Der Grosse
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This might be a dumb question, but I don't have much mechanical knowledge (I didn't take shop in high school and my father's idea of fixing something was to call a repair man). I have owned an H&K P7M8 for a year (and love it). I know from the H&K web site that their guns are purportedly engineered to exceed 20,000 rounds. But what does that mean? Will it stop working after 20,000 rounds? Will it need new parts at that point? And, if so, why doesn't my gun manual give me a maintenance schedule (other than when to clean it) like my car does?
I had been interested in acquiring a Beretta (Cougar or 9000s), but recent posts have mentioned aluminum frames which will fatigue over time, and that another Beretta product (the Tomcat) was only engineered for 2000 rounds! I don't expect that a gun will last forever, but I am not interested in spending $600-700 of my hard-earned money so that I will have to replace my gun after a couple of years (hell, my tennis rackets last longer than that). Should I only buy H&K's?
Please advise me of what kind of life expectancy I can reasonably expect from my H&K (I religiously field strip my H&K and clean the gas piston every 500 rounds). I practice (100 rounds per month) with American Eagle 115gr and keep it loaded with Federal 9BP 115 gr (I fire 17 rounds every 3 months to use up the two mags I keep loaded and the one bullet which is in the chamber). I would also be interested to know whether Berreta engineers its guns to meet H&K's performance levels. Thanks.
I had been interested in acquiring a Beretta (Cougar or 9000s), but recent posts have mentioned aluminum frames which will fatigue over time, and that another Beretta product (the Tomcat) was only engineered for 2000 rounds! I don't expect that a gun will last forever, but I am not interested in spending $600-700 of my hard-earned money so that I will have to replace my gun after a couple of years (hell, my tennis rackets last longer than that). Should I only buy H&K's?
Please advise me of what kind of life expectancy I can reasonably expect from my H&K (I religiously field strip my H&K and clean the gas piston every 500 rounds). I practice (100 rounds per month) with American Eagle 115gr and keep it loaded with Federal 9BP 115 gr (I fire 17 rounds every 3 months to use up the two mags I keep loaded and the one bullet which is in the chamber). I would also be interested to know whether Berreta engineers its guns to meet H&K's performance levels. Thanks.