If you use the proper loads these old gun with last several lifetimes if given any proper care. Cleaning, not an excessive amount of oiling, yearly attention to the needs of the stock finish, ect.... Then the only thing that you have to worry aobut is the uncontroled breakage. We all have seen new guns break and these old guns can do likewise. As long as there is a need to repair them someone will be able to do it for me.
But a few cases of Wallyworlds super fast loads and you can measure the gun life in inches instead of miles.
