Professional Soldiers ® - View Single Post - How Often do You Change Your Handgun Springs / Barrels?

rubberneck · 01-08-2007, 10:34

The springs are cheap enough and easy enough to replace every 3,000 to 5,000 rounds. I suppose for some guys that is a good month at the range for others it will take a career to pass before they hit that mark.

The Glock barrels are marginal to start with (both in terms of case support and accuracy) but it still should outlast whatever your average LEO can throw at it. I know two guys that have more than 50,000 rounds through their stock barrels and they are still going strong. I am sure those two barrels are the exception and not the rulb ,but even if their true service life is only 15,000 rounds how many guys in your department will hit that mark?

01-08-2007, 10:34	#8
rubberneck Area Commander Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Buckingham, Pa. Posts: 1,746	The springs are cheap enough and easy enough to replace every 3,000 to 5,000 rounds. I suppose for some guys that is a good month at the range for others it will take a career to pass before they hit that mark. The Glock barrels are marginal to start with (both in terms of case support and accuracy) but it still should outlast whatever your average LEO can throw at it. I know two guys that have more than 50,000 rounds through their stock barrels and they are still going strong. I am sure those two barrels are the exception and not the rulb ,but even if their true service life is only 15,000 rounds how many guys in your department will hit that mark?
rubberneck is offline