Got 2 pistols over 10,000 rounds fired today.

[Peter M. Eick]

Ok, it was staged and a long day at the range but I did it. I have to say I am tired too! I knew how many rounds per gun I had to fire and just kept banging away until the bag was empty.

My 229 Sport in 357 Sig needed 800 rounds fired to get it over 10,000 rounds fired in its lifetime. I made it but those last 50 were not that accurate! It gets bloody hot shooting that many rounds at one session. I bought the gun new in 2000 and so I only shoot it about 1000 rounds per year. It is a lot of fun and I should really shoot it more! It definitely has a bark at the range with full power loads. As of today it has been fired 10,055 times.



My other one is my 87t. This is a little 22 Beretta I enjoy because it makes me focus again when I start to develop bad habits on the centerfires. I switch back and forth between it when I am shooting. The Beretta was bought new in 2005, so it is only 6 years old and I am shooting a bit under 4 bricks through it per year. That seems about right since it is a lot of fun to shoot. I wish the trigger did not have the over travel issue but I am "sort of" used to it. As of today it has been fired 10,050 times.




I have a bunch of guns that are close to 10,000. My P9Ultra is at 8,955, the K22 is at 9,823 and the DW 722 is at 9,883. The only guns I have that are significantly past 10,000 are my Winchester 190 at 11,000 and my Colt Diamondback at 46,720 rounds. It is anomalous because it was my only centerfire for a few decades so it took all of the shooting.

 

[1KPerDay]

Cool. Kinda makes me wish I'd have paid attention to round counts over the years in my pistols.

 

[ForumSurfer]

Cool. Kinda makes me wish I'd have paid attention to round counts over the years in my pistols.

I lose track, too. I keep track of the rounds, but only 2000 or so at the time so I know when to change recoil springs and/or magazine springs if needed.

This is a little 22 Beretta I enjoy because it makes me focus again when I start to develop bad habits on the centerfires. I switch back and forth between it when I am shooting. The Beretta was bought new in 2005, so it is only 6 years old and I am shooting a bit under 4 bricks through it per year. That seems about right since it is a lot of fun to shoot.

I let my kids buy ammo and shoot it out if they want to. It isn't unusual for them to run through 2 bricks in a weekend, or more when the weather is pleasant. Of course it helps to have a place to shoot and lots of reactive targets as well as paper target holders. Let them borrow it and you can give a 20,000 round update within a couple of months. Not that I am any better, I've been known to take about 500-1000 rounds out and just plink away on steel resetting swingers to relieve stress. Sometimes you just have a rough day and it is nice not to replace paper, just keep moving the swingers out for more of a challenge. Sit, reload, tink, tink, tink, tink, tink, tink...etc, wash, rinse and repeat. That is a nice handgun, though! I've wanted one of those 22's for myself for quite some time.

 

[MikePaiN]

Someone do the math!! rounds = $

 

[hAkron]

10,000 357 Sig, factory ammo ~ $5,000.00
10,000 .22 factory ammo ~ $11.00

 

[wally]

10,000 .22 factory ammo ~ $11.00

I wish!

 

[Jim K]

Mr. Eick,

Was all that trouble free or did you have any failures? Did you or will you replace any springs or do any springs show evidence of being weakened?

I have a Norinco 1911 I put 8k through with no failures of any kind and no springs or other parts replaced. I can't tell that any of the springs are weaker or need replaced.

Jim

 

[medalguy]

hAkron, where do you buy your .22 ammo ??

 

[Hangingrock]

To tell you honest I’d rather not shoot 800 rounds in one day. It would not be the shooting thou I have reservations but the loading of the magazines. As far as the duration is concerned what is to be learned after shooting X-number of rounds unless you are extremely disciplined say as a professional shooter, military, hostage rescue, and etcetera. Your weapon, ammunition, and time so therefore your pleasure.

 

[1KPerDay]

10,000 357 Sig, factory ammo ~ $5,000.00
10,000 .22 factory ammo ~ $11.00

Looks like someone else failed math besides me.

 

[Peter M. Eick]

I replaced the spring back around round 6239. I replaced the comp screw this time as the head was getting a bit chewed so at 10,050. I will order a wolff spring and replace it next time.

Looking over my notes, I had some overcrimped rounds that would not chamber early one. That was a reloading issue. I don't have any notes of failures to feed and fire. It is an exceptionally reliable gun. I was thinking I should buy another just to park and save as it does work so well.

The 87t is stock. I never did anything to it but shoot it. It just "works". I really need to get the over-travel after the trigger break fixed.

You guys got me thinking. I figure I spend about $11/500 for 22 ammo in bulk. So $22/1000 or $220 for 10,000 rounds. Still cheaper then the gun.

On the sig it is all reloads. I shoot a lot of remington 115 grn JHPs. 2000 are currently 202$ at midway. So $1000 for 10,000 bullets. I shoot 13.6 grns of AA9 per shot so 514 shots per pound or about 2 lbs per 1000 shots or 20 lbs for 10,000 shots. Figure $19/lbs so $400 worth of powder. Primers are $16.84 per thousand so figure $170 for 10,000 primers. If I do the math right, we are looking at $1,570 for $10,000 shots. I spent about $25 for the brass if I remember right. I fellow sig shooter sold me all that could be crammed in a box for the cost of shipping. I am still shooting that brass so lets figure $1,600 for the ammo.

So I spent a bit more on ammo then I did for the gun.

To those that thought it would have costs $5000 for ammo. You need to check out reloading. It is a cheap great hobby. I have been doing now over 30 years.


Last comment. I have 10 mags for the sig and 8 for the 87t. Lots of mags makes the shooting more efficient. I tend to shoot during the shooting sessions and reload during cease fires so I have little "dead" time at the range.

 

[1KPerDay]

Don't mean to get you off subject but is reloading for the .357 SIG any different than reloading for straight-walled cartridges? Headspaces on the shoulder, right? do they stretch? Do you have to trim?