Posted: 5/24/2007 2:25:44 PM EDT
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Hiya guys... A couple weeks ago I posted about a new SHTF pistol, my Kimber CDP Compact. I recieved some positive replies, as well as a few "good luck, they don't run right" replies... I'm not finished testing, but preliminary results are in... Carry: I love it. The aluminum frame makes a HUGE difference. Last fall I humped two all-steel 15' ladder stands to the top of an adirondack mountain. At 75 pounds a piece these were no fun luggin'. I carried the all steel Kimber Gold Match then, and regretted it every time I had to hitch my pants up (about every 10 feet). Earlier in the week I returned to remove the stands and lugged em down the mountaint, this time packin teh little kimber. The smaller lighter CDP is not problem. It carries VERY well. Shooting: The aluminum frame makes for a light gun. And the shorter slide (4" barrel instead of 5") also makes for less wieght out front. As a result the recoil is noticeably snappier, with greater rotation upwards. Its absolutely no problem for me. However, if you are a quick double-tap shooter I suspect the added recoil would slow you down. 30 LPI checker front strap also makes for a very secure hold. The three dot mepro nightsites are nice a bright too.... Reliability: I have 250 rounds out the barrel. Exactly two malfunctions thus far. In both cases the fired case was not ejected. Not your typical stove pipe, rather the fired case trapped between breech face and barrel hood. These were very much like a short recoil malfunction: One was on round #1, the other somewhwere's about 140 or so. In both cases these malfunctions were with very light 200 swc/unique loads that chrono roughly 650-700. These cases are being ejected about 6" and falling at my feet. I usually fire these with reduced power recoil springs in my 5" Gold Match. The little CDP packs a 22# (I think) recoil spring. It's pretty clear to me that both malfunctions are ammo related. There simply isnt enough recoil to over come that heavier spring and get the slide velocity to really kick the cases loose. Cases falling at my feet are pretty muhc confirming that hypothesis. Regular 230 full power loads had no reliability issues and cases are kicked well clear of the firearm (6 to 8 feet to the right and rear, and between 4:00 and 5:00). Feeding reliability was 100% with these 200 SWC, 230 Ball and 230 Hydrashoks. Zero gun related malfunctions. Magazines included the 'issue" kimber mag, a Chip Mc Cormick 8, and a Wilson 8. I'll feel better when I have about 300 more through the gun. Thus far its a winner... frozen |
Stop shooting right now or else all the MIM parts will break, don't you know never to go over 300 rnds on a Kimber. Seriously, stop shooting and send the gun back if you have any issues at all. I sent mine back for failure to E and E on 230gr ball and it came back with a trigger job, tuned extractor, further polished feed ramp and further throated barrel. All Free!!! Back in 1 week, Kimber's customer service was great, and the gun runs great now, having been gone over by hand by one of their smiths. They even corrected the littlest bit of creep in the trigger that I figured would work itself out and didn't even mention. Good luck and please post pics.
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