How many rounds do you shoot with your carry gun, before you trust it for carry?

[SkunkApe]

I do not remember if they were 82 or 85 but they were made by Taurus.
When I was shooting Colt, S&W, Ruger revolvers before switching to semi auto pistols I never had one fail and I shot them a lot.

I was mostly joking with my "five or six" comment. Even with revolvers, I fire enough to make sure I can hit stuff, and a few more for fun.

That said, the only revolver failures I've ever had happened in the first dozen rounds or less. They were:
• Light strikes, with older S&W revolvers that may have been tinkered with, and...
• A newer (post-lock) S&W 642 that was so rough that the trigger failed to return.

I always make sure everything's tight before firing the first time, including the ejector rod.

The thing about revolvers is they remove the bullet weight/shape and powder charge from the equation. If you have a revolver that works with one load, it's pretty much gonna work with every load, the possible exception being hard primers.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

437

 

[Bigchillin83]

Wow I must be missing somthing, we are supposed to shoot a gun before we conceal carry it?!?!? Why didn't they teach me that in my 1hour concealed carry class when he came to my house and gave me my papers?!?! Lol

I would feel comfortable with 500 of mixed for starters to carry, then it would be a heavy used range gun on every trip to insure confidence and reliability, atleast till well after 2000 rounds, usually by then I have a new toy to try to carry lol

 

[nolaradio]

666 rounds.

 

[hudleaux]

At least 500 for a semiautomatic. Revolvers, not nearly as many. I really just want to be able to hit something with it, and make sure it cycles properly.