Which replacement parts do you keep on hand?

[Glockedout17]

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!! Ok now that I got that out of the way, let me start by saying. I have quite a few semi auto pistols, I always read about people having some kind of part failure. I remember reading about one guy keeping an extra barrel for every gun he owns. Me being anal about my guns, I always keep replacement parts on hand just in case. I usually get a replacement recoil spring or assembly and mag spring or extra mags for every gun I own. I was just wondering if anyone else does this and what kind of parts do you keep on hand? Barrels, slide, sights, etc.? Just wanted to see if there were others out there. Thanks guys

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

For me it depends greatly on the gun. I generally break things down this way:

What'll I lose? - Shop shrapnel - detents, small springs and the like in firearms like ARs.

What''ll possibly break? - Ortgies firing pins, 1858 Remington springs, etc...

What'll likely wear to non/poor operation? - Operating springs, extractors, firing pins, mag springs.

 

[leadchucker]

I have an old Star PD. It's a fine shooter, but it has this freakin' little poly buffer on the recoil spring. The buffer usually disintegrates after about five hundred rounds.

The last time I found a source for those buffers, and I ordered a half dozen. They were cheap enough. Keeps the old thing alive.

I suppose that I'll eventually have to replace a recoil spring or two in some of my semi pistols, and when I order them, I'll order an extra one if they aren't too expensive.

 

[HDCamel]

Autoloader-wise I have a couple pf extra slide stops for my 1911 as it's my HD/EDC gun and that's the part I hear breaks most frequently. The springs have several thousand rounds of service life left in them.

Revolver-wise I have a complete frame (minus cylinder) of a Dan Wesson 15-2 that I bought for spare parts since they're awfully hard to come by.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Hi-Power firing pin retaining plate. Only thing I've ever had break on one in over 100,000 rounds on two guns. knock on wood

 

[bannockburn]

Mostly I have extra recoil springs, firing pin springs, firing pins, slide stops, and grip screws.

 

[ku4hx]

Pretty much one each, for every gun, of all the small parts that get a lot of use or tend to fly off into Neverland: springs of all kinds, guide rods and recoil springs both free and captured, screws galore, connectors, slide stops and etc. Been doing that for decades. My son thought it was foolish until a broken trigger spring took his G22 out of service.

I guess several Lone Wolf barrels qualify as Glock spares.

 

[otasan56]

i have the original connector laying around for my G17.

 

[Glockedout17]

All very good points, good to see I'm not the only one. Do you guys use aftermarket parts or do you get them from the manufacture?

 

[Onward Allusion]

I just buy a few rougher looking identical make/models for spare parts. I am a firm believe in the 2 is one theory. However, I do keep a bunch of recoil springs, mags, firing pins, mag catches (for KT's), hammer springs, & sights on hand for most of my guns.

 

[TimboKhan]

I have enough guns that I don't really worry if one goes down. I just order the appropriate part or parts as I need them. If I didn't have that great luxury, I would keep an assortment of springs and pins on hand.

I do have a nice assortment of the appropriate tools, though. And, I do have a small bunch of spare parts that cover a wide spectrum of guns from previous projects.

 

[joecil]

For me it depends on the gun I have. So my 45 Colt replicas all by Uberti I keep a couple of springs those know to fail occasionally. My PT 92 I keep a set of springs and a locking block on hand. PT 111 pro extra recoil spring assembly. My Rossi 92 45 colt rifle a set of extra Gunslinger Springs. I keep extra magazines for all my bottom feeders but other than that just a few screws and pins so really not a great deal of parts.

 

[Glockedout17]

I have enough guns that I don't really worry if one goes down. I just order the appropriate part or parts as I need them. If I didn't have that great luxury, I would keep an assortment of springs and pins on hand.

I do have a nice assortment of the appropriate tools, though. And, I do have a small bunch of spare parts that cover a wide spectrum of guns from previous projects.

That is a great luxury sir. It is also a better solution to the problem of always having parts laying around. It is always wiser to keep more of the same tools just in case the other fails.