I don't like plastic pistols

[Eaglelord17]

standard milspec 1911a1 frame has been proven to be able to survive firing 80,000 mil spec 45 acp loads before major frame destruction, ie cracking where the slide stop goes through the frame renders the gun unusable. The same frame has been tested out at 35-40,000 standard issue .40sw.

Plastic is far weaker. Once almost bought a EAA witness polymer gun in 40sw to carry out and about. Choose a revolver when I could pull the pistol out of the holster at the gun store counter and point it at a target on the store wall, and the same amount of force needed to activate a 1911 grip safety was enough force to CRUSH the plastic grip into the magazine. That crushing put so much force on the magazine it couldn't be removed or inserted. And following year EAA started redesigning their guns for stamped sheet steel reinforcements to deal with that issue.

Sure they have done major testing as far as round count goes with Glock and other plastic guns, but I don't trust them at all. Why? testing standards are meaningless. if they used FULL POWER ammunition that's one thing, but if they do the standard "gun shoots great with .32 wadcutters, so the 10mm auto version should be GREAT with full power hunting loads" crap

Ok but how many parts needed to be replaced on that 1911 before it reached that point?

You have chosen one example of a poorly designed pistol (if it wasn't poorly designed they wouldn't have redesigned it) to illustrate why you don't like polymer. Simply put a Glock or any other of these modern pistols (by the major brands) last significantly longer with less stoppages than a original 1911. There is a reason they are replacing the 1911s and other metal framed pistols. In fact their design has lineage to the 1911, just done in a smarter way (locking on the chamber instead of rings on the barrel).

I'm still a revolver guy here so I don't need to worry about polymer anytime soon.