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Doubs · 08-25-2002, 02:49 AM

I agree with AGE. A 10% failure to function rate is absolutely unacceptable in a combat pistol. The 1911 .45 digested 6,000 rounds without a SINGLE stoppage during the Army's endurance testing. The pistol was fired in a series of 100 rounds and then given 5 minutes to cool. It was cleaned and lubed every 1,000 rounds. When the pistol became too hot to hold, it was dunked into a pail of water to cool it. ("John M. Browning, American Gunmaker" pages 196 & 197)

While a more finicky gun, the Luger would never have been accepted into German military service with a 10% failure rate... or any other nation's armed forces for that matter.

08-25-2002, 02:49 AM	#5
Doubs User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Byron, Georgia Posts: 1,736 Thanks: 819 Thanked 1,769 Times in 586 Posts	I agree with AGE. A 10% failure to function rate is absolutely unacceptable in a combat pistol. The 1911 .45 digested 6,000 rounds without a SINGLE stoppage during the Army's endurance testing. The pistol was fired in a series of 100 rounds and then given 5 minutes to cool. It was cleaned and lubed every 1,000 rounds. When the pistol became too hot to hold, it was dunked into a pail of water to cool it. ("John M. Browning, American Gunmaker" pages 196 & 197) While a more finicky gun, the Luger would never have been accepted into German military service with a 10% failure rate... or any other nation's armed forces for that matter.