I got my Dawson tool-less recoil assembly today, put that in, made it so much easier to take apart. Love it. Finally, hit the range, shot all the ammo in the pic above:
I used a variety of magazines, Sig mag, Cobra mags, a Kim Pro mag, Wilson Combat, etc...just to test them out.
So it looks like it was around 450 rounds, various types and I had exactly 5 failures. Three of those were ammo, the first three rounds of the Blazer Brass 230gr FMJ would not function, the bullet basically set back into the case when I tried to chamber the round. After the first three in the box, they all functioned fine.
I think the other two issues were magazine related, pretty sure both were with the Kim Pro mag, I should have marked it down the first time it happened but I didn't. The second time, it was the Kim Pro and was the same failure, on the second to last round, it had a FTE with the next round FTF. It happened with the TacBarnes and then an HST round...I'm almost positive is was the Kim Pro on the first failure as well, it is the shiniest of all my mags and that's what I recall. But other than those 5 rounds, the other 445 ran like a champ.
I have another 300 rounds for the break in as of now, 200 are FMJ and 100 JHP to run through it. My favorite ammo for home defense will be Gold 200gr +p, the few I shot shot today were very accurate, just seem to run well when I use them in my 45's. The rest of the gun was solid, great trigger, rough texture but top notch. A really good gun....as long as issues don't arise. I will say, I did very similar break in with my Sig Emperor Scorpion 1911 Fastback and other than the Springfield mags, it has had no issues in 1000 rounds.
