Posted: 5/8/2006 8:03:35 AM EDT
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In examining the common police serice weapons some clear trends have come up. One is that a steel frame 5' .45ACP 1911A1, Browning HP, Steel frame S&W 3rd Gen 40SW and Glock 17 will all last a very long time. usually over 50K.
the Sig P226 usually cracks the frame by 26K.
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That's funny, when the Seals adopted the P226 they put five P226s through a 30,000 round each endurance test with NATO 9mm ammo and nothing cracked. And if anyone has experience with cracked frames or slides with their issue weapon it would be them(Your not a Navy SEAL until you've tasted Italian steel).
Is this one of those "57% of statistics are made up" things?
The SAS issues the P226 also, but it's a POS none the less, right?
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30,000 rounds, that is nothing. My now closed indoor range, has a rental G17 that has shot 500,000 rounds and cracked the slide. The slide was replaced and was up to 750,000 "offiical" rounds when the range closed. The official number of rounds shot is the count from the computerized cash register, the actual number is higher because people often smuggle in rounds. The G17 is also one of the most reliable. The gun would only get clean when the customer complains of jamming(which is far and few between), and it would get field stripped dunked in the solvent tank, rails brushed and clean, and compressed dried, a drop of CLP on the muzzle and rails, reassembled, back to the customer in a minute or 2 max.
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I'm not saying the 226 is only good for 30,000 rounds, I posted that to disprove the, "the 226 frame usually cracks after 26,000 rounds" BS that the guy posted. If a Glock is what you shoot best and like best or whatever, fine. One of the reasons I dislike the Glock is all the Glock snobs. Glock is not the be all end all for handguns IMO. I'm not saying the Sig is the be all end all either. I don't even own a Sig. The only centerfire pistol I own in an XD9, which I am happy with, although the corrosion resistance could come in to question when the CLP runs out.
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