Springfield/Warren 9mm 1911 Endurance Test: Report #7
13,008 rounds 8 stoppages 0 malfunctions 0 parts breakages 5 mags deadlined It’s been a tumultuous time with the SACS/Warren gun. At the two month mark, I did…
13,008 rounds 8 stoppages 0 malfunctions 0 parts breakages 5 mags deadlined It’s been a tumultuous time with the SACS/Warren gun. At the two month mark, I did…
Check out what Tim (aka TCinVA aka JohnWayne777 aka The South Park Killer) has to add in this week’s update to the Hi-Point Challenge conducted…
10,722 rounds 5 stoppages 0 malfunctions 0 parts breakages 4 mags deadlined Lots of fun with the gun this past week… including breaking the 10,000 round mark. However,…
9,962 rounds 4 stoppages 0 malfunctions 0 parts breakages 3 mags deadlined With a little over six weeks of concealed carry under my belt — I know, bad…
8,568 rounds 4 stoppages 0 malfunctions 0 parts breakages 3 mags deadlined It’s been two weeks since the last report because the test gun was back at the…
6,609 rounds 3 stoppages 0 malfunctions 0 parts breakages 2 mags deadlined Two more stoppages since the last report highlight the latest update. Stoppage number two was #5,231.…
4,524 rounds 1 stoppage 0 malfunctions 0 parts breakages 1 mag deadlined It’s been a busy week for the test gun: daily dry fire and five days of…
2,287 rounds 0 stoppages 0 malfunctions 0 parts breakages Three range trips and almost 2,300 rounds into the test and it’s fair to say that some sacred cows…
Before the this year’s test began, I asked SACS about magazines and they recommend the Springfield (Metalform) 9rd mags that ship with the pistol. They also endorsed…
The test of the 9mm 1911 has begun! First, a bit about the pistols themselves. These are not guns that the Springfield Armory Custom Shop…