Your highest round count in a pistol?

[Double Naught Spy]

Last weekend, I cross the 60K mark in my Wilson CQB. Most of the ammo fired through it has been Blazer .45 acp. I have had 2 parts break. The first was the barrel bushing that cracked around 42K. The second was the ambi safety around 55K. I also replaced the barrel at 45K because the original barrel seem quite shy of most rifling with just little bits left near the muzzle end. I have replaced many recoil springs and a few firing pin springs.

 

[mfree]

I got about 800 into my CZ75B Compact before I realized the slide stop was bending, so I changed the recoil spring for a heavier one. Been cranking along ever since, I should be at 1500 or so now.

My Walther P22 is around 4000 but the little...gah, needed pampering all the way. If it didn't shoot so sweetly I'd chuck it I have it refined down now so the only problem is the safety retainer pin, if keeps working it's way out of the slide.

 

[Ankeny]

Good grief some of you guys shoot a lot. I am lucky to get 25k-30k down range in a whole year. Other than routine items like springs, I got about 30,000 through a Les Baer PII then a crack developed by the link. Got about 40K though an STI Open gun then it started barfing all over the place. Had it reworked and shot another 20K before replacing it with a new blaster.

 

[Mr. Chitlin]

I compete with a Glock 35 in Limited and L10. I got it not long after they came out. I have no idea how many rounds it has downrange, but I have never had a single problem with it. I shoot ~12 to 15K per year using a 165 gr Montana Gold bullet and 6.6 gr of Unique. I take it apart once or twice a year and clean it and inspect the parts.

 

[Dave T]

If you have anyone tell you that they have fired a similar number of rounds and never had a malfunction and never had parts wear out, RUN. Anything else they have to say isn't worth listening to.

Well I was going to answer the original question but since the above individual knows so much more than I do (I've only been shooting handguns for a little over 30 years) I won't bother anyone with my obviously untrue stories. Wouldn't want anyone to "RUN"!

 

[Highpower1]

I have just over 25k rounds out of my Glock 17

 

[krang]

Over 500rds through my Keltec P11. Had a couple of FTF's at the beginning but no problems since. No mechanical breakdowns at all.

 

[Tag]

I put 10,000 rounds (plus a peppering of defensive ammo) through a new glock 17 over the course of about two years. The glock never balked at anything.

 

[Brad Johnson]

Ruger 22/45 with over 25,000 rounds and zero failures or parts replacement of any kind.

Brad

 

[Kamicosmos]

I don't keep much track of round count, other than a rough estimate on reloading components.

I'd say I have well over 7K in my Beretta 96FS. It's had no problems. I have installed new springs for the heck of it though.

Probably around 5K or more in my Redhawk .44 Mag. New springs there too, again just cause I felt like it.

I've put 4 or 5K through My Mark II...runs like a champ. No replacement parts at all, unless you count the extended slide release I installed recently, again, just because. Used it in Pin Shooting competition for a few years, so it was used hard for awhile.

Only gun I had to actually replace parts on is my Grandfather's War Luger. But, heck...it's been through two World Wars...so replacing a few springs and the grips is a small price to pay to keep a piece of history running, wouldn't you say?

 

[Schuey2002]

It's clearly not anywhere near what most of the people above have put through their pistolas..

 

[Black Snowman]

I have to guestimate but I'd say 7000 or so rounds through my Glock 24P. Next closest would be my Buckmark 5.5 Target with at least 5000. Nothing else I have comes close.

Almost forgot: No malfs in the Glock not directly related to bad reloads.
The Buckmark can have feeding problems if the mags aren't properly loaded or if the gun and mags get too dirty.

 

[Mikul]

I have 40,000+ through an H&K USP9 Compact. The recoil spring assembly broke at 25K, but it didn't hinder operation and H&K replaced it with a new design that prevents the failure I had. The firing pin snapped in two around 30K and was replaced for free.

