How do you truly determine the reliability of your firearm unless you shoot more than a few magazines through it without cleaning?
I did not mention that part of my 500 round initial test is not cleaning the gun for the entire 500 round test without a failure other than due to ammo, magazine or shooter err.
Obviously some, many posters, have never been on a Police Qualification range. A agency I worked for we qualified with range guns. This meant the revolvers, shotguns, semi-auto-automatic handguns and rifles were shot hundreds of rounds by many different shooters without cleaning and oiling all day.
Guess what? They functioned 100% all day.