... and still group under 2" at 25 yards?What do you consider to be the toughest, most rugged pistol ever made? Tough as in beat it with a sledgehammer, run over it with a truck, bury it for 10 years and still count on it to function...
I have a Glock 19 and a S&W 5906. Both are would be good choices, but the Smith wins. A Makarov is in the discussion also3rd Gen S&W's?
Because they're unrealistic tests. There are better chances of a gun freezing or being submerged in some liquid or another than forgotten on a wood stove or dropped into a fire.Another good stress test is a high heat endurance test. Can the gun function after being left on a woodstove overnight or dropped into a fire for a certain time frame? Glock fanboys never include such tests in their "torture" testing for obvious reasons. I can think of many firearms that can survive such conditions.
But you're comparing a fully automatic rifle to a machine pistol, either of which most of us will never own here in the states. So the materials they're made of are irrelevant to the discussion of semi auto loading sidearms.The impression that weapons are rarely subjected to high heat in combat situations is a mistaken impression.
Also, you can shoot an AK until the hand guard catches fire and shoot a Glock 18 until it melts. The difference is that the AK will keep running. IMO polymer guns are excluded from the running for toughest by default.
Tough as in beat it with a sledgehammer