How many rounds?

[Neptune]

A gun is just like any other tool in my opinion. More elegant, beautiful, and personal perhaps, but a tool nonetheless, and made to function as a tool. Value has no meaning to me beyond the initial purchase. After that, the tool is made to operate within it's design spec. Whatever it's worth down the road if never a concern for me, since I'll shoot anything, collector piece or not.

Yeah, I'm that guy who would take out the vintage Ferrari and drive the wheels off it, just the way Enzo would have wanted me to...



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[Press Check]

Yeah, I'm that guy who would take out the vintage Ferrari and drive the wheels off it, just the way Enzo would have wanted me to...



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Great analogy.

[Mr310]

It's all been said already, but just shoot it.

Not shooting your gun is like not having sex with your girlfriend so that the next guy can enjoy her more.

[tbc]

Yeah. But having sex with the girlfriend is free.

[CSACANNONEER]

one

and, that one round is fired at the factory!

Yeah. But having sex with the girlfriend is free.

Ahh, to be young and nieve again. Someday you'll realize just how much it really costs.

[pyromensch]

the more rounds that you supply "with" your gun, when you sell it, the better the price

[Mr310]

Yeah. But having sex with the girlfriend is free.

I'd much rather have a "date experience" than a date.

[Evil Quint]

Not shooting your gun is like not having sex with your girlfriend so that the next guy can enjoy her more.

Dude your cracking me up on that comment.

I can easily shoot 100 rounds through a gun at a range session and many times several hundred per visit.

The last two guns I bought I started tracking in a spreadsheet when I got back from the range. My Springfield XD9, release form jail in sept, has 450 rds. My Glock 21, released in Oct, has 454 rounds. I just picked up a GP100 that will likely go through about 100 this weekend. I am starting to wonder if its really worth the effort to log hours. Likely nobody other than family/friends will believe me if I ever sell them. Its cool personally knowing the number but I don't see much value in it. I guess it helps know when maintanence is coming up.

Do others actually keep a range log? I mean how do you really remember how many rounds you shot per visit over several years. This is why I always question round count since there is no way to go back a few years without logs.

[HPGunner]

Yeah. But having sex with the girlfriend is free.

Not really - the dinners, the movies, the gifts, etc. etc. adds up. I think buying ammo in bulk or reloading is cheaper.

I typically run hundreds of rounds through a brand new gun or used gun I pick up, depends on the gun I may tinker with it and personalize it and run it some more to be sure I'm happy with it's function and reliability. Then it goes into the bullpen or if I really fall in love with it, it goes into my starting rotation and it gets some more action at the range until the next new thing comes along. I'd say round count is always a minimum of 200 rounds on most of my guns, unless it's a collector item that is unfired.

[bsg]

condition is paramount, and the rarer the gun... the more forgiveness is allowed regarding condition.

[Lead Waster]

It's about marketing. The gun is not used with 500 rounds down the pipe, it's "preseasoned". So it's broken in, so you don't have to!

[Lead Waster]

Dude your cracking me up on that comment.

I can easily shoot 100 rounds through a gun at a range session and many times several hundred per visit.

The last two guns I bought I started tracking in a spreadsheet when I got back from the range. My Springfield XD9, release form jail in sept, has 450 rds. My Glock 21, released in Oct, has 454 rounds. I just picked up a GP100 that will likely go through about 100 this weekend. I am starting to wonder if its really worth the effort to log hours. Likely nobody other than family/friends will believe me if I ever sell them. Its cool personally knowing the number but I don't see much value in it. I guess it helps know when maintanence is coming up.

Do others actually keep a range log? I mean how do you really remember how many rounds you shot per visit over several years. This is why I always question round count since there is no way to go back a few years without logs.

I have 2 guns that are less than a year old, I've already lost track of the round count! Why log at all, it's really pointless. If you do want to track rounds, then count the number of boxes of ammo that you've used up, not every single round. If you don't reload, then you'll know how many boxes you've bought (maybe).

[shooterdude]

Value is based on perception and situation. What if the gun was a 1 year old CZ, had 20,000 rounds through it and was used to win trophy's in shooting competitions by a top competitor like Angus Hobdell?

If you wanted THAT gun because it has a track record of success in the hands of a champion the round count wouldn't be an issue, would it? You would want a gun with a proven track record that in your mind might better your chances of winning a trophy too.

Competition is a lot like like home defense; the gun has to be reliable and accurate to be considered appropriate for its mission.

Except that I imagine that professional, sponsored shooters are a lot like NASCAR drivers. Their equipment is expected to perform at a world-class level for a very short period of time, before being totally rebuilt or replaced. That gun would have definite value as a collectible, though.

And what makes you come to THAT conclusion? Guns are such simple little machines that even when "souped up" they still last a long time. This thread is feeding a confabulation.

Pistols last for hundreds of thousands of rounds with normal maintenance whether they are customized for competition or factory stock.

The only things in this world that truly have a limited lifespan are people...they will die whether they are perfectly healthy or seriously ill. Most all of the things that people make will outlast them by a large factor.

[Moto]

and, that one round is fired at the factory!



Ahh, to be young and nieve again. Someday you'll realize just how much it really costs.

Yes sir,

women are the most costly things in this world.

lol

[Moto]

My New one month old Glock has 550 rounds through it. I need to shoot more
to catch up to you guys, haha.