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I don't know what the number is but there is a lot of high volume and long time shooters out there. I for one am competitive and have been shooting for over 40 years. I don't know that I've ever shot out a pistol barrel but I have replaced a few springs and other parts over the years.How many people ever shoot enough through a gun to even consider the wear and tear?
My point is that the percentage of guns seeing enough volume to even need a single replacement part is minuscule. The percentage of those guns that have worn to the point that they can't be rebuilt with a few cheap parts is even smaller. Hell, I have put 50k rounds through one gun and the only new part it ever saw was a $8 spring that I installed just because I had it. Worrying about shooting one pistol caliber over another due to excessive wear and tear is a waste of time for 99% of gun owners.I don't know what the number is but there is a lot of high volume and long time shooters out there. I for one am competitive and have been shooting for over 40 years. I don't know that I've ever shot out a pistol barrel but I have replaced a few springs and other parts over the years.
Edited to add: My go to caliber is 40, the only reason I own a 9 is because I use it as a test fixture for my ammo business.
This. Don't believe anything gun related on the interne. Most likely have never shot a 40 much less put 10-20 thousand rounds through any of there guns.just more internet BS
It's out there to read if you do a google search. I I wouldn't of posted it had it not been out there. I've read it on several gun forums. Just trying to be much more firearms educated. Great appreciate your input thank you.OP says "I've often heard and read that .40 wear out fast due to the high pressure of the round."
I've never heard that before your remark. Been around guns 40 yrs. now. Own a few, never worn any out. On average with factory loads, I've understood 20k rounds to be pretty typical. Maybe 10-15k in some. Steel frames hold up the best, then maybe polymer, but unless running over safe pressure limits, I don't see the issue unless there's an ammo failure, obstruction, etc. Aluminum frames wear faster with high pressure loads, so you have to be careful with that combo.
High pressure does wear faster, with many thousands, but that's not typical for most shooters. Competitive shooters go through a lot of rounds run softer than factory loads, for better control and accuracy, so a hypothetical scenario of many thousands of high pressure anything (40/whatever) is just super unlikely, in my view.
At that point, a replacement barrel isn't too expensive. For about the price of a few hundred rounds. Usually $200 +/-. for match grade.
High pressure rounds in my book take off with 357 Sign and 10mm. But who can afford 10 or 20k of those at the range?
I don't doubt you, I just never heard it before. I own maybe a half dozen 40 &W, I'm partial to them, never had any issues but I don't have the resources to run 10s of thousands through them all ;-)It's out there to read if you do a google search. I I wouldn't of posted it had it not been out there.