Has a gun that you've bought new ever broke?

[Jrob24]

The recent poll about jamming got me thinking. I bought a P99 new 3 years ago and roughly 10,000 rounds later the ejector broke. Reliability of a gun is important to me and I'm not sure how common this is with either the Walther brand or other popular brands. If a gun of yours that was bought new has broken in a way that rendered it inoperable please list the model and approximate number of rounds through it when it broke.

edit: please also name the component that broke

 

[SHOOT1SAM]

The extractor broke on my Kimber Ultra Elite with less than 300 rounds through it. It's been 100% ever since.

Sam

 

[searcher451]

Hate to say it, but it won't be a surprise to many. A NIB, direct from the factory, Beretta Tomcat .32 ACP crapped out after a mere 66 rounds, when the trigger gave up the ghost. Before that, it didn't manage to get through a single magazine without numerous FTE and FTFs.

 

[Hook686]

I have a Walther P-38 over 60 years old and the ejector has never broke. The magazine release broke after about 40 years though.

Why no, 'Never' choice ?

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

Before I got even 500 rounds through it, a SIG GSR 1911 broke an extractor (causing double feed stoppages) and shed firing pin safety parts on the range floor. After that happened they gave me a new one ... but then the thumb safety broke on the new gun.

I also had a Taurus PT945 about twelve years ago that went three rounds before it malfunctioned (double feed, again due to a broken extractor).

In the interest of completeness, I've had small parts break on other guns, but only after considerable shooting. If you've never broken anything on a gun you haven't shot it enough. But this is a much different situation than having a new gun break.

 

[lee n. field]

CZ-100. The trigger mechanism housing (plastic) broke. Later on, the firing pin block broke. The part that sticks down -- poof, gone. I don't know the total round count, but almost certainly upwards of 1K rounds.

AR-7, action springs got bolluxed up the first time I shot it, requiring new springs and spring guide.

 

[Babalouie]

Brand new STI Edge. Extractor broke on my final stage of the Florida State Championship a few years ago. Had less than 500 rounds through it. I was furious...1800 bucks and they can't put a decent extractor in it. I was shooting well for my class too. I still get mad thinking about it

 

[guntotinguy]

It just happened last week in fact..the wife was doing a local TV news shoot on a segment about women with CCW's and she took her Beretta Tomcat 3032 along with a few other handguns to show a difference of shooting at the range,firepower,etc.

During the shoot,being filmed (not live) for a later up and coming show,a piece of metal fell out from the side of the gun-slide.The frame broke...mind you this was her 'bug' and she had only put about 400 rounds through it before hand in the last 4 months...its already off to beretta for a new lower or new Tomcat.

 

[MCgunner]

Well, an RG was a true POS, but give me a break, I was a kid.

Had a Phoenix Arms HP22 crack a slide early on, couple of cartons of ammo into it. To Phoenix Arms' credit, they made it right. And, after all, it's a cheap little pot metal .22, but it shoots very well. They redesigned the slide, so I guess there was a design flaw with the first ones. They sent me a new slide and spare mag to go with it.

I busted a firing pin on a Rossi M971. Sent it off, came back., broke on the first range session. I had a smith fix it right. This was in Rossi's Interarms days.

Had a Smith and Wesson M10 of unknown, but fairly light round count split a forcing cone for unknown reasons. It had little if any wear, mostly shot wadcutters in the gun and that's what I was shooting when it split!:banghead: I bought a heavy barrel off an outfit advertising in Shotgun News and had a smith install it. I like it better now, actually, balances better and shoots just as straight as the old pencil barrel.

I had a Beretta Minx .22 short that never did work. Got rid of it at a gun show. Junk.

I've owned a lot of handguns and those are the only ones I can think of that have broken. Three of 'em are Taurus revolvers and one's a Kel Tec P11, much maligned on this and other boards, but have all been perfect through many thousands of rounds each. Two out of five of the ones I had problems with are considered "brand names" and "high quality". Go figure. I have to agree that the M10 is otherwise high quality, but I don't have much of a good opinion of the K frame's forcing cones. And, guess what, I had a RG26, little POS striker fired .25 auto I carried for years when carry was illegal. It wasn't very accurate, but it never malfunctioned. ROFL!

 

[doc2rn]

I had a Taurus 92 AFS fall apart in my hand as I put the very first mag through it. I bought a Taurus instant back up that was out of time before the first cylinder was shot. Lastly I had a Taurus Titanium .357 crack a cylinder before I shot my first 3 pads of bullets. I gave them more than one chance. What else can I say?

 

[Walkalong]

Nope. Maybe I have been lucky.

My EMP had a couple of issues that SA fixed, but it was not broken, nor has it broken since, albeit I have not shot it much.

 

[Furncliff]

RIA tactical .45 broke the slide stop at about 100 rounds.

 

[The Bushmaster]

I just got my Colt .45 ACP back from the gun smith after 18 years of
service. Wore out the grip safety...Well over 20,000 rounds down range...

 

[Confederate]

I had just bought a Virginian Dragoon .44 mag in stainless. On my first trip out to shoot it, I shot several rounds, then the hammer shattered like glass.

I had a number of AMT Lightning .22LR pistols that didn't work out of the box. The ones that worked seem to work just fine, but those that didn't were lemons. Same with the little Sterling .22/.25 pistols.

I've broken extractors before the 500 mark, as well. Not too often, but it has happened.

I've never broken a good brand-name gun. I've had bad guns that were bad out of the box, though, too many to recount.

 

[modifiedbrowning]

My FNP-9 developed a broken trigger pack from dry firing before I put a single round through the pistol.

 

[mgdavis]

My Beretta 9000s. The thumb safety mechanism broke internally before I ever got to put a single round through it.

 

[woolfam]

Bought a brand new Kimber Pro Carry. The hammer broke in half before I ever fired it. You could see that there was a crack about 2/3rds of the way through it.

I was glad it broke before I tried to shoot it. Kimber sent a new hammer and the smith where I bought it replaced it.

 

[tomh1426]

S&W sv9
Forget the problem but S&W took care of it

 

[Quiet]

Colt Mustang.

Won it in a raffel.

After firing 4 rounds, the hammer strut broke in half.

Sent it back to Colt, 1 month later got it back.

No malfunctions ever since getting it back from Colt.

 

[Shweboner]

Walther P22...

The biggest disappointment of my gun-collecting life.

 

[jocko]

for certain

Well one thing is for certain. some darn good guns here have broken down. Just goes to show that it can happen even to the best of them, hopefully happens less to the best of them but if it happens to you, it is not good... My 3 kt's all broke, many many times..

I will NOW give any good gun that first chance to go back to the factory after that it is gone. I marred my wife for better or for worse, not my guns. they will work or they are gone. Normally and I know most of you'se know that to, is that when one bitches about a certain gun. HE HAS OWNED IT AND HAD ISSUES. and that is understandable to.. the ol Ford vs, Chevy..

 

[PirateRadio]

The extractor on the 1911 Mil-Spec started acting goofy around round 200.

 

[Cougfan2]

Dan Wesson CBOB 1911. Locked up solid after 3 rounds. To their credit, DW replaced it and so far the new one is a solid shooter.

 

[tbreed725]

i baught a new auto ordanance 1911 some years back went straight to the range first shot the front sight flew off and never saw it again good thing i had eye protection on.

 

[Guitargod1985]

Kel-Tec P11. Less than 100 rounds the ejector broke off. Got it replaced and had problems with the extractor. Replaced it, and the ejector retaining pin came loose. I ended up selling it. It was my first gun but I'm glad I got rid of it.