Longest you have owned a single pistol?

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Pilate

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What is the longest you have owned a single pistol that you bought new yourself? Have you had to do anything to it to keep it functioning properly? How has the finish held up? Can you estimate the number of rounds through it? My numbers are rather low, so I won't waste your time, but I'm curious what your personal experiences are, and what has held up.
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Pilate:
What is the longest you have owned a single pistol that you bought new yourself? [/quote]


I owned a Dan Wesson .357 Magnum from 1973 to 1988. Nice gun, but I can't say I really miss it.
Have a Glock 17 I bought when I sold the Dan Wesson. Reckon I'll never sell this one.
 
Ruger Mark I Target Bull barrel. Bought new in 1967, still have it. The finish has definately seen better days and sometime in the 80s the original (pre-liability) trigger wore enough to allow doubling. Sent it back to Ruger and got a much heavier (about 4.5 pounds) back. But it is still working after probably 100,000 rounds or more. Still shoot it regularly.

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The oldest handgun I have that I bought new is a Smith & Wesson Model 25-5, which I bought very soon after they came out (about 1977 or so if I remember correctly). It now has Pachmayr grips, but is otherwise unchanged from the day I bought it. It's had more thousands of rounds through it than I can count. The blued finish still looks fine, and it has never had a mechanical problem of any kind.

[This message has been edited by David Roberson (edited June 05, 2000).]
 
Not very long. I bought my Phoenix Arms
HP-22 in 1995. Can't count the rounds. Thousands. My first gun. They had to do a little work on it at the factory, but all is well. I carried it for about a year,till I got a .380 S&W Sigma. The finish held up great except a little flaking at the muzzle.. I carried it in an Uncle Mike's nylon holster. All I did was grease the hammer/slide interface, and oil the rest.
Great gun for the money.

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The longest I've ever owned a single pistol is about 5 years - I recycle! I buy 'em or build 'em, use 'em and sell 'em.

I have no idea how many different ones I've owned (a metric buttload) but the one with the most longevity is a S&W 629 Classic in 6". I actually sold it once and it stayed gone about a year but when S&W sold out, I bought it back.

The second place winner is a Wilson 1996A2 - one of the first blue ones. It has about 4500 rounds thru it so far and some of the blueing is starting to show character.

Mikey
 
Ruger Bearcat since '63, bought new. Ithaca 1911 since '64, bought used, shot out one barrel and ruined the slide after 300,000 rounds.

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Browning Buck Mark, since the summer of '88. Not many rounds thru it, for a .22 - maybe 3000.
 
Hum... Longest I've owned a single handgun has been since 1982 or 1983. It was a Radom Vis-35. Finish wasn't much to talk about. Paid $125 for it, and have shot the living hell out of it. In fact I was shooting it this past weekend.

The first NEW gun I ever bought was, believe it or not, just about 2 years ago, a Kahr K9 (the first NEW gun in something like 52 guns!)

Sad to say that the parkerizing on this little critter doesn't do squat to keep it from rusting. I'm going to be sending it away to have it tefloned, I think.

[This message has been edited by Mike Irwin (edited June 05, 2000).]
 
Glock 17, owned since 1988, bought it new for $385, have well over 50,000 rounds through it. Never a failure, never a part breakage or replacement, it is totally stock. Shoots great! Finish is just worn a little on the corners. Glocks only shoot better with age.
 
My father gave me a Colt Agent in 1979. It is in excellent shape. Also, I have a Belgium made Browing Sweet 16 that I received in 1980. Hard to believe I have had them so long.
 
Longest new gun would be a S&W model 19 that I bought new about 25 years ago.Been carried a lot so finish is worn but I have shot about 40,000 rds with no problems at all.

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Bought a 6" blue Colt Python in about 1976 for about $300 brand new. I have no idea how many thousands of round have gone through that gun. I was heavily into maximum velocity experimentation back then so the old girl saw some pretty hefty pressure levels. The finish is showing a little holster wear, but is still probably 90% or better. I got bit by the action pistol bug several years ago and had a local smith do an action job and install a red dot sight. It hardly needed any action work, but when you decide to throw cash at someone it's hard to stop. Don't shoot it as much as I used to, got wrapped up in IPSC and IDPA when they came along. Now that I think about it, I think I'll take it to the range this weekend.


"Whatever it was, it's dead now."
 
Bought new?? Colt S.A. .45, 5 1/2". Got lucky in a poker game one night in college and won some $$. Bought the gun new at a service station (owner had an FFL,) in Fayetteville, Ark. 1956. Still shoots 1 1/2" groups with my handloads. Nope, I don't want to sell it, either.
 
Well, I have to say about 8 hours and the finish has held up pretty good. Is there a reward for the longest and the shortest? It is a Taurus 92 stainless.

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lets see, i turned 21 last march, and received my birthday present from me in May, so that make it just over 1 year. I have put 1750 rounds thought it so far. and I just got another case.

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