How many of you own ONLY 100% reliable semi-autos?

[LiveLife]

This thread is why I NEVER buy a used gun, or used ANYTHING that my life depends on. People typically only sell problem guns (cars, too!).

Words of a wise man. Who knows how many rounds of over-max reloads were shot out of them?

All of my guns were purchased new, except for a pump shotgun but I knew the owner/shotgun's history (only factory rounds were fired in the shotgun since new and no reloads).

I would consider buying a used gun if I knew the owner/history of the gun from purchase and had a chance to inspect it closely and shoot it. It would be a designated "range gun" until I was comfortable with its reliability.

 

[mljdeckard]

I'm re-reading what I wrote, and I'll retract it a little. Saying that the vast majority of used guns were used very little is probably optimistic, but I will say that it is not at all difficult to find guns that were used very little.

 

[il_10]

Nope. I built my own 1911, so there was a bit of trial and error in getting it to run reliably. It runs great now, feeds everything from FMJ to JHP to shotshells to empty cases.

My cz82, which I consider one of my more reliable autos, has had one stovepipe over around 3,000 rnds. At one point the disconnect was worn down and it was shooting auto-double-taps, which I promptly fixed before the ATF found out and arrested me for my unintentional illegal machine gun.

My beretta jetfire has had one malfunction, but that was due to rimlock in the magazine I loaded, so I can't really blame the gun for that.

My luger is not particularly reliable with hollow points. But that's to be expected, and I don't think I'll be giving up my luger because it's not a reliable defensive weapon

 

[dev_null]

I guessing at least half (a percent) of the people here believe a gun will never fail for all eternity.

Can't speak for anyone else, but I never said none of mine ever will... only that they haven't. The ones that don't function properly, I fix or get rid of. Not sure what's pie-in-the-sky about that.

 

[royal barnes]

None of my Colt 1911's have ever failed mechanically through thousands of rounds but I have had a a number of bad reloads and two brand name factory HP's with bad primers. If your defensive handgun fails you in a life or death situation does it make any difference to your stiff carcass if the gun failed.......... or the ammo? There is no such thing as 100% reliable.

 

[Super Senior]

The first thing to go in a Glock is the trigger spring. Learn to shoot the reset and you can still run the Glocks with a broken spring. The worst failure in a Glock is the slide lock flat spring. When it fails it is possible for the slide lock bar to exit the slide. When this happens the barrel and the slide fall off the gun (not good). This happened to my student, in my presence, while he training with my pistol.

 

[Viper]

Thirteen of my fourteen Semi's have never failed - that includes SIGs, HKs, Kahrs, S&Ws, and a Kimber, Springfield and STI. The fourteenth is being sent to Detonics Monday to correct an ejection issue. The pistol is a 31 year old MkVI in almost perfect condition except for the problem. I really like the gun and I hope they can fix it, because I want to keep it.

 

[Nushif]

I must love my ridiculous toys too much. the only gun I own that hasn't ever failed is my PT92.
My 1911 loves chocking on my subpar reloaded ammo. (Really ought to stop buying cast bullets. I can't seem to reload them for jack)
My Helwan is roughly machined and needs some nice and hot 9mm to overcome the machining marks, not that I shoo it entirely too often...
My PT911 I unlearned and tend to jam because I ride the safety on it, which it's not designed to do.
My Ruger Mk I ... Ammo problems, as is normal with .22s it seems.
My Kahr E9 ... Actually .... No problems yet!

So my main guns, meaning my 1911 and my Ruger are perfectly alright if they get fed even passable ammo, but no, I have managed jamming them as well. We do have to realize that the gun is only part of the platform. My guns are perfectly reliable, well, aside from my Helwan, but ultimately ammo is a part of the equation, too.

 

[Wags]

I'd like to think all my firearms are 100% reliable. 100% of the time they are. My pistols in question are Browning Hi-Powers. Thank you John Browning for such a reliable pistol. If they were not, could I do an immediate action fix and get back into the fight? Of course I could.

Never get too over confident with weapon reliablity. It's how quickly can you get back into the fight if you do have a failure to what ever arises. Over confidence will silence you for ever. This is not a fair game.....

 

[Bobson]

I can't see ever owning anything but 100% reliable firearms. Anything that does end up with light fp strikes, FTFs, FTEs, etc, will either be fixed to eliminate any issues, or sold, if the error can't be completely remedied.

Even if its just a range toy... not like its a good time trying to remedy errors between shots. More frustrating than anything else. I'm not interested in garbage, and imo, that's what anything with less than 100% performance is. There are enough quality products out there that I don't need to spend my time using anything subpar.

 

[JO JO]

SIG P229 R DAK .40
I would bet the farm on it

 

[Fishslayer]

 

[trinity]

My Star Firestar m43 works nice and reliable though, I know i will eventually have to replace the springs, and getting replacement mags can be a pain.

 

[JDGray]

I can honestly say my SA1911 Milspec, G19, G23, G21, KT P32, are the only ones that have not had 1 malfunction. I have others that had ammo related failures, early slide lock, no slide lock, mag related things, but that takes them off the list.

 

[smitty704]

My M&P 45c was purchased in mid-May 2011 and has almost 4000 rounds down the pipe with ZERO malfunctions of any kind.

My Glock 19 gen 4 was received in late Octber this year with right at 900 rounds with ZERO malfunctions of any kind.

My new Ruger LCP purchased in early December 2011. With 100 rounds with zero malfunctions of any kind.

Nothing but perfection from my work horses!!!!!

This is what I expect to be the norm with my guns. If there is any change in their reliability I will be forced into debating if it is a worthy defense weapon. I take great care of my guns, and maintain them as necessary, so I expect this 100% reliability to continue for the life of the guns.

 

[justice06rr]

I only rely on firearms that are reliable out of the box. If any of my firearms is unreliable, I do not keep them very long. I don't discriminate any brands like Taurus or Keltec until I have bad experience with them.

Many people like to badmouth such brands, but even Glocks and 1911's still malfuction from time to time.

 

[Usmcfox]

Glock 20sf 6k round 1 stove pipe 1 jam. Walther sp22 too many to count. Glock 30 numerous jams. Glock 19 4th gen 250 rounds no failures. Only guns i would say are 100% don't get talked about in this area single shots and bolt actions.

 

[1SOW]

Glock 20sf 6k round 1 stove pipe 1 jam. Walther sp22 too many to count. Glock 30 numerous jams. Glock 19 4th gen 250 rounds no failures. Only guns i would say are 100% don't get talked about in this area single shots and bolt actions.

Best answer so far.
"Some" revolvers may almost fall into the 100% reliable category too.
Remember the old single shot 22lr rifle you had to manually cock the rifle by pulling the round knob back? You couldn't shoot it fast enough to wear it out, but I tried.