CopperFouling
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The owner of a high-volume shooting range in Vegas has a few long and detailed posts on another forum about high round counts on various models of firearms that his range rents. From reading through the other threads, I've drawn several conclusions about the owner:
"I will have to more details as to what parts break in our Mossberg's and Remington's but it's fair to say that the 'low budget' model of each lasts about the same amount of time on the range. One doesn't outshine the other and they all last about the 2-4 weeks on average before suffering from parts failure that takes the weapon off the line." [emphasis added]
https://www.ar15.com/forums/armory/...ington--Benelli-and-Chinese-clones/1-474035/?
There are several points to mention here if you don't want to read the whole post.
To be clear, I don't think the owner of the range is exaggerating or lying, but his experience does not mesh with mine at all. Maybe it's because I don't shoot hundreds of rounds of buckshot with mine, nor do the people I know.
Here's my question: how many THR members have had a part break on an 870 or 500 from wear? I'm not talking about the time that it dropped on a concrete floor shortly before a truck rolled over it.
- He has extensive experience with the maintenance of many, many firearms over a long period of time
- He has his employees keep records of how often firearms have to be repaired
- He is honest about brands, no matter if they are expensive or not
"I will have to more details as to what parts break in our Mossberg's and Remington's but it's fair to say that the 'low budget' model of each lasts about the same amount of time on the range. One doesn't outshine the other and they all last about the 2-4 weeks on average before suffering from parts failure that takes the weapon off the line." [emphasis added]
https://www.ar15.com/forums/armory/...ington--Benelli-and-Chinese-clones/1-474035/?
There are several points to mention here if you don't want to read the whole post.
- His shotguns are fed a diet of buckshot
- His shotguns are rentals
- Although it's not clear from the OP, he later mentions that at least some of the shotguns are older ones with metal parts
To be clear, I don't think the owner of the range is exaggerating or lying, but his experience does not mesh with mine at all. Maybe it's because I don't shoot hundreds of rounds of buckshot with mine, nor do the people I know.
Here's my question: how many THR members have had a part break on an 870 or 500 from wear? I'm not talking about the time that it dropped on a concrete floor shortly before a truck rolled over it.