The highest round count gun I have is my first 10/22. I bought it in the spring 1978. My best friend and I started hunting prairie dogs that summer. By the following summer we were in full swing shooting 500 rds (a brick) a piece each day we went out. We went out twice a week. :twisted: This continued through 1980 before he left for the Corps. Call peak shooting season 10 weeks long, and we were out year round but of course didn't shoot that much in the off peak season, that's still 10,000 a summer. For 3 summers. That's a heap.....

I've never had to do any repairs to that rifle. His Marlin Model 60 died in the first couple of months. [roll] He replaced it with a 10/22. :idea:

Who knows how many rounds my mil-surps have through them? My Garand was wearing a mostly wore out SA 5-45 barrel when I got it. And my post war Enfield No4mk1 is wearing a brand new South African barrel. How many commies do you have to shoot to wear out a barrel? [50cal]