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TheBlake wrote:Maybe i am too trusting...

Maybe...
I think of it in the same way as I trust people, most will get the "benefit of the doubt" trust(trust that they wont intentionally do me harm) unless I notice some obvious character flaw right away. Then if I like what I see and decide to spend more time with them, they have to earn and keep my confidence in their trustworthiness by repeated reliable behavior until I would almost trust them with my life.

Make the gun you wish to trust your life with, earn that trust.

If it is a Glock, 50 rounds of carry ammo is enough to consider it worthy of carrying only because my Glocks have proven themselves reliable with the 10s of thousands of my reloads they have fired with out problems.
They have also proven reliable after 1000+ rounds fired without cleaning.

I would have few doubts about function if I were to get a new Glock to carry. I would however try to fire 1000+ rounds through it without cleaning the first month or asap to be 100% confident.

After cleaning my carry gun I like to fire 5-10 rounds through it just to make sure I didn't forget to put the barrel in or some other stupid problem that would cause a malfunction.

I also like to put 100 or more rounds through a new magazine before adding to the carry rotation.