I have a CZ-75B with 30,000+ through it. The slide stop began failing at 18K, but I didn't realize what the problem was until 20K when it broke in half (the slide stop, not the gun).

 

[MCNETT]

Highest round count?
I have more than 85,000rds. through a Glock 20
45,000rds. through a Glock 29.
No problems, I change the spring every 5,000rds and keep them clean.
-Mike

 

[10-Ring]

My USP 45 (that I bought new) has had over 17k through it whereas my USP 9 (that I bought used) has seen 5k through my hands alone...don't know round count from previous owner.

 

[Maddock]

75K+ through a Colt Series 70. At about 35-40K I replaced the slide stop after the projection that contacts the follower broke off. The gun would still function, but it wouldn’t lock back on the last shot. At about 50K the extractor died (hook broke off). At 75K rounds and probably twice that number of dry fires, the hammer/sear/disconnector were worn to the point that the hammer started to follow. The top end still functioned but the exterior of the barrel and the locking lugs of the slide were right about at the end of their service life. I had it rebuilt with a new top end and internals, and it’s still running fine.

Aside from the parts breakage it ran about 99.98 – one malfunction every 5000 rounds, almost all my reloads.

 

[trapshooter]

10K plus through my S&W M15 duty gun. These days, with more weapons, I try to spread it around a little.

Oh, you did say pistol. I don't count anymore, if I ever really did. And I don't get to the range as often as I should, or want to. Thousands, though. Mainly .22LR, and .45ACP, leaning towards the .22, because of the expense and ease of replacement.

 

[goalie]

I put 2,100 rounds through my G17 in two days for a class with no malfunctions at all, and that was with Blazer ammo. It has around 20,000 rounds total through it. Other than chipping off the magazine release by using aftermarket metal magazines, something that a Glock armourer fixed in 2 minutes for free, no parts have broken. I have put in a 3.5 pound connector, a NY1 trigger spring, and I change the recoil spring every 5-6K.

Oh, and it has Heinie sights on it.

 

[Zackmeister]

It's clearly not anywhere near what most of the people above have put through their pistolas..

I'm with you Schuey. I don't think I have put more than 2,000 rounds through mine or my dad's either for that fact. I wish I had the chance to shoot more often.

 

[Bartholomew Roberts]

Browning Hi-Power 1995 MkIII - 22,635 rds.
http://www.ont.com/users/kolya/HiPo.htm

Add to that one broken slide stop around the 20k mark. Stoppages (mag/gun/lube related) - about 60-70 total.

Glock 26
6,000 rounds - 2 stoppages, both hard primers that fired with second try. No parts breakage.

 

[photo_guy]

Boy, I don't shoot anywhere near as much as some of you guys. I'm lucky if I put 4-5K through a variety of firearms each year. I also don't keep a running count - I tried to initially but didn't see any real value in it.

I have probably put 20K, or so, through my Colt 1911a1 S70 9mm over the years. No breakages that I can recall. I bought it used so I don't have a count for it prior to that. Only malfunctions have been minor (feedfails, now and again) and typically are traced to bad ammo(reloads) or mag problems.

I have put a similar number of rounds through my S&W M41 with similar performance.

 

[JCM298]

My 19 year old Sig 220 has more than 75,000 rounds through it. The majority were light reloads with 230 gr SWC Meister bullets. I've had to replace the recoil, trigger return, decocker, and mag springs.

It's still as accurate as the day it was issued to me. I carried it as a duty gun for five years, bought it when I retired, went back to work for the courts and carried it another four years.

I had Robar put NP3 on it in `90. Since I never liked the plastic grips, I put Sig wood grips on it. They got dinged up, so now it sports Hogue un-checkered wood grips. A magazine article said putting wood grips on a Sig is like putting chrome rims on a Hummer. The photo was almost an exact duplicte of mine: Gray/silver colored slide and black frame. I like how it looks.

Working at a range for two years helped build up the high round count since I was shooting five or six days a week.

John