yigal Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 how many rounds with major pf. can hold slide and barrel in 40 cal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igofast85 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 I think it is generally accepted that a 2011 upper could go anywhere from 50-150k rounds.Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheby Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 I broke a barrel on my TSO at around 30K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yigal Posted September 6, 2019 Author Share Posted September 6, 2019 11 minutes ago, cheby said: I broke a barrel on my TSO at around 30K expected service life for tso 40 barrel is 35k. that's o.k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avenida Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 seems like 50K would be an acceptable minimum and a NO PROBLEM for these guns. After that is luck, so I was told by the people from Bul factory. They had guns reaching 200K but they said, it is unpredictable, after 50K you are on your own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHA-LEE Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 The type of Bullets you use dramatically changes the potential service life of a barrels rifling. For example, Coated bullets produce very little friction on the rifling. Jacketed bullets produce much more friction. The worst friction bullets I have used were Montana Gold bullets with their brass jacket. I could shoot out the rifling within 30k using those bullets. I use coated Bullets now and have yet to wear out the rifling of a barrel with them. The mechanical lockup of the barrel or slide to frame fit usually wears out causing accuracy issues long before the rifling would wear out. How long the mechanical lockup lasts completely depends on who built the gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 I shot Ltd 40sw guns for several years. I think how long the barrel, slide & frame last depends on how you have the gun sprung. The lighter the recoil spring the more potential damage you can do to these parts. I always thought that a 12# recoil spring w/shok buff was the way to go. And for years it worked well. Never had a slide crack, but did have two Scheumann Hybrid barrels crack in the same place; one with 80K and the second with 15K. These were older (5-6 years ago) barrels and Scheumann would not stand behind them saying they were fit to tight (not Will Scheumann). Then on the second cracked barrel my STI frame cracked. However, STI replaced my frame. So if I had it to do over again, I would use a 13 or 14 pound recoil springs. I've heard of these parts in a standard build (bull or bushing barrel) last over 100,000 rds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yigal Posted September 10, 2019 Author Share Posted September 10, 2019 thank to all who answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shootit Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 My Glock 24 has seen literally thousands of rounds. No problems at all. I feed it a steady diet of hot 155 and 165 grain loads that average 1200 fps. No problems whatsoever. still a very accurate handgun. Glocks seem to be able to take extreme use. Also have a few G35’s but I changed to a single Gen 3 type recoil spring in my Gen 4”s. Hot 10mm ammo hasn’t seemed to hurt my G20 Gen3 either, though I have only about 700 rounds fired thru it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadBomber Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 I had my custom built limited gun rebarreled at approximately 80k rounds. I quit keeping track after it went over 125k. It now has in excess of 150k rounds through it. And yes, it is time for a new barrel. Started shooting this gun back in 1999, still runs like champ. Hope this gun lasts forever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yigal Posted September 10, 2019 Author Share Posted September 10, 2019 36 minutes ago, MadBomber said: I had my custom built limited gun rebarreled at approximately 80k rounds. I quit keeping track after it went over 125k. It now has in excess of 150k rounds through it. And yes, it is time for a new barrel. Started shooting this gun back in 1999, still runs like champ. Hope this gun lasts forever! it's 1911/2011 base? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadBomber Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 11 hours ago, yigal said: it's 1911/2011 base? Yes, SV frame, Caspian slide, Schueman bull barrel and Accu-rails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yigal Posted September 10, 2019 Author Share Posted September 10, 2019 5 minutes ago, MadBomber said: Yes, SV frame, Caspian slide, Schueman bull barrel and Accu-rails. A.R. old good school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avenida Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 20 hours ago, Sparky said: I shot Ltd 40sw guns for several years. I think how long the barrel, slide & frame last depends on how you have the gun sprung. The lighter the recoil spring the more potential damage you can do to these parts. I always thought that a 12# recoil spring w/shok buff was the way to go. And for years it worked well. Never had a slide crack, but did have two Scheumann Hybrid barrels crack in the same place; one with 80K and the second with 15K. These were older (5-6 years ago) barrels and Scheumann would not stand behind them saying they were fit to tight (not Will Scheumann). Then on the second cracked barrel my STI frame cracked. However, STI replaced my frame. So if I had it to do over again, I would use a 13 or 14 pound recoil springs. I've heard of these parts in a standard build (bull or bushing barrel) last over 100,000 rds. The old Scheumann used to crack. Was it an ISLAND barrel? SVI used to use them, stopped when they realized of this issue and they now make their own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Yes both were Island barrels and cracked at the breech end of the island. After I replaced the first one with another Scheumann I wished I had replaced it with an SVI, would had to have the slide cut milled, but hind sight is always 20/20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliveb Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Just to add my 2 cents' worth. My STI Edge has circa 65,000 rounds through it. Accuracy has started to wobble at distances beyond 25 metres - the group size has opened up to about 6/8 inches (with different types of ammo), so I guess the lockup is quite worn. Still acceptable out to 20 metres though, so a good beater/backup gun to train with while babying my primary competition gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 I’ve seen a couple Glocks (22s, 35s) break when fed a steady diet of +P duty ammo. They ranged between maybe 5k to 30k on them. Usually it was the slides/breach face or frame rails that were breaking. I’d expect a well built 2011 with coated bullets at 170 pf to go much further than that. No idea how far a 2011 would go on nothing but duty ammo. Point being, ammo is going it be a big factor. And spring weight, maintenance schedule, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIIID Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Frangible type bullets will wear out the rifling rather quickly. Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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