Are All Your Weapons 100% Reliable?

[Working Man]

Yes and No....

But not because of beauty. If it is not made to shoot it is of no use to me.

My HKs, Rugers, and even my DE have never had an issue. But hell, I'm not even 100%.

Do I carry them... sure. Would I trust my life with them... sure. Do I have a plan B... d@mn right.

 

[StrikeEagle]

Speaking as someone who has managed to JAM a bolt-action rifle... anything can fail.

Even revolvers. Never had a single action Ruger wheel gun fail for any reason though.

I've had my Ruger New Model Single Six fail TWICE. Something in it broke and I was unable to cock the hammer. I drove it to the Ruger factory and they fixed it while I waited.

It broke AGAIN... less than a month later, the same way. I took it back, and they fixed it a second time. They reckoned that it was a bad lot of parts. Who knows? This was back when they first changed over to the New Model style.

By the way... I'm ASTOUNDED by all the folks who feel that all their guns are 100% reliable.

 

[P-Cat]

I have a Beretta 92FS and a Beretta Cougar both in 9mm. I have never had any kind of failure or malfunction.

 

[Mad Magyar]

"I have a Beretta 92FS and a Beretta Cougar both in 9mm. I have never had any kind of failure or malfunction."
P-Cat, give it some time and lots of firing....Check back in a few years....

 

[doncameron]

Of the 3 that I carry, ALL are great!
.38 S & W J frame.....Light, easy to conceal, accurate
.380 Llama.....older model (rebuilt by me) 8+1 about like the J frame
.45 EAA witness.....bigger, heavier,winter gun

 

[ZXD9]

With the 2 semi-autos, 1 revolver, 3 rifles I have now I would expect any of them to come through for me when I need it. These guns have anywhere from 196 rounds through the revolver to 10044 rounds through the XD9. I trust them all at this point.

 

[Cousin Mike]

Beretta Cougar 8000: 100% through about 2000 rounds. Sometimes carry gun, fiancee's side nightstand gun.

Sig P220: Somewhere between 7-8k rounds this year. 100% so far. Winter carry piece.

Sig Pro 2340: Around 2k rounds this year... 100% so far. All year carry piece.

Taurus 608: Around 1k rounds this year... 100% so far. Very seldom carried, range gun, HD gun.

Colt Official Police (1962): Needs a trip to the gunsmith.. Knocked off timing in under 500 rounds, having trigger issues. Bought it on impulse, looking to get rid of it (possibly).

Ruger MK II: It's a .22 rimfire... Need I say more? It works well enough, but you'll get a few failures from a 500 rd. box of ammo. Strictly a range plinker.

Auto Ordnance G.I. 1911: Surprisingly, it's about 99.95% reliable. Accurate as well. Blazer ammo w/aluminum case jammed it up pretty good when I first got it. Other than those two FTE's, no issues I can recall in over 2k rounds. Carry it on seldom occasion.

Considering all the important guns function at about 100% to date, I think I'm alright... My answer to the poll? No.

 

[ronto]

50+ year old Savage/Stevens 12ga. pump = 100%
Revolvers = 100%
22LR semi-auto pistol = Not even close to 100%

 

[kbheiner7]

To those that answered "Yes 100%" - you don't shoot enough.

 

[SoCalShooter]

Well going based on the thread then yes all my weapons are 100% reliable but I do expect a failure by any of them at some point.

 

[Redneck with a 40]

I'd say mine are 100% reliable, I definitely feel comfortable depending on them for personal protection. Springfield XD 40 = 1200 rds fired, ZERO malfunctions. Taurus Mil-Pro 40 = 1000 rounds fired, ZERO malfunctions. I do a simple bore and action cleaning after every range session. After about every 300 rounds, I field strip them and clean them completely. My guns have yet to let me down.

 

[starbuck]

I dont think any gun is 100% reliable.
Here's the luck I've had with the few that I've owned:
Taurus PT24/7 Pro 9mm 800 rounds, 10-15 jams
HK USP9 500 rounds 1 jam
Beretta 96 Inox - 750 rounds 0 malfunctions
Beretta 92FS Inox 1,500+ rounds 1 misfire ( i blame the primer and not the gun )
Beretta M9 - 700 rounds, 0 malfunctions

I've had pretty good luck with Beretta, and trust mine with my life.

 

[wuluf]

of the 6 handguns i own, 5 are completely reliable. My 1907 Savage pocket pistol in .380 jams all the time, but parts are expensive and hard to find! I still ejoy shooting it from time to time...

 

[Pro_Gun]

All of this

unreliable talk has me thinking I need to carry a BUG.

 

[brownie0486]

I voted no as well.

My g17 first gen has had 3 FTE's in 65,000+ rds through it. It will run well over 4K without need of cleaning and still perform at that. It's the training gun now for students who regularly put 1K a day for days through it without any issues.

