Re: Bombproof handguns?
I'm going to be one of the naysayers that talk out AGAINST Glock!
I know ...... let the roasting begin!
Anyway. I recently put an S&W M&P 45 FS through a torture test of my own, and came up with outstanding results.
I took an out of the box S&W M&P 45 Full Size (item#:109307) and put it through a battery of torture tests. To sum it up, I sent it to hell and back, and it kept firing after each test without a hiccup.
A few of the things I did were:
Brick Mortar mixer for 2 minutes. Shook it off, cleared the barrel, and fired 3 of 3 magazines without a problem.
Froze the pistol in a sand, sugar, salt, and water concoction, and broke the ice away with a 10# sledge, cleared the barrel by slapping the pistol against a cinder block to break the ice inside, and fired it while the pistol was still caked in sand, sugar, salt, and water in every imaginable place. 5 of 5 magazines - no issues.
Filled a 5 gallon bucket with Ohio River bottom mud and worked the mud into the pistol. Again, cleared the barrel and successfully fired 5 of 5 magazines without a single hiccup.
There were a few more things I did, but didn't want anyone copying the entire test so I won't mention them here.
All in all ... the S&W M&P 45 gets my vote.
Oh, and before I forget. Have you noticed how there are droves of LEOs who are switching to the M&P? Departments are allowing their longtime Glock contracts to expire and going with the M&Ps.