What parts on the Warrior are MIM?

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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - What parts on the Warrior are MIM?

Posted: 8/13/2006 3:04:53 PM EDT

Seriously -- can we get a sticky for that?

Posted: 8/13/2006 3:11:33 PM EDT

[#1]

Hammer, sear, disconnector, thumb safety.................

Hell this is easier........

NON MIM

Frame
Barrel
Slide...............

I replaced everything with Wilson Bulletproof and Ed brown Hardcore parts myself.

Posted: 8/13/2006 4:03:34 PM EDT

[#2]

And not to be nitpicky... but slidestop I'm guessing is MIM too.

Are the frame/slides forged?

As always Steve -- thanks!

Posted: 8/13/2006 4:15:40 PM EDT

[#3]

He stopped midway through the list. His point was everything but the slide, bbl and frame. Yes the slide and frame are forged. Oh you guys missed the grips

Posted: 8/13/2006 4:57:38 PM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
He stopped midway through the list. His point was everything but the slide, bbl and frame. Yes the slide and frame are forged. Oh you guys missed the grips

Posted: 8/13/2006 4:59:44 PM EDT

[#5]

Nobody ever accused me of being bright

Posted: 8/14/2006 8:20:08 AM EDT

[#6]

what does MIM stand for and how does it differ from any other part? Do these parts make the Warrior a less inferior weapon or what? I am thinking of getting one and this boggles me. Thanks sb...

Posted: 8/14/2006 8:41:26 AM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
what does MIM stand for and how does it differ from any other part? Do these parts make the Warrior a less inferior weapon or what? I am thinking of getting one and this boggles me. Thanks sb...

Posted: 8/14/2006 1:11:31 PM EDT

[#8]

Here's a list of parts that new-argirl and I used to change our Warriors...

Part # 087-000-009 or 087-000-010 Ed Brown HardCore Hammer. We got the blued one.

Part # 087-815-001 or 087-815-101 Ed Brown HardCore Slide Stop. We got the blue one.

Part # 087-812-000 Ed Brown Match Sear

Part # 087-809-100 or 087-809-101 Ed Brown HardCore Firing Pin Stop We got the blue one.

Part # 087-811-000 Ed Brown Match Disconnector

Part # 087-046-832 Ed Brown Solid Barrel Bushing There's several on the page, we got the part number listed.

Not included in this list are a grip safety and thumb safeties.

Posted: 8/15/2006 5:51:11 PM EDT

[#9]

Have you experienced failures due to your MIM parts?
If so what were they?

Posted: 8/15/2006 7:42:08 PM EDT

[#10]

I have experienced and seen quite a few, most are broken thumb safeties but I have also seen a good many cast thumb safeties break. Other MIM failures I have personally witnessed or seen after breakage are a broken barrel bushing (sheared the ears), grip safety (broke at the pin hole), two firing pin stops (both broke in half), two slide stops, one rear sight, and one extractor.

Posted: 8/16/2006 7:10:09 AM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:
Have you experienced failures due to your MIM parts?
If so what were they?

Broken barrel bushing, broken hammer strut.

Posted: 8/16/2006 10:15:26 AM EDT

[#12]

Thanks for the info.
My understanding of most of the MIM failures are that they are due to "voids" in the material, and that the failure occured fairly early in the service life.
Has that held true in you experiences, also, were these failures in Kimber manufactured weapons or other brands? i

Posted: 8/16/2006 11:55:43 AM EDT

[#13]

The barrel bushing was on a Desert Warrior, broke within the first couple mags used. The hammer strut was on a Springfield Parkerized Loaded model. It had been shot quite a bit, but was only about 6 months old.

Posted: 8/22/2006 7:13:33 AM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
Here's a list of parts that new-argirl and I used to change our Warriors...

Part # 087-000-009 or 087-000-010 Ed Brown HardCore Hammer. We got the blued one.

Part # 087-815-001 or 087-815-101 Ed Brown HardCore Slide Stop. We got the blue one.

Part # 087-812-000 Ed Brown Match Sear

Part # 087-809-100 or 087-809-101 Ed Brown HardCore Firing Pin Stop We got the blue one.

Part # 087-811-000 Ed Brown Match Disconnector

Part # 087-046-832 Ed Brown Solid Barrel Bushing There's several on the page, we got the part number listed.

Not included in this list are a grip safety and thumb safeties.

Neil,

Did you have to fit the barrel bushing or did it just drop in?

Thanks!

Posted: 8/22/2006 8:01:07 AM EDT

[#15]

The one we ordered was drop in.

Posted: 8/22/2006 9:22:00 AM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:
Have you experienced failures due to your MIM parts?
If so what were they?

While I have heard of/seen a few failures of these parts my Gold Match has never had a parts failure. I got 25,000 rounds through it before the stock sear "went away", mind you it still functioned I just didn't like the feel as it wore.

I've slowly replaced just about everything except the barrel, slide, frame and rear sight with either Ed Brown or EGW parts. Necessary? Not really, but because I shoot 12-15K a year through that gun (IPSC) I feel a lot better with good parts in it. BTW, I'd have to check my records, but I've got somewhere between 37 and 38K on it now.

Ed

Posted: 8/23/2006 8:57:24 AM EDT

[#17]

MIM...Bad.....You don't want "Mr. Murphy" and "his law" to happen at the worst possible moment.....the moment when your life depends on it.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - What parts on the Warrior are MIM?

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