My 3rd gen g17 runs as well, no Malfs in 5K+ since owning it.

My SA 1911 from 1982 will run 2K+ without malfs, and always has since I had Don Hamilton build it for reliability when new. I has 35k+ through it, maybe 50 Malfs since 82, usually through letting it get dirty enough to malf. It's never malf'ed when cleaned, lubed and greased for the street to well over 1K are through it.

My S+W 65 revo has been 100% reliable since 1980, but I expect that until a part breaks.

My HKP7m8's have been very reliable when I had them. So have the sig 226's and 228's. NOne of these have had any malf's while I owned them but they got cleaned regularly as they were street guns.

Brownie

 

[RLT]

NO!

I must have shot too much! Over the years I've had firing pins break, springs break and extractors break.

That's why I always tell people to be sure they have a option B planned. It can happen at any time and with no warning.

 

[gandog56]

but I think it was right here on this forum that I heard the saying "never let the sun set on a dirty gun,

Hard to do when it's winter and the range I frequent on Sundays closes at 4PM

 

[tango3065]

They are as of today since I trades my last ever Taurus in on a NIB S&W 642.

 

[starshooter231]

I voted yes and no

but, Yes my carry guns are 100% reliable. I don't have safe queens I have range guns.

Carry Guns:

Kel-Tec P11 over 1000rds no problems (Had since Oct.)
XD9 over 800rds no problems (Got on Nov. 25)


Range Guns:

Hi-Point C9 over 800rds w/10ftl
Hi-Point JCP over 900rds w/3ftl

 

[twinhairdryers]

I have to agree with the Glock 17 man

Here is my tally:

Glock 17 8500 rounds, 4 FTF's (due to ammo cases or light powder), so ZERO true

Glock 22 4400 rounds, 2 FTE's

EAA Witness Compact .45 (about 1 FTF every 300 rounds) 2500 rounds total

Taurus PT-145 (1 light strike every 20 rounds - twice back to the factory) NOW SOLD POS

Colt Series 80 Commanders 45 (7 FTF's - 9800 rounds) Not bad for a gun older than I am

S&W M4516 45ACP Stainless (10 FTF's 1600 rounds)

Polish P-64 LEO Issue (2 FTF's - 1800 rounds)

Jennings J-22 (1 FTF every 3 rounds avg)

Sterling S22 (1 FTF every 5 rounds avg)

Hi-Point C-9 (12 FTF's 900 rounds) Not bad for a 150 dollar POS

Sigarms Hammerli Trailside (2 FTE's 5000 rounds) no fair counting inferior ammo

Berretta Neos 22LR (0 failures 4400 rounds)

Phoenix Arms HP22 (4 light strikes 3900 rounds)

Kel-Tec P11 (2 FTF's 4900 rounds) not bad for a 200 gun - my carry now

Bushmaster Carbon15 M4 (12 FTFs 9200 rounds)

Kel-Tec P3-AT .380 (5 FTE's 2200 rounds)

Kel-Tec Sub-2000 Glock chambered (16 FTE's 1700 rounds) some russian steele ammo

EAA Saiga-12 - Russian AK 12 Gauge (7 FTE's with high brass slugs 24 FTE's with high brass shot shells - 3800 rounds)

Kel-Tec PLR-16 - (16 FTE's 2000 rounds)

 

[longeyes]

Of my semi-auto pistols two have never had a bobble of any kind: Glock 30, about 3,000 rounds fired; Glock 17 (first gen, factory refurb), about 1,000 rounds fired.

 

[wooderson]

I've only had one pistol with feeding issues, a PPK/S. Ended up selling it less for those issues than it simply wasn't much fun to shoot. Everything else has been flawless - anywhere from 100 rounds (new Buck Mark) on up to about 1500. Every time I read about someone with reliability issues I knock on wood and give money to the homeless, hopefully keeping my karma in balance.

If I ever want a James Bond gun again, I'm getting it in Airsoft.

 

[Stachie]

Not 100%

 

[mattw]

A one month thread dug up and no one complains because its a decent topic. I love THR.

Nothing man made is 100% reliable, stop lieing to yourselves!

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

Around these forums I see people refer lovingly to their “safe queens” or “range machines” and it makes me stop and wonder.

This is not necessarily because the firearm is unreliable. I have handguns that I call "working" guns, i.e., used for CCW/self-defense. (If I were a hunter I would add hunting weapons to this category.) I shoot them regularly, insist they be reliable, won't use or carry them if they aren't, and if they aren't I will repair or replace them. Then there are my "pretty" guns, i.e., collectible firearms, which are in good condition but which I don't shoot regularly. A couple of my "pretty" guns need repair, one of them fairly extensive. But I don't use these for self defense. I have still other defensive weapons that are reliable, but either don't fit the niche I envisioned for them or have been eclipsed by newer technology, so they get little use. All but my regularly used defensive weapons fit the definition of "safe queen."