In a new AR or upper, how many rounds would you want to fire before considered GTG?
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In a new AR or upper, how many rounds would you want to fire before considered GTG?
Do you mean for self-defense?
I personally shot about 500 M193 and then 100 Hornady 75gr TAP @ 100% before I made my current goto active.
I have put many through it since and that has been validated.
If you have trouble in an initial period like mine above I'd get it solved and ensure I makes it the whole run trouble free.
Yes, for self-defense.
Hard to quantify.
A carbine I'm going to bet my life on will have somewhere between 500 and 1000 rounds on it, without stoppage, before it ever sees important work. Regardless of quantity, I won't be truly comfortable with it until it demonstrates consistent function when clean, dirty, hot, cold, with hot and light ammo.
I use only high quality known-good guns for serious things.
What Skintop said but I add: The gun must be run hard in these conditions as well. Any gun that I will stake my life on will also have to go through a class with me.
Most that are interested in training would put 1000 to 1500 rounds through it to properly vett the weapon in it's overall operation and to survive a 3 day carbine course. If you can do it in the shortest time possible, say a weekend, all the better. If anything will break, it can be replaced prior to any training.
I know what you mean. I have taken four handgun classes with two different Glock G17s. When I pick one of those two pistols up I know "yes, this one works". It is a great confidence builder when you see other guy's equipment puke and yours just keeps on working-and when people using the same equipment also have no problems.
Thanks for the input guys.
So what happens when your gun decides to ytake a crap at round count 1,501 after running flawlessly for the 1,500 rds prior?