Is 3000 rds a LOT?

And the final 4.

Below is the top of the polymer dustcover where it rubs against the underside of the slide. There's a little additional visible wear in the second pic.

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Pictures of the barrel before and after from various angles. No additional visible wear that I could detect.
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Some aluminum framed pistols can start getting cracks between 20-30k... This is more likely if you do not replace the recoil spring regularly.

Modern poly guns regularly go 100k.


Either way, replacing springs regularly, especially the recoil spring, is important to keep things running well and the gun not beating itself to death. I think the average is about every 4000-5000rds.

But some have reported double or more round counts between recoil spring swaps, with no issues.
 
In a word: no. As others have noted, 3k is a pretty good place to start looking at regularly scheduled maintenance, but a "high quality" 9mm pistol should run many, many more rounds than that. I'm sure you could abuse one into failure before then, but it would take some effort.

I can't compete with the round counts that some other members have posted, but I'm somewhere around 2K on my G19 and I feel like I'm just getting to know her! Nonetheless, I have replacement springs on hand.
 
This week I started working on my CZ 75 BD, my first handgun. It has what I estimate to be near 2,000 rounds fired through it. I never detail stripped it. You'd be amazed where Carbon starts to build up on the internal recesses. The gun is just starting to wear nice and smooth with lots of smoothing left to go. I expect I've just started the successful life of the gun.
 
Targa said:
Im pushing 2000 rounds now. I really think that sticking with standard velocity at the manufacturers recommendation and replacing the springs on my 1000 round schedule will breath some extra life in it. I have to admit, it is kind of a fun game seeing how many rounds will go through it.
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That's cool, I hope you know I was just busting your chops a little. I have a couple lower end pistols including a P3AT that I carry sometimes and I just try to shoot them enough to know that they work and not a lot more. I have quite a few others that just beg to be shot so they get a lot of preference.
 
Lots of variables, but the expected service life of the alumium framed Beretta when it won the military contract called for about 35,000 rounds. That seems to be about what to expect from most aluminum framed pistols.

Steel framed handguns with 100,000 rounds through them isn't uncommon.

There are several Glock pistols with over 300,000 rounds documented through them. I don't doubt that several other plastic framed guns could reach that point too, but so far no one has done it and reported it. At least that I know of.

Any of these may have had small parts, magazines, or springs replaced, but the frame, slide and barrels were still functional
 
marine6680 said:
Some aluminum framed pistols can start getting cracks between 20-30k... This is more likely if you do not replace the recoil spring regularly.
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There is a cop that is a regular poster on M4Carbine.com that has a documented 325K rounds through a 229 in either .357 or 40 S&W, can't remember which. Almost every part, except the frame, has been replaced at least once. No reason to disagree with him so to me that is very impressive for a fragile aluminum frame to last so many rounds. Of course the frame doesn't see a whole lot of stress compared to the slide.

One of my favorite quotes was by Clint Smith I believe,
I hope when I die they open up my safe and say; Hey these guns are all worn out.
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:) I always kind of pick on people who ask questions about buying a pistol that will last the longest. If you like to shoot and have multiple pistols the chances of you wearing one out are slim to none.
 
I have to admit, I am curious how long my HP22a will last. I replace the spring in it every 1000 rounds because they are junk but cheap to replace. I hope it goes for a while because it is one of my more enjoyable range guns. But hey, if I can get 10,000 out of it I will be happy and just spend $120 and buy another one in a year..
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I put 3,500 through mine on the original spring before the slide broke. However, all rounds were HV and it calls for SV (shot what I could find). Phoenix replaced the slide without any questions and a week later, it was as good as new. They asked me to mail them the old one and they sent a new one in return mail along with 3 new springs.
 
I have over 3000 thru my el cheapo Citadel, just broke in, I also have a Beretta 92FS with more than 3000.
 
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