Replace Matching Parts Before Shooting?

gunbugs · 03-08-2020, 01:51 AM

I personally find it "difficult" to have a gun I'm not going to shoot. I've accumulated about 11 Lugers so far, and am of the mindset to shoot all of them, although not often. I've said before, that I replace the extractor and firing pin with non-matching spares before I head to the range, as those are the most likely parts to fail. If something major breaks, so be it. It just doesn't make sense, for me anyway, to have guns laying about that aren't going to get used, at least once in a while. I've got a Browning M-2 50 cal machine gun that's worth about 35 to 40k, it goes to the range and gets used periodically, about a thousand round a year. It's what I bought it for. I'm personally willing to accept the risk. Others are not. I think most P-08's will far outlast their owners, even if they are shot fairly regularly. If I'm going to collect stuff to look at, I'll collect antique currency. But, that's just me. To each their own.

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03-08-2020, 01:51 AM	#8
gunbugs Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska. Home of the best moose. Posts: 683 Thanks: 375 Thanked 1,228 Times in 415 Posts	I personally find it "difficult" to have a gun I'm not going to shoot. I've accumulated about 11 Lugers so far, and am of the mindset to shoot all of them, although not often. I've said before, that I replace the extractor and firing pin with non-matching spares before I head to the range, as those are the most likely parts to fail. If something major breaks, so be it. It just doesn't make sense, for me anyway, to have guns laying about that aren't going to get used, at least once in a while. I've got a Browning M-2 50 cal machine gun that's worth about 35 to 40k, it goes to the range and gets used periodically, about a thousand round a year. It's what I bought it for. I'm personally willing to accept the risk. Others are not. I think most P-08's will far outlast their owners, even if they are shot fairly regularly. If I'm going to collect stuff to look at, I'll collect antique currency. But, that's just me. To each their own.