Sham357

Still somewhat of a newbie here so pardon the ignorance. When at the range with my SR9. I shoot 2 17 round mags one after the other and the barrel obviously gets very hot. I've often wondered if I should let the barrel cool-off before continuing with another 2 17 round mags, already loaded. Should I be concerned about wearing the barrel out?

DieselTech

I've had over 1200 through my SR9c and will shoot 2 17 rd mags, reload and repeat. Never an issue.

Ashlander

Don't worry about it until you have trouble holding the gun... seriously.

jlh820

I have 4 mags for my SR9c, 3 long, 1 short. When I take it to the range I go through all 4 mags, reload with my UPLULA speed loader and shoot all 4 mags again. There's no cool down time except for reloading the mags which doesn't take very long with that loader. If the SR9c is all I brought, I'll likely reload and shoot them all again.

No need to let your SR9 cool down.

BearcatShack

I've often wondered the same thing. Don't really know for sure. Shooting outside on a very hot day doesn't help cool them down either. I typically bring a few guns to the range and rotate when they get to hot to touch. I'm sure they are built to take it, because there could be a need for them to. But I figure why add any additional stress to the metal.

I'll be interested to hear others comments.

Allfat

I shot a USPSA match with my SR9c once and at the end of a long course, I used about 60 rounds. I went to unload and show clear, and grabbed the front cocking serrations to rack the slide, and almost burnt my fingers cause it was so hot. I racked it with the rear of the slide instead. I would not be worried about it until the frame starts to melt.

Mr Sasquatch

In USPSA matches you may shoot 30-35 rounds in less than 30 secs (real good shooters may do it in less than 15 secs ) week after week without any negative effects. So, do not worry, blast away!

Obo2

well for something like an ar15 the maximum sustained rate of fire is 15 rounds per minute.

That is what it can handle indefinitely without any harm.

that would probably be a decent guideline for a pistol as well

however most people are not in a sustained fire situation and shorter periods of more rapid fire aren't going to hurt anything.

My sort of rule of thumb is that if it starts smoking besides the obvious powder smoke it's time to give it a break.

The lube is usually what will start smoking before any parts do it's a good idea not to burn all the lube out of your gun

Alfalfa Male

Don't worry about it. Feed her, she's hungry!

arg0naut22

i would echo bearcat's thoughts almost exactly. i've wondered about it, but haven't been sure. i figured they're probably built to handle it, but i DO rotate through the guns i have to let each one cool down for at least a little while before picking it up again.