I care less about MAC and his silly test and am hoping to get some thoughts on what happened to this Colt. TLDR; gun has consistent FTRTB issues with and without a magazine. The position the slide fails at appears to be near the disconnector/S80 drop safety. I am thinking gunk got in those parts causing the slide to hang up? Does not appear to be a mag issue as suspected by MAC and YT commentators.
Initially I thought something was keeping the slide stop pressed up, but after he rinsed the gun and issues still occurred, it seems like the S80 parts may be the culprit. Hoping to get professional and hobbyists’ thoughts.
This test doesn’t dissuade me from my choice in the 1911 platform, but has me thinking the S80 may not be very suitable for filthy conditions. I actually do believe the 1911 in a S70 format with modern features would have performed much better.
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He is a well known member of the shooting community who stands up for our rights. It’s one thing to discuss points of disagreement, but resorting name calling is bad form.
I’m curious as to who it is that’s calling out Tim from MAC. What have they done for the community, for our rights, for our knowledge? Do they have any specialized knowledge related to the field? What content or information have they shared with the community?
You post a link to a video that prompts some thought/discussion and call it silly? If you’re going to post a link to a video that’s providing you with some information that stimulates technical discussion, at least show the creator of the video some appreciation for his time and effort by not insulting him or his video.
If you don’t know him, then that’s all the more reason to show some common courtesy/respect.
OP I have a nice collection of series 70 Colt 1911’s that are paired with my Colt AR’s and M1A. Knowing the strength’s and weaknesses of individual firearms within your collection is always valuable information. MAC brings that aspect of testing to the table with his videos. While I think 1911’s are dated designs, I still wouldn’t want a collection without them.
I expect the S80 parts could cause some issues with extreme dirt and sand, that and the 1911 has several points of entry for such things. I have a Colt S80 .38 super that has successfully run two 2000 round no lube or cleaning tests and is currently on it’s 3rd. Mainly because when I became aware I didn’t need to clean it that often… I stopped doing it. While I would not hesitant to abuse it in such a matter I also would not expect it to run the whole gauntlet. The government model just isn’t sealed up enough. AR-15? That’s a different matter.
He put himself out there on Youtube looking like an idiot. Not me. When I can diagnose his first malfunction from a video and he didn’t know what it was, and then proceeds to play with his gun in tubs of various soil, he’ll get what he has coming. There is no value other than maybe entertainment to those videos. It’s attention whoring.
Well, seeing that you can diagnose the issue from just watching the video shows that it has informational value (to you). Just because you know something that someone else doesn’t, doesn’t make them an idiot, or else we’d all be idiots by definition. There’s always someone who knows more than you.
Insulting or belittling others because you know something they don’t, especially on a public forum, is attention whoring. You can point out your observations in a polite and professional manner per the guidelines on this site, or take a break.
I was more concerned when he dunked the gun into mud and sand that the stuff would get into the muzzle and cause him to blow up the barrel. I’ll keep my mouth shut what I think of him, my buddy mm might chastise me. LOL.
Maybe it’s late and I am tired but I did not insult the man. I called his test silly because, well, it is. Just like how you and I think some newspapers write silly things, that does not forbid people from talking about it and understanding the data and information they have published - ultimately, coming to our own conclusion.
Sure, newspapers write silly things, but we usually leave it at that. If I think a newpaper article is silly, I don’t normally use its findings as a basis for serious discussion. That’s what I found curious that you started out with “I care less about MAC and his silly test”, then proceed to use it for technical discussion.
Can you explain why you think his test is silly (given the limitations of his resources)? By MAC’s own admission, it’s not a ‘real’ scientific test, but he does his best effort to control it so the only variables are the different weapons. It’s not like he’s stuffing jelly beans down the muzzle.
Mac does more for the 2nd amendment and firearm community than 99% of the population. The gauntlet test is to show how much it takes a firearm to fail. He also has hundreds of videos of old and modern weapons and his state of the 2nd videos. Whenever an infringement is starting to surface you will find him there actively fighting it, gathering troops and resources and showing real activism. What do you do?
I like his video’s, he seems like the decent type/
I honestly didn’t think it would make it from the beginning. The trigger mine came with was kind of cheap and it also came with a questionable magazine. I wonder how it would have fared after 1000 rounds or so had been fired through it first?