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my ruger markI .22lr pistol has been known to go near 500 shots without malfunction or cleaning. itll make 500 easy if i stop and clean it after every 100 or 200 shots. ammo doesnt matter as far as ive found. im sure there is a ammo it wont feed, but its done well with cheapo wally world bulk.

only tweak to it was i replaced the extractor with a 'exact edge' from volquartzen.
 
Smith & Wesson Sigma 9ve

Someone already mentioned this gun but I have to say it again because mine has had zero problems.

I have owned this gun from new and fired atleast 800 rounds of everything from white box to wolf to speer gold dots.

Let the gun snobs line up and tell me that this is a crap gun with a crap trigger, I will still stand by this gun.
 
S&W 4566

It was my duty weapon for my department. For firearms training we put 1500+rounds through in 4 days. We were an underfunded department and ended up grabbing everyone elses .45ACP. We had UMC, Speer, Winchester and just a buttload of everything else. Not one malfunction on my weapon. Just basic maintenance every day after shooting.
 
Taurus Millennium Pro (.40 S&W) 650 rounds zero issues with widely varied ammo.

Springfield XD-40 (.40 S&W) somewhere around 1,000 rounds of widely varied ammo. Only malf was two FTL on same box of Wolf ammo.

CZ-52 (7.62x25) God only knows how many rounds before I got it, I've put about 135 rounds through it.
 
My Kimber Tactical Custom II is and has been 100% reliable from when I got it about 4 years ago. Never a misfeed with anything from 185~230Gr ball or HP....
 
I owned a Sig 228 for 15 years and never had a single malfunction in several thousand rounds.

I currently own an XD40, XD9, and a CZ SP01. I've fired thousands of rounds through the XD's without a single malfunction.

The CZ SP01 failed to cycle reliably when it was new due to the 22lb recoil spring and I was shooting standard loads. I changed to a 15lb spring and it's been 100% reliable since. It's a heck of a shooter.

WWB and American Eagle are what I use 99% of the time.
 
in the personal weapons of mine that i have owned i had 600rds through my glock 19 and then sold it, no malfunctions of anykind. i used wwb 115gr fmj, american eagle, blaser brass, wwb personal defense. but that is about it in my personal glock.

In my service model .40 xd i have 4085rds to date with not a single malfunction on the part of the weapons, that has fired blaser brass, american eagle, ultramax lead, reload fmj, and cast, umc, i have shpt every weight from 135gr to 180gr's. also wwb jhp's. xtp's, golden sabers, and everything in between. even during the sand torture test that i out the gun through there was still not a single malfunction.
 
I have the following that have been either 100% reliable from day one or 100% reliable in groups of well over 500 rounds.

SIG P220ST
SIG P239TT
SIG P225
SIG P245
SIG P229TT
SIG P226
Walther P99
Walther P99 Compact
Walther P5
Ruger P97
Ruger Mark IIGC
Ruger 22/45
HK P7M8
HK P7M13
Colt 1991A1
Springfield XD45 Compact

Basically what I am trying to say is just about every quality bottom feeder I own is pretty much reliable to a fault. SIG Sauer in my experience is the most reliable semi auto pistol brand I have found.
 
My S&W 3914 has never failed me. My 226 is a different story. Jammed on me twice during basic firearms training in the academy, looking into getting a S&W 5946 now. Out of the Sigs, Glocks and S&Ws on the firing line, no one ever had trouble with a S&W.
 
no malfs so far

Glock 30. 2800 rounds. Mostly fmj (range), UMC, Am Eagle, Win "ValuPacks," but also assortment of HPs: Rem GS, Fed HS, Corbon Powr'ball, Win HPs.

Glock 17. 900 rounds. Ditto.

Several others that run hundreds of rounds bobble-free: Glocks, Maks, two 1911s.
 
I had three that were 100% reliable:

Beretta 92F
Beretta Cougar 8045
Sig 229
Kimber Tactical CDP 45
 
I purchased a new Beretta 92FS new in 1994 that I still have to this day. Thousands of rounds through with 100% reliability.

I was even shooting lead-tip reloads purchased from the range when I first got the gun (before I knew better). Man that things would be filthy after a few hundred rounds of those lead-jackets!
 
I'll throw in:

CZ P-01, 2 failures to go into battery after 2200 rounds or so, never cleaned or lubed it either before then

CZ Kadet, will run about a brick and a half of .22LR (750 rounds) before it starts needing a clean (starts failing to extract)
 
My Kimber Custom Target II hasn't failed from round 1. However, it gets cleaned after every trip to the range and I haven't shot hollowpoints through it. I really haven't thought of doing any really prolonged torture test type stuff because I use it for the range only.
 
Glock 26 9mm - 5,000 rounds, no malfunctions
Glock 19 9mm - about 1,000 rounds, no malfunctions
Glock 17 9mm - 21,000 rounds, 1 malfunction (magazine base came off during IDPA classifier)

Most of that ammo was 115 FMJ Blazer, and the rest was WWB and handloads.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr
 
Smith & Wesson Scandium Commander, Taurus PT1911, Springfield GI-45 all 1911's. Also a CZ-75B and a Browning Hi Power. A large assortment of ammo.
 
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My first-ever defensive pistol course was roughly 750 rounds. I used my ancient GI 1911 (no, not a 1911A1) and GI hardball. No malfunctions. Never had had any malfunctions before, over the preceding ten years.

In my three years of IPSC I never had a malfunction that wasn't the fault of the ammo. My handloads.

Art
 
Another 100 rounds through my CZ SP-01 today, never even a hesitation - I guess this makes 1100 rounds, one field strip around 500rds.
 
Sig P220 ST

I feed it Winchester White box. as long as the Mag is correctly seated it goes bang every time and never fails to feed.

I've even put in spent cases in the mag mixed with live ones and it feeds those as well.
 
If you haven't had your gun malf, you haven't shot it enough. Or you haven't let El Tejon touch it. :evil:

All guns wear out, even the ones that have been 100% reliable previously, it is just a matter of time.
 
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