The old girl is looking pretty good (Glock 34 @ 15k rounds)

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Just passed the 12,500 round mark today on my G34. While not a stellar number of rounds for some, it's a milestone for me. This has now become the pistol (or really any firearm) that I've fired the most in my life. Surpasses the 1911 I used for over 12 years in CA.... which should let you know how much I shot per year when back in anti-freedom land.

Some holster wear on the nose and a spot that tends to rust on the top edge of the slide, and that one spot of damage on the grip above the logo. I still remembered where that happened. At an IDPA match there was a stage where you had to put your support hand in a piece of metal pipe with just your fingers sticking out (simulating a cast). When trying to get any sort of support on the pistol, the edge of the pipe scratched up the grip like that and left some pink paint on it. The paint came off, the texture didn't heal.

Recoil spring replaced at 12-ish, but otherwise running on the stock internals.

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It should be good for another 140k rounds before your groups open up.
 
My groups are getting smaller over time, so with 140k more rounds I should be shooting something like a -2" group. That's how this works, right?
Exactly-

But in all seriousness, there's a trainer we know who carried his G17 overseas for several tours (despite policy) and noticed his groups were opening up at around 150,000 rounds. Sent it back to Glock. Barrel was shot out and lots of less than visible cracks in the frame. Glock sent him a new one.
 
Some pictures of the internals @ 15k. Not a whole lot of wear really, and the extractor edge still looks nice and sharp. I would expect to see some wear, but maybe it's along the bottom I can't get a good picture of? I'll likely order a replacement and pull this one out and compare them side by side at some point.

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