Torture test

[Euclidean]

Sometimes it makes me smile to realize that some time ago when it was still gaining popularity one of the gun rags shot 17,000 rounds through an XD without pause or cleaning and it did just fine.

Then they froze it and shot 1000 rounds, then cleaned it and dropped it in mud and shot 1000 rounds, and I believe they cleaned it once more and then buried it in sand and shot 1000 round with it.

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[rfurtkamp]

Heck, if 350 in a string in that period of time kills guns, I have a few that *should* be dead.

I regularly do 15-20 mags through my Sigs as fast as I can empty and reload. They're too hot to holster, but....

[NaturalSelection]

Then they froze it and shot 1000 rounds, then cleaned it and dropped it in mud and shot 1000 rounds, and I believe they cleaned it once more and then buried it in sand and shot 1000 round with it.

tests like that prove very little and in many ways are "silly", but theyre cool to look at. if you want to see a really cool but true "torture test", read this torture test. the owner pounds his glock into talcum powder, drags it down the road with his truck, buries it, throws it from an airplane, shoots it with another gun, and just gets nuts with it. it proves very little, but it sure is fun reading.

[Chad]

Its weird how the accuracy went downhill when it got hot, I mean by the end it was almost too hot to hold.

I didn't know a barrel could get hot enough to affect accuracy in an extended rapid-fire session.
Having done it a couple times in my Deltas I always figured it was hand/wrist fatigue that was throwing shots.

Nice to know there's a chance it wasn't ALL me...

[Bruces45]

I didn't know a barrel could get hot enough to affect accuracy in an extended rapid-fire session.
Having done it a couple times in my Deltas I always figured it was hand/wrist fatigue that was throwing shots.

Nice to know there's a chance it wasn't ALL me...

It was at around the 75 round mark when they started to wander.

True it wasn't a torture test, it was more or less just fun (and kinda expensive) but very fun.

[Bud White]

tests like that prove very little and in many ways are "silly", but theyre cool to look at. if you want to see a really cool but true "torture test", read this torture test. the owner pounds his glock into talcum powder, drags it down the road with his truck, buries it, throws it from an airplane, shoots it with another gun, and just gets nuts with it. it proves very little, but it sure is fun reading.

i agree they really dont prove nothing ..


No it getting shot would be a good test course ive seen that done in the ptooma manual and it Ran

[Chad]

It was at around the 75 round mark when they started to wander.

True it wasn't a torture test, it was more or less just fun (and kinda expensive) but very fun.

I've never done it to the extent you did...6 mags a couple times and 12 mags once.(8rnds/mag)

Definitely fun, and making a habit of it would be expensive with the Doubletap 10mm ammo!

[QKShooter]

I'm guessing that the military requirements & mil tests are probably what initially prompted the "Let's Have Fun" Civilian Torture Testing.

I agree that some of it is quite unrealistic.

Some of the tests have some merit though.
It's nice to know that a military Colt .45 pistol will run fine completely devoid of all traces of oil.

I think that ANY quality handgun will perform fine if drenched in water then shaken out & fired.
The "Drop Tests" on concrete are interesting also since that sure could happen in real life.

I really don't care how any of my pistols will function after being submerged in pig blood for a week & then repeatedly run over by a Jeep in the desert.

[NaturalSelection]

It was at around the 75 round mark when they started to wander.

how much of this wandering, if any, do you feel was due to shooter fatigue? ive never noticed a significant loss of accuracy like youve described.

[rocky]

mag dumps are fun! after seeing friends empty AK's and me dumping 12 30 rnds mags full thru my AR. Unless I was shooting a Match accurate gun, I wouldn't worry too much.

[Bruces45]

how much of this wandering, if any, do you feel was due to shooter fatigue? ive never noticed a significant loss of accuracy like youve described.

What are ya trying to say? When sight A is aligned with sight B and there fixed onto target C then when the gun goes bang the bullet should hit somewhere next to C.

Ya know some could have been me, but I don't mean it was like feet off, all were still in a 12" circle, just not as close as they were at the begginning. Oh yeah I was between 32'-35 ' for most of the shooting.

[Euclidean]

tests like that prove very little and in many ways are "silly", but theyre cool to look at. if you want to see a really cool but true "torture test", read this torture test. the owner pounds his glock into talcum powder, drags it down the road with his truck, buries it, throws it from an airplane, shoots it with another gun, and just gets nuts with it. it proves very little, but it sure is fun reading.

Exactly, but still, to know that it can do it makes me tingle all over.