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Mark King

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I broke another gun... Yes another gun..After receiving the pistol back from a pistolsmith for some action work, I was doing a bit of dry firing with my Browning BDM to check out the trigger pull and the danged firing pin broke. I will probably contact the smith who did the work and see what can be done.
But this got me to thinking.. I'd broken a few guns in the past two years..

Lesee, Kahr K9 broken slide stop, The K9 also had to make a trip back to the factory for replacement of a defective recoil spring and chamber reaming.

Glock 23 broken extractor, Glock 23 second broken extractor.

Kimber, broken barrel bushing.

With the Kahr and Glock only factory ammunition had been used. Probably half of the 2 to 3 thousand rounds run through the Kimber have been factory, the other half are my hand loads (4.6 grains of bullseye behind a 230 grain Oregon Trail bullet)

So who else has had my kind of luck?

Mark / Fl
 
Not in this lifetime..
Well it could be that up until 8 months ago I'd shoot at least 200 to 400 rounds a week.. Now that I've relocated, the closest range is 40 minutes from the house (rather than 5) My number of rounds downrange has diminished drastically.. Still, both the Kimber and The BDM were in the past 4 months. whine! Mark / FL
 
I don't mean to get on your case, but how do you break a barrel bushing? :confused:?
Extractors, firing pins and slide stops all just break from heavy use, but I've never heard of a barrel bushing breaking before.
 
If it wasn't for bad luck, you wouldn't have no luck at all.

Things have to improve. But, no, you can't borrow one of mine til yours is fixed. ;)

Ledbetter
 
I'm told that the Colt MarkIV 70 Series collet bushing is prone to breaking. I've heard gunsmiths talk about replacing the bushing because of the collet 'fingers' breaking--ties up the pistol.

Maybe George Stringer can reply.
 
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