Highest round count in a single gun?

[sixgunner455]

Ruger MKII .22 pistol is the hands-down champion for rounds fired by us at my house. It was my first and only gun for a long time, and we fired multiple bricks through it every month for years. Cleaned it only when I felt like it or when it got too gummed up to work right. The only part I’ve had to replace was the RSA after it broke - and I only found out it broke when I took it apart to clean. Ruger mailed one to me for free.

Other guns eventually came along and spread the love around, but none of them reaches near what this one has been through.

Actual total round count? I had no idea people did that when I started. If I conservatively estimate a brick a month for ten years, that would be 60,000, but it’s more than that. Quite likely a lot more.

My Glock 44 only hopes to be as reliable, durable, and endure as long.

I have an old department S&W M&P .38 Special that was built in 1930 and retired from active use sometime in the 90s before being sold as surplus. Dad worked for that department, and that was about when they switched to the 5906. He told me there was no way to know what it was actually used for in all those decades, but that if it spent time as a range gun for quals or for internal training, it could have seen 1k/week during that time. Considering the wear on the exterior, the fact that it was a pool gun for a department, and just its actual age, it’s definitely been shot a lot. If I’m conservative in my estimation of what it could have done and say it saw 500/wk, that would be 26k/year. If it was a range gun the whole time (possible, but unlikely without several armorer rebuilds) and was pulled from active use in 1990, then it may have seen 1,560,000 rounds in its life as a department gun.

We have probably fired <1k through it since we bought it.

 

[wickedsprint]

I’m sure some of our academy Glock 17s were well into or past 100,000 rds.

Each academy class (new one every month) puts about ~3000rds through them. Adds up quickly.

Only issues seen were some spring related to trigger if I recall. Probably a common glock thing.

 

[American_Fusilier]

My Ruger SR 9 has over 3k rounds through it...

 

[Jack19]

There's a really interesting thread at ar15.com. In the Handguns / Handgun Discussions / High round count pistols (100,000+) observations.

It's at sticky at the top of the page.

I don't remember if posting a link to another board is frowned upon here.

 

[jstert]

5k + rounds in a ruger sr22 semiauto pistol.

 

[Pete D.]

My series 80 Gold Cup is approaching 100K rounds...may be past that in fact. All reloads.

 

[oldgold]

When I moved I threw away 30 primer box lids {1000} used to reload this pistol. Since I've put another 20,000 or so through it. Still shoots 1 1/2" groups at 25 yards. Old age and health retired me.

 

[Mikhail Weiss]

I have a Glock 19 with more than 30,000 rounds through it. I stopped counting at that point. I've shot it more since then...

 

[George P]

I have a Glock 19 with more than 30,000 rounds through it. I stopped counting at that point. I've shot it more since then...

How often do you change things like springs in your Glock?

 

[Mikhail Weiss]

Not often enough, probably. I changed some trigger parts once not because I had to but because I wanted to try a slightly lighter modification. Still have those parts in it. An extractor broke and I replaced it. I also replaced the recoil spring. Aside from that, everything else is factory original.

 

[gunnerh]

My 1st 1911 a WWII Remington from DCM in 1965 has had about 1200 rds each year since. One barrel and many recoil springs later it still shoots well. I love this old beater. I have no idea how many rds GI's put down range ,it was welled used when I got it. So think 66,000rds from me and the lord only knows many more.
,,,

 

[CraigC]

To my detriment, I'm probably spread a little too thin but I do have quite a few guns to spread it out with. I don't keep round counts but these are some exceptions. I figure I have about 30,000rds through this Single Six.



Around 20,000rds through the Ciener conversion on a Kimber frame I don't even own any more.



God only knows with this one. I've had it for nearly 30yrs and it's had several guises. Was originally a stainless laminate carbine. Then a bull barreled thumbhole sporter. Probably 50,000rds, spread out across four different barrels.

 

[AzShooter1]

This is the champion. 75,000 rounds and counting.


A close second is my S&W 929. Just over 65,000 rounds. It's been retired though.

As a competitive shooter I practice often and shot matches at least twice a week. Now I'm only shooting the .22s.

 

[GE-Mini-Gun]

Beretta 687 O/U...500,000+

 

[omega5]

I'm almost 72. When I was 15 I worked all summer picking strawberries, beans, cutting
and topping tobacco and bailing hay and bought a Remington Nylon 66. I have no idea
how many rounds that gun has had shot thru it but it has to be well over 100,000. It was
my only .22 until I bought a Ruger in the late 90's and I still shoot it today more than
any gun I own. Here in East TN, we ate more wild game than tame and that gun has a
lot of memories.
Dano
Just realized I was in the Handgun Forum. Sorry.

 

[Keyfer 55]

Keltec 22 magnum 30 round magazine