I always see classified ads with number of rounds fired listed, or recommendations to replace X part after Y rounds, but how many of you guys honestly know your round count? Do you carry notebooks with you to do the math?
For pistols for the first few hundred rounds I have a good idea +- 10%. Beyond that I don't bother. Any brand new gun I get I put a hundred rounds through it almost immediately to see if I like it, how reliable it is, etc. I set aside two boxes of factory ammo just for that, so if I say it's had a hundred rounds through it, I know for certain.
I usually know within 500 rounds if I want to keep a pistol or not. Often I am selling because I just never warmed up to a gun, not because it wasn't reliable. If I have a pistol that's not a collection piece (my 10mm collection) and it's sat in the safe for a year or so without me shooting it much then it has to go to free up funds for guns I like better.
Rifles are a different story. Unless it's a .22lr, I usually know pretty exact round count for any bolt action rifle as I only own precision rifles. ARs I don't bother because everything is so replaceable that I didn't know they could wear out (this has been a great axe, I've replaced the handle 5 times and the head twice, I love this axe...). Of course, I've also never sold an AR since they just keep turning into more ARs.
I can shoot a light bullet on a max charge of ball powder and get top strap flame cut rather quickly on a Smith .44 mag. Matk appears but it only goes so far and then stops. People who don't know what is going on assume excessive shooting, lots of wear (overall)..........even when the forcing cone looks fine.
Could use a different propellant or run heavier bullets and shoot a lot more rounds, with way less evidence.
I could also shoot 300 grainers at max and stress the trigger pivot (or break it) possibly within a cylinder or two (non endurance package models).
Round count by itself doesn't mean crap.
It has to be the number AND type.
Remember when LBT was the "in thing"? Seen guys wipe out barrels with a handful of shots. Yeah, round count LOL.
I always see classified ads with number of rounds fired listed, or recommendations to replace X part after Y rounds, but how many of you guys honestly know your round count? Do you carry notebooks with you to do the math?
I don't know the count in any of my firearms. I just shoot, clean, enjoy and repeat. Am I missing the big picture here?
What's LBT? I'm a relative gun "noob". Only been feeding the addiction for the past 2 or 3 years.
Edit- 3 years according to my join date.