Yes! If the frame is metal then 150 to 200 rounds should get everything sorted out for ya. However, if the frame is polymer — and, especially, if the frame is unreinforced molded polymer — then I will and I have run a minimum of 350 and up to a maximum of 1,000 fired rounds through the pistol BEFORE trusting it for potentially life-saving EDC use.
Unfortunately, and in spite of the fact that we all live in '
the Information Age', most gunmen are completely unaware of the fact that molded polymer gun frames — especially unreinforced polymer frames — come out of the mold with a built-in criterion to need to, 'RELAX'
* before being able to realize 100% of their design potential.
Translation? Don't trust your life or physical wellbeing to a brand new or only sparsely fired polymer frame pistol! (This is a principal reason '
Why' so many new owners complain about the performance of their brand new polymer frame pistols.) New polymer frames are too, '
stiff' and lack the necessary flexibility to operate smoothly until AFTER '
X amount' of fired rounds has been put through the gun.
* Note: See the April, 2016 issue of the NRA's premier magazine, ‘
Shooting Illustrated’. On page #10 there's an article titled, ‘
Plastic Fantastic’. Albeit, somewhat indirectly, it touches on the need for molded polymer firearm frames to be deliberately relaxed BEFORE peak performance can be attained.