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Understanding Firearm Reliability: What It Means, What Affects It, and How to Be a Better Consumer Reliability is one of the most-used words in firearms—and one of the least-defined. Some people mean “it goes bang,” others mean “it runs clean,” and others mean “it keeps working after a long class.” If you’re trying to choose equipment responsibly (or make sense of a frustrating stoppage at the range), it helps to define reliability in practical ter …