TTAG recently reported on the contract awarded to Colt Industries to manufacture 12k 1911s for the U.S. Marine Corps. soldiersystems.net had a look through the official TEST REPORT FOR THE CLOSE QUARTERS BATTLE PISTOL (CQBP) BID SAMPLES, PHASE II and reports that “Guns 11, 12, 14 and 15 (1-10 were not fire tested) fired 12,000 rounds before being deadlined due to visible safety-critical cracks found in the slides. Each slide had cracks in the same location, but they varied in size.” Huh. I wonder if Karl Lippard’s entry would have failed. [h/t thefirearmblog.com]