Do Armory Rack or Issued Weapons fare better?

[Kevin Rohrer]

This question came up at a local LGS yesterday, and I thought it should get asked here with the wide range of knowledge out there.
My thoughts are that issued weapons get more personal care and treatment, whereas rack weapons get handed to anyone to get shot, tore down cleaned and reassembled then thrown back on the rack.
Dave

All US Army weapons during my time there (1970s) were "rack" weapons, although most were assigned to individuals. I would think the unassigned weapons probably fared better than those assigned. I know the 1911 I carried daily and seldom-carried M16 were both beat-on. Training weapons fared even worse.