Springfield/Warren 9mm 1911 Endurance Test: Report #2
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…
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Springfield/Warren 9mm 1911 Endurance Test: Report #1
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…
Springfield/Warren 9mm 1911 Endurance Test: The Magazines
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…
Springfield/Warren 9mm 1911 Endurance Test: The Gun
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…
I Own 1911s
Now with more photos: Train hard & stay safe! ToddG
Springfield Endurance Test Guns
One step closer: the guns are at my local gun shop and now await Maryland’s mandatory waiting period. If all goes according to plan, first…
Gen4 Glock 17 Endurance Test: Month 16
71,260 rounds 19 stoppages (+1 w/non-LCI extractor) 0 malfunctions 3 parts breakages It’s been a slow month ending with a difficult choice… The Glock suffered one stoppage:…
Gen4 Glock 17 Endurance Test: Month 15
68,266 rounds 18 stoppages (+1 w/non-LCI extractor) 0 malfunctions 3 parts breakages The G17 didn’t get much range time this month and in fact hasn’t been…
Why 1911?
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve received a deluge of emails, forum PMs, phone calls, and smoke signals asking what in the world made…
Gen4 Glock 17 Endurance Test: Month 14
64,592 rounds 16 stoppages (+1 w/non-LCI extractor) 0 malfunctions 2 parts breakages Another month has gone by, and the gun is now just shy of 65,000…