Europe did a two-day 10,000 round test in one M40 and it held up well.
GSI shot 13,000 assorted rounds through 8 M40's and they held up well.
Not exactly objective third party testing, but it's a start. I am looking forward to some agencies taking the M40/9 through the gears.
One glock friend stated that the Steyr magazine catch will wear out fast since it is polymer and the magazine is steel. Based on the testing so far and the very hard polymer that Steyr uses, along with the high quality Mec-Gar magazines, this appears to be a moot point.
Another Glock friend said that he could break a plastic spoon in half and then use it to open the integrated lock on the Steyr pistol. Nice try I tried to defeat it several ways and could not. Yes, all locks can be picked with the right tool though. I mean, the Steyr pistol police version uses the universal handcuff key.
Note: I just received an offical confirmation that all M40's rolling off the manufaturing line now have the ejector port tapering fix. If you have an earlier model that is giving you a bad time of dinging up the slide, they will do the upgrade on your pistol asap.
If you want to know if an M40 has the ejector port fix or not, here's how: The top front edge of the ejector port has a 45 degree taper to it, instead of the older 90 degrees. Also, the back right corner of the ejector port is rounded at aprox 45 degrees instead of a 90 degree corner.
cheers
GSI shot 13,000 assorted rounds through 8 M40's and they held up well.
Not exactly objective third party testing, but it's a start. I am looking forward to some agencies taking the M40/9 through the gears.
One glock friend stated that the Steyr magazine catch will wear out fast since it is polymer and the magazine is steel. Based on the testing so far and the very hard polymer that Steyr uses, along with the high quality Mec-Gar magazines, this appears to be a moot point.
Another Glock friend said that he could break a plastic spoon in half and then use it to open the integrated lock on the Steyr pistol. Nice try I tried to defeat it several ways and could not. Yes, all locks can be picked with the right tool though. I mean, the Steyr pistol police version uses the universal handcuff key.
Note: I just received an offical confirmation that all M40's rolling off the manufaturing line now have the ejector port tapering fix. If you have an earlier model that is giving you a bad time of dinging up the slide, they will do the upgrade on your pistol asap.
If you want to know if an M40 has the ejector port fix or not, here's how: The top front edge of the ejector port has a 45 degree taper to it, instead of the older 90 degrees. Also, the back right corner of the ejector port is rounded at aprox 45 degrees instead of a 90 degree corner.
cheers