Read the article but check out this part.
These rather interesting photos come from TEST REPORT FOR THE CLOSE QUARTERS BATTLE PISTOL (CQBP) BID SAMPLES, PHASE II and are of Colt test articles from the CQB Pistol solicitation which was just awarded to Colt yesterday. They depict various frame cracks.They'll put close to that many rounds through those weapons before they even head down range. MARSOC fucked up by choosing these pistols. Can anyone say GLOCK, SIG, FNH or Springfield?
Guns 11, 12, 14 and 15 (1-10 were not fire tested) fired 12,000 rounds before being deadlined due to visible safety-critical cracks found in the slides. Each slide had cracks in the same location, but they varied in size.
Pathetic. A friend of mine once met Uziel Gal and complimented him on his classic design. Uzi told him thanks and then said in a display of humility that is almost extinct, "it was a good design but there are better things out there now." This is exactly how this procurement story makes me feel. I love the 1911 and Colt, but there are better things out there. I bet John Brownng would share Uzi's sentiment about the 1911 in the face of so many advancements. Too bad no one approving this had the balls to say the same.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure if john Browning had the tools and technology of today hr would male a even better pistol
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