[Paulskj]

3000

Yes, from slide wear and barrel wear i would estimate 3000 to 4000 rounds fired. Condidering it's mass produced firearm wear pattern indicates well fitted and assembled gun, nicely broken in firearm.

 

[Crooked Creek]

Metric or English?

 

[PaulWVa]

4327 ... or there abouts.

 

[Crooked Creek]

If you go back to the first set of photos posted by Lucky, right click on the photo, then left click on 'open image in new tab'. Go to the new tab, and you'll see a little + sign when you hover over the image. Left click while hovering and the 'zoomed in' close up will provide much more detail.
Looking at the presumed 'crack' seems to show it as a tool mark. And the marks on the breech face above the FP hole looks to me to have been made by a Dremel Tool stone...pretty clear.

 

[MFC]

African swallow or European swallow?

 

[Lucky_Duck]

I think it looks to be in fairly decent shape (what Mr. Cuber points out above looks like a crack on the right barrel foot doesn't seem to show from the rear view). Not much blue wear on the receiver deck, barrel seat, or the bow-tie.

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The breech face looks rough but it's hard to know whether those are Colt tool marks or not. Pitting around the firing pin hole, possible scabbing where the barrel hood contacts. I would imagine the face would have more of a polished appearance the more rounds through it.

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If I may, why is it you are asking?

Just thought it’d make for a bit of fun. I’ve always found posts showing honest wear interesting and figured I’d contribute while I had it out.

I think that might be a trick of the light but I’ll certainly double check the barrel.

 

[Lucky_Duck]

Answer is: just above 6k rounds.

 

[johnnybaseball]

Only two of my pistols have been fired 500 rounds or more. Those two - my S&W Compact 9mm and a CZ Compact - have been fired 1,000 rounds or more. Why only those two? Those two are the ones I carry.

How do I know "500 or fewer"? I don't keep a diary to record the rounds fired with each pistol. I shoot my pistols only at an indoor firing range. And at each range visit I shoot a pistol only as many rounds as are in the magazines I've pre-loaded and brought to the range (I hate to burn range time reloading a magazine). I generally have 5 magazines for each pistol. So during each range session I'll shoot each pistol about 60-75 rounds. I normally take three pistols with me (each in its own carry bag), so during each range visit I shoot a total of 225 or fewer rounds.

Knowing I've taken each of my non-carry guns to the range 4 or fewer times, I can confidently say I've shot each of those pistols fewer than 500 rounds.

 

[kitchencounsel]

There's no way to know, of course. I don't worry about round counts; I look at condition. If a gun has seen use but has been well maintained, that's probably a go.
If a gun shows little wear but shows signs of neglect, I'll pass.

Take it home, then shoot it and see if it needs anything. Springs are cheap. Barrels are available at many price levels.

Just like with a used car, you need to allow some money to fix whatever it was that caused the seller to sell.
Most of the time with guns, that turns out not to be necessary. But it might be, so factor that in.

For example, not too long ago I decided to get a "beater" 1911 to keep in my truck. I picked up a Thompson Ordnance 1911A1, for no other reason that I liked the look of the bullet logo with the cursive script on a blued gun.

I'd heard all the horror stories about those guns being crap or whatever, but research seemed to indicate that the problem was likely to be the result of early MIM parts or maybe GI-reject parts.

So I looked at the cost of new internals (fire control), new recoil and/or main spring, and maybe a new barrel and mentally added that to the price of the gun.
So I found a cheap one online that looked to be in good condition with a nice finish, and appeared to have seen some use (which meant it had been working well enough for someone; a good sign), crossed my fingers and bought it.

It shot fine; though it wasn't ejecting too well a new recoil spring fixed that.
A little polishing of the internals, fixing the sear profile and hammer spurs, etc. and it's greatly improved.
I dabbed a little Oxpho Blue here and there, and it looks almost new.

Since I didn't have to really do anything remedial, I blew the contingency money on a Wilson extended slide release and thumb safety, replaced that crappy-looking trigger and the flat MSH for an arched one, and decided to replace the hammer spring for good measure. The original grips were worn, so I dropped ten bucks on a pair of GI contract plastic grip panels.

Now it's too nice to keep in the truck!