who doesn't count rounds?

[rondog]

Not me. Never have, never will. Don't care. I go shooting to have fun. I have no desire to get all scientific about it.

Me and the grandson will take out as many guns and as much ammo as we can get in the truck. We shoot paper targets, and soda cans/plastic jugs full of water. Typically have several .22's, five .45's, a 9mm carbine, a .40 carbine, and three .30 rifles. Sometimes other toys come along too.

We shoot 'til we're tired, or sunburned, or hungry, or out of ammo, or windburned, or it starts raining, or the sun goes down. Pick up the trash, pick up the brass, pack up the truck, and light a cigar for the ride home.

I'm not about to keep a logbook for every one of my guns, and record what she eats, when, and how much.

 

[forty5]

I have been shooting for almost 50 years. I gave up counting rounds about 30 years ago.

 

[shotgunjoel]

I do the same thing that you do. I keep my recipts as a record. That's about it.

 

[Redneck with a 40]

I have a rough estimate, 2000-2500 out of my XD-40/year, about 700/year out of my Remington 700 .308, the 22/45 see's a couple thousand/year and the SKS, around 750/year.

 

[Morgo]

No idea, I usually go off a rough estimate to the closest 1000rds.

 

[model of 1905]

Nope, I know how many rounds I shoot each range session with each gun but don't keep records. I do know however when to change springs but even that is by estimate not actual round count.

 

[BK]

I don't. I can venture a guess with each gun, but I really don't know exactly how many each has.

 

[KarenTOC]

I count. It started with my second range trip. Between the first and second trips, I joined this forum. I noticed that experienced shooters always seemed to know exactly how many rounds they had fired through their guns.

"Aha!," said I to me. "Experienced shooters keep track of their rounds fired. I shall follow their wise example. Perhaps one day I will come to understand this ritual and be a better shooter for it."

So now, after every range trip, I file my targets, record firing stats for each gun, clean 'em up and put 'em away. I even understand now why shooters count the number of rounds they fire:

"Just because."

 

[Morgo]

I've found the exact opposite with shooters.\

Its the still relatively new shooters who keep track or those that dont shoot a lot.

The experienced shooters are
1. Too busy shooting to keep track.
2. Have shot so many or shot for so long that they have no idea how many are fired.
3. Don't care as its not important to them and reliase that there is no point in doing so.

 

[BK]

I'll start tomorrow.

 

[toivo]

I'm like a few other people. I could tell you how many I just shot at my last trip to the range, but I don't keep a running total. Most of my handguns were bought used anyway--milsurps, police trade-ins, etc.-- so I have no idea what their round counts were when they came into my possession. I guess I'll just have to shoot them until something breaks.

 

[sublimaze41]

I never count rounds, except my Nagant rifle and pistol.
The round count is zero on both of them.

 

[chriske]

I don't count. Knowing myself, I wouldn't shoot more or less if I did. Ditto, I clean my guns after every range outing anyway (although not always immediately after) regardless .

 

[YZR]

I have absolutely no idea how many rounds are through any of my guns. as long as they go bang that's good enough for me.

 

[HarleyFixer]

Half of my guns are pre 1930's. Some have been in the family since the 1900's. Used to shoot 10.000 rounds a month when I was shooting match. How many ??? billions????

 

[DuncanSA]

I count rounds fired during IDPA shoots, but otherwise couldn't be bothered.

 

[john44402]

Never have and doubt it's gonna happen in the future.

 

[LibertyCalls]

I have friends that count fish too. How many they got a year. What kind. Locations. How big.

Too much work for something that's supposed to be fun!

I don't think I've ever counted a round, except for when I'm packing up at the range and I notice my bag is alot lighter! Then, I look in the trash can at the 3 bx's of 100 rds of .40 and go - wow. There's almost $100 shot into the wind! Then, I smile and go home happy.

 

[chieftain]

When you are using toys and are playing, counting rounds isn't important or necessary.

When it is a firearm you may need to depend on for you and or your loved ones safety, knowing you have good springs and all the parts are within spec are often more than nice and convenient to know.

Particularly if you chose the weapon you did for it's reliability. Now you don't know if the recoil spring will go limp at the moment of truth. It happens.

We have all seen and heard it. "I have thousands of rounds through that gun, and it never jamed before!" Question, when was the last time you changed the springs, recoil, mainspring or striker spring, magazine springs, sear spring etc............

But then some folks just don't care. It's America.

YMMV.

Simply amazing.

Go figure.

Fred

Stupid Should hurt

 

[toivo]

When it is a firearm you may need to depend on for you and or your loved ones safety, knowing you have good springs and all the parts are within spec are often more than nice and convenient to know.

That's what revolvers are for.

 

[chieftain]

That's what revolvers are for.

True for the most part. I did wear out the mainspring in my old Model 14 S&W I used to shoot Bullseye/2700 & PPC matches for about 17 years. But that was an extreme situation.

Light competition spring and a lot of usage. Very few revolvers get that many rounds through them. Also other parts of the revolver will wear out before the spring, usually (think pawl).

Actually the number of folks that can still deploy a revolver effectively is dropping rapidly. that includes many folks that already own them.

Go figure.

Fred

Stupid should hurt

 

[CoRoMo]

I don't even personally know a single soul who does this, but many people do.

 

[jglcolosprgs]

Oh... I do. I have a log book for almost every gun I own. The one I've had for 35 years only has a log book for 20 of the past years.

I record where / when I shot, number of rounds, conditions, results, who I was with. It's more like journaling than anything else. I think they will be a nice addition to each weapon when my son finally gets them...

I do it when I clean them up. It's the geek in me.... I also keep the logs of guns I've sold. I have a "short story" of my first deer hunt when I was 16 years old. That's kind of what got me started......

And as you can see, I do ramble on when I'm writing!