$500 PSA Torture Test

[GiddyHitch]

More along the lines of induced failures like the VP9 or AKOU tests, than the high round count stuff from BV or Filthy 14, I love reading about this kind of stuff regardless:

$500 PSA Torture Test

[TacticalSledgehammer]

The AKOU can sure be brutal on a rifle!

[TheChunkNorris]

The Javelin test seems hilarious.

[SilverBullet432]

Some of those can get ridiculous and unlikely.

[turnburglar]

The Javelin test seems hilarious.

I expected it to break the barrel at the extension, but guess not!

I really don't understand why the Internet defacto of a good rifle is dragging it, and pouring sand into the chamber. Cool and fun test, but I'd rather hear from the guys running classes on what guns work. Because I don't tobagon my rifle or build sand castles with it. I shoot it, and that's what I expect it to do.

[TheChunkNorris]

I expected it to break the barrel at the extension, but guess not!

I really don't understand why the Internet defacto of a good rifle is dragging it, and pouring sand into the chamber. Cool and fun test, but I'd rather hear from the guys running classes on what guns work. Because I don't tobagon my rifle or build sand castles with it. I shoot it, and that's what I expect it to do.

I don't either and these "torture tests" are becoming normal and entertaining. I have a couple MR556s and LWRCs. One has seen dirt but only because of occasional training. Aside from that I take care of my kit.


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[Leuthas]

I've seen a he'll of a lot of this type of 'test' over the years and the only firm observation I've made is the the results are never consistent.

[JG007]

To be a real test it has to be similar to what the FBI did with the 1911 trials, this is more entertaining than educational

[Averageman]

That's kind of a waste of money and a decent rifle.

[GiddyHitch]

I expected it to break the barrel at the extension, but guess not!

I really don't understand why the Internet defacto of a good rifle is dragging it, and pouring sand into the chamber. Cool and fun test, but I'd rather hear from the guys running classes on what guns work. Because I don't tobagon my rifle or build sand castles with it. I shoot it, and that's what I expect it to do.

I don't think that the drag tests do much besides abrade the high points on the rifle and jack up the optics (MBUS do well here though), myself. I think that throwing the rifle down the side of a hill would be more instructive. High round count stuff is obviously going to take a lot of money and time, so I understand why those ties of tests are not as common.

Yeah, they aren't so good at building sand castles, but maybe ice sculpting? Lawn aeration?

That's kind of a waste of money and a decent rifle.

The rifle still functions, even if it looks a little worse for the wear. I was advocating doing a decent clean and apocalypse lube job with dirty motor oil, and then a 200rd mag dump to assess worse case functionality, but haven't seen any plans for that yet.