Trusting the untested gun

I would not trust a auto .Without trying the mags a few times .I have 10 MAGS for my mp 40c..My revolvers are a different story .
 
I've only ever needed to draw on another human once. I was carrying the first handgun I ever bought, a West German made Sig P220 loaded with 185 gr Co-Bor +P JHPs, which I had never fired. I didn't have to fire the gun that day, but I did get a chance to shoot it sometime later and discovered that it jammed every two to three rounds.

So, the moral of the story is, even if you're carrying an untested and unreliable POS, you probably won't even have to pull the trigger anyways... or... maybe it's that you should check your gun and ammunition combination for function... one or the other...
 
(MY revolvers are a different story . QUOTE )Meaning they are reliable with any ammo ,no feeding problems .stovepipes ,FTE .If you do your part in .
 
I have never shot my SA Rugers Montado because it will dirty up the pretty stainless steel revolver. It even has custom grips. I have 5 other SA revolvers so why? Will it work if I load it and pull the trigger. Oh Ya.
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Taking CC reliability out of the equation, I cant see buying a gun and not being super excited to shoot it the second i get home :D.
 
I have 5 other SA revolvers so why? Will it work if I load it and pull the trigger. Oh Ya.
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You sure about that? For all you know, the cylinder could be misaligned, the timing could be off, the mainspring might be weak, or there might be enough factory grease in the firing pin channel to prevent reliable ignition.

Ruger's reputation for reliability is well-deserved, but even they can make mistakes.
 
I've put three boxes of ammo through my LCP and I now feel pretty good about packing it along. People complain about this or that with that gun but it's all about practice, practice, practice. I now know the trigger and I know how to aim it at different distances. It's a gun I can now trust.
 
My rule, for whatever it's worth.
Auto: 500 rounds of carry ammo without any failures before I will even consider carrying the piece.
Revolver: 100 rounds of carry ammo. Same rule on failures.
 
I have never shot my SA Rugers Montado because it will dirty up the pretty stainless steel revolver. It even has custom grips.
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Ah, BBQ gun, I gotcha;) It's just against my nature to not fire any weapon that I own, main reason I don't bother with high value collectibles
 
The guns I carry were all tested before they were carried, and are regularly fired at the range. I also dry-fire at home several times a week.

When I first got my CHL, a woman was in the class, proudly showing off her new Smith .38 ... she said she had never fired it and didn't even know how to load it. She said she thought she'd get that info in the class.

Needless to say, she failed the range portion of the test. However, the instructor worked with her for a bit and gave her a second chance. She barely passed. I'm guessing she never went to the range after getting her plastic. Best case, she got bored carrying and the gun is safely stashed in a closet. Worst case, there's a woman wandering around with a loaded gun and a license to carry it who is a menace every time she steps outside the house.

I know there are many folks here who believe the 2A is all the license you need to carry. I respectfully disagree. I don't want people with no clue wandering around legally armed. There are enough people with guns who don't have the legal right to own/carry them. If I'd been the instructor above, I would have flunked her immediately and told her she could come back, for free, after learning to use the gun.
 
Maybe it's not enough but I'll put a few hundred rounds through a prospective carry gun before I'll call it reliable. Of that few hundred may 50 of those are fancy SD ammo. If its a revolver I'm comfortable shooting with less. However, my guns do get shot fairly often, around three times a month and between 500-1000 rounds spread out between for guns and only two of those are for carry. I'd love to shoot more but the only time it's worth my while is when I shoot on my in laws property. The indoor range I shoot at does not allow drawing or anything of the like.

Something that should also be factored into reliability is how well you can draw the gun. Your belt and holster are all part of the gun, making sure that works for you is just as important.
 
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I Don't agree...I haven never shot one of my SA Rugers. I would trust it 100%,
Sorry dudes.
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I have never shot my SA Rugers Montado because it will dirty up the pretty stainless steel revolver. It even has custom grips. I have 5 other SA revolvers so why? .
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I dont get it, Rugers arent really collectible and whats the point of owning them if you are just going to look at them, might as well just buy replicas for half the price. Not to mention you can clean your guns after you shoot them and make them look good as new, especially stainless. Do you not enjoy shooting guns?

Will it work if I load it and pull the trigger. Oh Ya
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Seeing as you never shot them then you cannot say that for sure. So its more like maybe.
 
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Not a handgun but my wife has a Mossberg Maverick 88 that she bought a few years before I met her for HD. Never test fired it.

I eventually took it to the range and it went 'click' instead of 'bang' 80% of the time due to a faulty trigger group (there is a thread about the problems in the Shotgun Forum).


Good thing she never needed to use it.
 
Funny how you put in quotes something I did not actually say. What I actually did say is "Rugers arent really collectible". Sure there are some rare sought after Ruger revolvers, but for the most part they wont dramatically increase in value over the years unless you have something very rare which you may very well have. So the thing I dont understand is why not shoot it, its not like your sitting on an original Colt SAA that you are afraid of part breakages which could be a pain to repair and find. In the next 50 years it may go up maybe $50 in price or could very well go down from the original price you paid who knows. Point is a common model revovler whether it be a Ruger or S&W is not going to be a highly sought after collectors item just because its a gun and it looks nice, might as well go shoot it because it wont be worth as much as you think down the road. Once again though, do you not like shooting? If you like your Ruger's so much I would think you would want to shoot them.

I have more guns than you can ever dream of owning.
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Sorry but I do not envy you. You may own more guns than me but I can guarantee I have alot more fun with mine.
 
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