RULES

* Shooter must use a single pistol (distinct brand, model, caliber, serial number) for the entire 2,000 rounds. Pistol should be properly cleaned and lubricated before the test begins. Any brand pistol, stock or modified (please list all modifications), any caliber.

* Shooter can take as long as necessary (days, weeks, months) to fire 2,000 rounds through the pistol.

* The pistol cannot be cleaned, lubricated, or maintained in any way during the entire 2,000 round test period.

* Shooter can use any type of ammunition: factory, remanufactured, or hand loaded. Shooter can use as many different brands, styles, bullet weights, etc. as necessary as long as all ammunition meets the SAAMI specifications for the caliber of the gun.

* Shooter must report ALL stoppages, malfunctions, and/or parts breakages that occur during the 2,000 round test regardless of cause. This includes any such problems that are deemed "shooter-induced" or "ammunition-induced."

* If a stoppage, malfunction, or breakage may be ammunition-induced, the shooter can follow this procedure (but must still report the actual results with the original test pistol): if the round still has a bullet, powder, and undetonated primer the shooter can attempt to fire the round in a freshly lubricated and cleaned pistol of different brand than the test gun. If the round fails to fire in this second pistol which is clean, lubricated, and not of the same brand, then although the original stoppage or malfunction must be reported it will not count against achieving the "2,000 Round Challenge" success criteria.

DEFINITIONS

Stoppage: Any failure of the pistol to go through its entire cycle of operation. This could include a failure to feed, fire, extract, or eject. A problem qualifies as a Stoppage if and only if the shooter is capable of fixing the problem without the use of any tools, without disassembling the gun in any way (magazine can be removed), and the pistol is in firing condition in less than 30 seconds. For example, a stovepipe or failure of the slide to go fully into battery would be Stoppages.

Malfunction: Any failure of the pistol to go through its entire cycle of operation and which requires the use of tools, disassembly of any part of the pistol, and/or takes more than 30 seconds to resolve, but does not require any parts replacement. For example, a dislodged spring or a front sight that falls off the gun would be Malfunctions.

Breakage: Any failure of the pistol to go through its entire cycle of operation and which requires parts replacement (springs, pins, locking block, anything) to resolve. For example, a broken spring or chipped extractor would be Breakages.

A pistol must fire 2,000 consecutive rounds without any cleaning or maintenance or additional lubrication without any stoppages, malfunctions or breakages to qualify as having met the "2,000 Round Challenge."

Pistol: Smith & Wesson M&P 9
Caliber: 9mm
Ammunition: 115 grain Blazer Brass, 115 grain Winchester White Box, American Eagle (115 grain)
Dates of testing: 7/20-7/22
Total rounds fired: 2,470
Stoppages: 0
Malfunctions: 0
Breakages: 0
Notes: The M&P used was my primary carry piece at the time. It had several thousand relatively trouble free rounds down the pipe before the three day USTC class where I shot the challenge.  

Pistol: H&K P30 LEM
Caliber: 9x19mm
Ammunition: 115 grain Blazer Brass, 115 grain Federal Champion, 115 grain Winchester White Box, 124 grain +P Speer Gold Dot
Dates of testing: Sept. 1, 2010 to October 28th, 2010
Total rounds fired: 2,393
Stoppages: zero
Malfunctions: zero
Breakages: zero

Notes:
The pistol was purchased brand new in August. The accumulated round count results from taking the pistol through four classes, day 1 of Todd Green's Aim Fast, Hit Fast, the Appendix Carry Workshop, a 4 hour session on the range with Tom Givens, and the 3 day Vickers Advanced Combat Handgun class, in addition to two range trips outside the listed classes.

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You providing the ammo?

-Foxxz

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I don't think the NO lube part of the challenge is apporpriate,

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I disagree with the premise, now carrying a gun day in day out in all kinds of conditions for six months to a year without maintenance, cleaning, or lubrication and see how long it will run on your carry ammunition would be a test relevant to the real world.

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2K isn't that much.  You should consider 5K the minimum before cleaning.  If you do though, the only guns you'll have listed will be Glocks.

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Not my point at all.

I was suggesting that the day to day debris that accumulates in carry guns over an extended period of time and how said gun handles such with duty ammunition instead of ball ammo would be more relevant to me.

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It's crazy. Shooting is not an endurance sport even in warfare. Hell, I don't have any pistol that will see 2000 rounds in my lifetime.