt that they could ). It doesn't matter if a firearm has been fully reliable thus far, because it will not always remain so. Parts wear and break in all machines. No firearm can ever be 100% reliable.

 

[Anna's Dad]

Reliable

Nothing is 100% forever! So far, I would say (with the exception of a cheap little junker gun I bought mostly out of curiosity) my guns are 99.9+% reliable.

I have:
Ruger P-345 -- Exactly one jam (first mag) out of many hundreds of rounds
Sig Trailside -- A handful of jams out of probably many hundreds of rounds
Browning Buckmark -- A handful jams out of hundreds of rounds
Kel-Tec P-32 -- Zero failures after two hundred or so rounds
Beretta Tomcat INOX -- One or two jams out of a few hundred rounds
Springfield XD9 -- Zero, maybe one jam for me -- dozens for my wife (her grip)

I have a Sig 226 (used), a Bulgarian Makarov (used) and a Walther P99 that I haven't fired yet, so they're 100%

 

[Ed Ames]

Gravity appears to be 100% reliable... I can't think of much else that comes close to qualifying. So I said no. However, I have quite a few that have never malfunctioned. They may have misfired (which can be bad ammo) but not malfunctioned.

 

[dasmi]

Bulgarian Makarov: Never had a failure, about 700 rounds through it.
Mosin-Nagant 91/30: No failures, don't know how many rounds. EDIT: Sometimes Czech surplus ammo will get stuck in the chamber. Very rare, though, and easy to fix. Just smack the bolt handle hard with a piece of wood.
Mosin-Nagant M44: Same as the 91/30
Mossberg 500A: No failures, 300 rounds.
Mossberg Plinkster 702: Thousands of rounds, fails when too dirty, fails when too clean.
Yugo SKS: Currently not cycling due to gas system issues. I hope it'll be very reliable once I get it running right.

 

[Lancel]

Yes,
If a firearm is not reliable then I repair or replace it.

My safe queens are simply guns I don't often use: like some of the wrenches in my tool box or some reloading dies.

Larry

 

[Majic]

Not even that. Tip breakage certainly happens in knife combat as well as issues with dull/chipped edges.

A broken tip, dull or chipped edges still doesn't make a knife non-functional. It's efficency may not be as good, but it will still function. Even the common household butter knife can be a deadly weapon.
Even if you completely break the blade off a good fighting knife the handle is still a blunt instrument you can use to hit with. You can also pick up the broken blade and continue to use it.
Would you really throw your knife away while in a fight just because the tip broke or the edge got chipped?

 

[Geno]

Yes

Yes only because I sell the unreliable ones after permitting break-in time.

Doc2005

 

[CornCod]

My Hi-Power has a stovepipe about every 5,000 rounds. This is not 100%. Should I ditch it?

 

[MS .45]

The only problem I have had is feeding SWC thru my Springfield 1911. It does not like them.

 

[benelli12]

strikefire,
that ruger is pretty cool....

 

[CZ52GUY]

I voted No

There are those guns which have HAD a failure in action and those that will someday (assuming you continue to shoot them). None are 100%. Some have a lower failure rate than others, obviously...the lower the better.

That is why we learn to practice clearing malf's. They're going to happen. The most impressive shooting display I've seen in person is somebody who had a malf' in his Glock while engaging a disappearing moving target traveling down a ramp at a pretty good clip...he cleared the malf' and put 4 in down zero that you could cover with your palm...his splits were somewhere between .15-.20.

Ammo' is a common culprit, worn parts can induce issues also. All my guns are set up to be and maintained in a manner to be as reliable as possible, I load most of my own ammo', and even as careful as I am, sometimes a round will induce a malf'.

So...if you're weapon is 100% now, be prepared for the day when Murphy knocks on your door...he's coming eventually, the only way to keep a perfect record for any given firearm is to retire it...it's the way of things.

Safe shooting,

CZ52'

 

[gbelleh]

I have many different guns for many different purposes. I have several that I trust for defensive purposes, but others are seldom or never fired. Others are only fired at the range and may or may not be 100% reliable. All my guns get thorough cleanings after each range session. I can't stand to leave a gun dirty.