September 25, 2026
The 6,000 Round Test - Truth vs Wives Tales
The campfire version says Army testers just kept shooting until the Savage was a bucket of parts. That story is good theater. It is also wrong in the only way that matters.
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Colt WW1 Reproduction 1911's: How Do They Hold Up?
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The campfire version says Army testers just kept shooting until the Savage was a bucket of parts. That story is good theater. It is also wrong in the only way that matters.
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My wife's grandfather was an Army armorer and firearms instructor in WWII. When he passed, he left us his military-issued 1911 — a frame from 1913, a slide from the 1940s, and a story I'm still uncovering.
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