A Detonics Model 9-11-01 was put through a torture test, being shot 31,000 rounds in 5 days. It's my understanding that the Georgia Tactical Officer's Association was given the "freebies", as each officer was allowed to shoot 500 rounds for free on any given day, just by signing up. Some came back for more, amassing 1500 rounds or more before the week was done.
The gun was fired 6,000 rounds per day for five days; and on the last day 7,000 rounds went through it.
No powder solvent cleaning was ever done on the gun. The head gunsmith just cooled it off every 1,000 rounds or so, wiped it out with a paper towel, and brushed it with a toothbrush, and (according to what I've heard), occasionally dug some of the remanufactured ammo fouling out of the breach face corners with a small screwdriver. He then put a couple of drops of oil in the rails and locking lugs, and the next officer stepped up to put another 500 or 1,000 rounds through.
The gun is still being shot! If I've got the story straight, (and I believe I do), after a year in the safe, that gun was taken out, without having been cleaned since the last 1,000 rounds were put through. It was fired on TV by the guy in the Outdoor Life chanel show. It still ran just fine.
Man! That's a tuff gun! I've also heard there's a similar model that's been given a mud test by some SF boys at Ft Bragg. It apparently passed the test and has been held in high esteem by all who have shot it. The Detonics guys in the booth at the NRA show were showing off pictures of the mud test. It looked brutal. I'd like to see any other 1911 variant pass that test! I wanna see the pictures, like the pictures I've seen of the Detonics pistol.