Is 750 rounds a lot of use for a handgun?

[tubeshooter]

Heck, I think a lot of people call 750 "LNIB"...


I keed, I keed. Seriously though, be careful at those auction sites.

 

[JoeMal]

Definitely not if that number is true

 

[coolluke01]

I shot over a 1000 rounds through my glock before I even cleaned it for the first time. To be safe take his number and triple it. Still nothing at all. These guns will run for a very long time.

 

[Caliper_Mi]

At my sportsmans club, we have monthly steel target matches and bowling pin matches. The steel matches have 100 targets per run and 60 targets for pins. Since the shooting is for time, there are a fair number of misses as well, making for more rounds fired per run. Plenty of us shooting the same pistol for several runs of each per month, every month.

Yeah, 750 is just getting started.

 

[1SOW]

My 9mm CZ has over 50K rds and I shoot with it twice/week.
It must be getting broken in, because it shoots better now than when I bought it. Mine shows holster wear and a couple of user-inflicted scratches.

 

[Whiskey11]

@2WheelsGood

If that's a medium amount, the nearly 4k rounds I put through my Springfield XD45 Tactical in the first 3 months is probably considered abuse!!!

My M92A1 only has 700 rounds through it in 6 months (3 shooting sessions though)! Guess I'm hard on firearms. =)

 

[FIVETWOSEVEN]

750 rounds? LOL! That's barely anything. The pistol is fine, buy it if the price is good and be happy!

 

[mdThanatos]

If oiled and cleaned properly, 750 is nothing.

 

[shiftyer1]

I recently got a gun with a 200 round count, I don't consider it reliable till around 750 or so. If it isn't rusted up or been dragged behind a truck it's still new and maybe even with the box It sure was nice for him to break it in for you!!!!!

 

[SuperBoomTurbo]

Obviously the overwhelming consensus is 'good to go'. Just to add my own .02, I break a gun down at least to basic field strip whenever buying used. Even if you can't tell what's what, you'll see how often that gun has really been fired and how it was taken care of from your dear friends 'Abuse, Neglect, and Friction'.

Like my dad said about Honda's, 'A hundred grand on the clock is just broken in, provided it's not at the bottom of a cliff.'

 

[jgiehl]

750 IS NOTHING compared to how many rounds should be put through a gun if it's worn on your hip or sits on your night stand.

 

[rellascout]

I'm looking at purchasing a used handgun (Beretta PX4 Storm subcompact) that the current owner says he has run 750 rounds through. He claims that's "almost new" and "barely broken in". The gun does look nearly perfect, but I'm (obviously) no expert. Would that much use not cause any significant amount of wear on a mass market handgun, or is the owner blowing smoke?

As others have stated his assement is spot on. This gun is just getting started. A gun like a Px4 should have a live of well over 25,000 round IMHO.

The reality is that most people are never going to shoot their gun to the point of mechanical failure beyond parts like springs and mags.

 

[ATLDave]

How does anyone possibly keep an accurate round count.

One easy way is to have only one gun in a caliber, and only buy ammo for that caliber in large blocks - 500 or 1000 rounds, say. Then you just count the number of cans of ammo you've bought but no longer have. Unless the ammo gnomes have spirited some away in the night, it must have gone down the barrel!

 

[gamestalker]

Most of mine have thousands of rounds put through them. 750 rounds would be considered barely broke in for me.

 

[coolluke01]

Wheres the fun in only having one gun in that caliber.

 

[captain awesome]

I'm always a little leery when someone represents what the round count is on a gun. Are they the original owner? Do they have records? How does anyone possibly keep an accurate round count.

Its easy to keep track if you shoot 50 or 100 round boxes.

 

[nyresq]

750 rounds is a good afternoon at the range. I dont carry a pistol until I have 500 jam free rounds through it with my duty ammo.

we change recoil springs at 10,000 rounds in my agency and most guns get changed out for new issue at 50k.

so 750 is pretty damm new to most people.

 

[1SOW]

I'm always a little leery when someone represents what the round count is on a gun. Are they the original owner? Do they have records? How does anyone possibly keep an accurate round count.

Its easy to keep track if you shoot 50 or 100 round boxes.

It's also easier if you reload. The powder and bullets you buy are easily quantifiable as the large numbers on your credit card bill.

In my case, I have more than than one pistol, but my comp pistol gets continuous steady use. The others just get shot once in a while.

I know several shooters who shoot a 2000rds/mo or more with the same pistol.

 

[PabloJ]

The answer should be NO it is not always the case. Had FM High Power short slide that showed peening on inside of slide after 400 rounds. That particular gun was POS. I should mention a gun does not have to be expensive to hold up like a champ. Had Norinco 213 that after 1400 plus rounds showed almost no wear.