Have you ever wore out a firearm?

[commonsense]

The closest I have come is the .22 I had as a child but it still has some life in it.

[jim]

I've certianly tried, but no I haven't.

jim

[shadowwalker]

My first 44 magnum was a ruger blackhawk. I bought it in the mid 1970's. I shot the gun so much I mean up to 1500 rounds a month! I was single with a good job. I shot it so much the cylinder would move enough to allow the bullet to slice off at the back of the barrel. It would splatter out between the cylinder and the barrel. And finally when I got tired of aligning the cylinder every time I shot so it wouldn't do this I sold it. My second one was a ruger bearcat. One of the origionals. It would shoot jackrabbits and cottontails out to 75 to 80 yards. If you could hold it steady. I shot it so much I wore out the lever that raised the cylinder to a live round when you cocked it, and the trigger got to be almost a hair trigger. It also leaded the barrel up so bad I had to have a gunsmith clear the lead out twice. I got it retired.

[HPshooter]

I have a gun magazine that documents an experiment in which 10,000 rounds were fired through one or more guns. The point of impact changed and the group opened up 1/2 at 200 yards.

But that was about "shooting out a barrel", not wearing out a gun.

[redneck514]

i had a old itaca 22 single shot when i was 10 i am now 25 and i actuall wore it out it will no longer shoot good past 25 yards it will not eject the shell or even fire the shell half the time when i got the rifle it was used frome the age of 10 to 16 i usually fired atleast 400 rounds a week frome it

[Pitdog]

I have never done it, and hope to not. However I have seen guns that were. Often times not so much worn out though, as TOO worn to fix, because to do so would cost WAY more than the gun is worth. I have seen a 552 Speedmaster that was worn all to pieces, and I have seen a 742 or 2 that were trashy, however they were built for 22 rounds and no more. I have also seen barrels that were shot out, and revolvers that were fired to beyond help.

[madmac]

I had a Thompson Contender in 30 herreit I shot it so much I had worn it out. Three years of shooting 200 rounds a week at silloutte shoots played its toll on that poor gun. It would get a little dirty and refuse to open. When I would get it to open and reload it, it wouldn't fire. The gunsmith said it was the first one of them he had seen that was completly worn out. Not even worth the rebuild. Man that was a sweet gun. I still miss shooting it.

[Drifty]

Nylon 66,

[huckelberry]

had an old mossberg 22 as a kid i shot so much it started ta shoot 3 shots every time i touched the trigger...sear was worn....is that worn out????huck

[Dslayer66]

Thought I wore out a Ruger 10/22 once. Wouldn't eject and or fire consistently. Brass brush down the barrel cured the former and Gun-Scrubber and a right good cleaning seems to have solved it. but now I brass-brush after every carton or so.

Also had a US revolver that the cylinder didn't line up very well. So unsafe that I used it for rebar in a corner post hole.

[GA1dad]

I wore one out to dinner last night,,, does that count????

Sorry,,,, I had to do it. :P

No I haven't,,,,,,, but I've sure screwed up a couple.