1400 is a weekend at the range. I've had one rattletrap so dirty on lead reloads that you could watch the slide come back, stop and then go forward to strip a round. Still ran great. I am convinced that people who can't keep a 1911 running right should be trusted with nothing higher than a manual pencil sharpener.
My 1911 Torture Test
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Why not a real test - rapid fire.
The SIG P220 was cleaned and accuracy tested every 1,000 rounds - accuracy steadily degraded after the first 1,000.
http://www.galleryofguns.com/shootingtimes/Articles/DisplayArticles.asp?ID=1230
The SIG P220 was cleaned and accuracy tested every 1,000 rounds - accuracy steadily degraded after the first 1,000.
http://www.galleryofguns.com/shootingtimes/Articles/DisplayArticles.asp?ID=1230
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Years ago, while practicing "Actions on the Beach Landing Site (BLS)" (Army) we had to crawl/ drag through the muck over the last several hundred meters to the actual shoreline (Low tide) then engage Sentry targets with M16 and 1911 ball ammo. The drill was to work in as close as possible ~20-50m, (Three teams of three, with one more three man team floating behind as fire support [All of us feeling like Coconuts floating in the water]) then while two guys pulled security, one would pull the mag, cycle the action several times under water to knock off the muck (Letting the round in the chamber fall away), then re-insert the mag, cycle the slide to chamber a round with the muzzle down, place on safe. After all three had completed the drill, we slithered in the last bit (Got everything mucky again..) and shot the targets, practicing with both the rifle and pistol as primary weapons. We had no FTF's or FTE's with the 30+ year old 1911's but the M16's had several failures related to sand stuck on over oiled actions and one hydraulic KB from a barrel full of water.
Now my Kimber Classic I is a lot tighter than the old issue 1911's we had, but it's still fed 700+ 200gr lead SWC's over 5.5gr of WW231 without cleaning. I suspect that if your recoil and mag springs are in good order and you started with a light greasing of the rails, it'll run fine over 1K rounds easy.
PS- If you ever need someone to shoot MORE ammo through a 1911, PM me. I'll be glad to do the "Dirty" work
Now my Kimber Classic I is a lot tighter than the old issue 1911's we had, but it's still fed 700+ 200gr lead SWC's over 5.5gr of WW231 without cleaning. I suspect that if your recoil and mag springs are in good order and you started with a light greasing of the rails, it'll run fine over 1K rounds easy.
PS- If you ever need someone to shoot MORE ammo through a 1911, PM me. I'll be glad to do the "Dirty" work
AMS - Another Meaningless statistic: At $10 a box, 6000 rounds of hardball comes to a cool $1,200.00 - more than the value of the pistol. What we sacrifice in the interest of science!
What? What do you mean you're shooting cheap RELOADS??
What? What do you mean you're shooting cheap RELOADS??
UPDATE
Got off work at noon today and took my "friend" to the range. It's sort of like taking your dog to the lake and watching how happy he/she is because he/she gets to play. Well, that's the same way my 1911 feels!
Anyway, today I ran 250 rounds through her without a hitch. I kinda of expected something to go awry when I opened my last box of 50 because she's starting to show some use. But, I finished the box and am happy to report everything is going well.
I am starting to feel a little guilty though. I'm wondering if I should at least put a few drops of oil in her. So far the only thing I've done is wipe her down after very session. I'll probably go out again Sunday.
Totals = 557
Got off work at noon today and took my "friend" to the range. It's sort of like taking your dog to the lake and watching how happy he/she is because he/she gets to play. Well, that's the same way my 1911 feels!
Anyway, today I ran 250 rounds through her without a hitch. I kinda of expected something to go awry when I opened my last box of 50 because she's starting to show some use. But, I finished the box and am happy to report everything is going well.
I am starting to feel a little guilty though. I'm wondering if I should at least put a few drops of oil in her. So far the only thing I've done is wipe her down after very session. I'll probably go out again Sunday.
Totals = 557
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