How much patience w/ a new gun?

[motorheadjohn]

Seems odd to me you had several hundred rounds without problems first.

I bought a used SiG P239 that was supposed to be problem free but consistently failed to feed. Anything mechanical can have problems. I fixed mine. It is now 600+ rounds trouble free, better than ever before, and I would absolutely depend on it for my life. Be patient and you will figure it out, or send it back to the manufacturer with a detailed explanation of the problem.

If you bought a brand new car and it had a couple problems early on, would you trade it back in? Probably not, too much of a depreciation hit...even though you depend on it for safety every time you drive it. You would get your dealer to fix it, then you would probably trust it after a few hundred miles without problems.

I agree there are some lemons and sometimes you have to cut your losses, but initial problems are not a deal breaker.

 

[Ala Dan]

With All Due Respect

Funny thing is, I own 2x Springfield WW-II G.I. replica's and a MIL SPEC
that all run (with all major brands of ammo) without any tweaking. If these
"bottom dollar firearms" are so bad (as some say?), why in the world have
I not had any problems out of mine~? Keep in mind, we are talk'in 'bout
"bone stock weapons" here.

 

[the pistolero]

If these
"bottom dollar firearms" are so bad (as some say?), why in the world have
I not had any problems out of mine~?

Well, Ala Dan, I'd say it's because some of the bashers of the inexpensive gun don't know what they're talking about, but I'm just blunt that way. Both of my big, clunky Ruger P-guns have run fine out of the box, with the lone jam being in the P89 because the bullet wasn't all the way back in the mag. My Parkerized Springer GI had extraction issues, but a trip back to the factory took care of that and she's run fine since; my not-so-bottom-dollar Springer Loaded has been 100% out of the box, as has my Kimber Stainless Target II.

 

[10-Ring]

Dan - I am a fan of 1911's and I've shot some high dollar custom guns that were just plain sweet. I've had a SA Mil Spec, a Colt 1991 that were both bone stock & both were 100% reliable.
Honestly, I've never had any reliability issues w/ a 1911 until now and I'm not ready to give up on them....this is just more frustration than anything else.

 

[Parker Dean]

I'm pretty forgiving, I suppose.

If the gun is all that I wanted, but has reliability issues, I'll work with it until it is fixed or I find out it has some problem that is not recoverable short of replacement.

See, I don't believe that there is any guarantee that another gun will be any more reliable than the one you already have.

 

[stormyone]

I give a new gun a few hundred rounds to work out any "issues" it may have. This is its break-in period. If it passes trouble free I'll start to consider it worthy for carry. A couple hundred more rounds without any problems - then my trust in the gun as a carry weapon is there. I expect nothing less than 100 % reliability in my carry guns.

 

[Ala Dan]

Att: 10-Ring My Friend-

No harm, no foul; and No PUN intended. I know exactly where you were
coming from, and I respect that. I just wanted our viewer's too know
that all 1911's are not pieces of crap, as some would have them believe.
True, Springfield Armory 1911's are not held to spec like the old combat
pistols of days gone by; but most of the time they work, without spending
hundreds of dollars tweaking them. Heck, if I'm going to spend a bundle
of money on a 1911, I'm going too buy a semi custom production or a
full blown custom model to began with~!

 

[TheSunDanceKid]

ah definatly a good thing to check would be the mag my .22 rifle did the same thing jame every few rounds got a new clip its never happend again
spring gets warn and doesnt want to push the bullets up after a few shots and wont let the bullets come up as quick so it jams

 

[TimboKhan]

I personally am not tolerant of any problems in a new gun except for bad mags. Experience has taught me that a bad mag can make an otherwise great gun come off as being a very bad gun, but if I have further problems after that, it's a no-go. One never knows whats going to happen, and having a gun suffer "break-in" issues when I need it just doesn't fly with me.

For used guns, I am slightly more tolerant, but not much. With revolvers, there are no exceptions. It's a simple concept, and if it doesn't work right out of the box perfect, then I don't want it.