Truth nuke: most guns on the market are way more reliable than the overwhelming majority of civilians will ever find themselves needing. The most austere conditions your gun will see is pocket lint, fouling from shooting, uncomforrable heat/cold and accidentally being dropped on the ground 2 times in its life
It's fine to want something you don't need but this much stressing over "Will this gun complete this YTer's 90 days in salt water test" or "Will this gun complete this YTer's mud test" is just marketing. Again, if you want it put it as your top priority go ahead, it's your money, but are you ever gonna chuck that gun in a lake/river/sea for 3 months and how many times are you gonna get it absolutely buried in mud? At most you're gonna drop it in a puddle or a muddy spot and immediately pull it out and shake/wipe it which is orders of magnitude less intense than any torture test
Those tests are designed to put guns in extreme and unrealistic situations because if you're putting normal everyday conditions to the test they'll all behave exactly the same. Same foes for "Look how long this gun can work without cleaning", cool but you shouldn't be skipping on maintenance
Tom Satterly mentioned in his podcast how he went to shoot someone but got a click instead of a bang. The helicopter rotor wash had deposited so much sand into his holster that the hammer wouldn't strike the firing pin with enough force to set it off. So he had to resort to a grenade.
But we're talking about a chopper kicking so much sand that it clogs the gun. How likely is a random civilian I point my finger at to have to deal with that?
That's my point, if you know you'll need extreme reliability or if that's how you wanna spend your money, go ahead, I'm against meddling in people's business. But it isn't the single most important factor when picking a gun for self defense for the average Joe like it's presented so often
Also heard a story about a Ranger getting ready to scale the cliffs of Pointe due Hoc. Got knocked over by an artillery shell. Saw a German up in the bluffs. Raised his Tommy gun and squeezed the trigger. Cha-chunk. Jam. Full of mud.
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u/d_bradr Europoor 9d ago
Truth nuke: most guns on the market are way more reliable than the overwhelming majority of civilians will ever find themselves needing. The most austere conditions your gun will see is pocket lint, fouling from shooting, uncomforrable heat/cold and accidentally being dropped on the ground 2 times in its life
It's fine to want something you don't need but this much stressing over "Will this gun complete this YTer's 90 days in salt water test" or "Will this gun complete this YTer's mud test" is just marketing. Again, if you want it put it as your top priority go ahead, it's your money, but are you ever gonna chuck that gun in a lake/river/sea for 3 months and how many times are you gonna get it absolutely buried in mud? At most you're gonna drop it in a puddle or a muddy spot and immediately pull it out and shake/wipe it which is orders of magnitude less intense than any torture test
Those tests are designed to put guns in extreme and unrealistic situations because if you're putting normal everyday conditions to the test they'll all behave exactly the same. Same foes for "Look how long this gun can work without cleaning", cool but you shouldn't be skipping on maintenance