Quoted: I was at the range this afternoon practicing coming out of concealment on the tac pit when the magazine dropped outta my Kimber Pro Carry. Now, I've got between 22K and 25K rounds through this thing, and haven't had anything else go bad on it ever.
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And that's a true testament to Kimber's quality if you put that many rounds through it without a single hicup or failure until now. Mechanical parts wear, and I'd say 22k-25k rounds is a pretty good lifecycle with absolutely no problems.
I slapped the mag back in and tried to proceed, but it dropped right back out. It turns out that the little tit on the magazine release spring screw broke off, sending the spring and screw into the sixth dimension with Mr. Mxtlplxtk. A trip to Lone Star Guns and $4 later, she's back in black, but I was not a happy camper. Now I see what people mean about MIM parts. What else can I expect to break?
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MIM (MIM = Metal Injection Molding) parts? Would a forged part have lasted longer? I'm not necessarily certain, as 25k rounds is a pretty heavy workload on any gun, especially one that's less than 2 years old. Do you think that 22k-25k rounds through your Kimber without a hicup is sub-standard performance? That sounds like a testament to performance and reliability to me. You likely wouldn't get performance better than that out of a handgun except for a Glock, and even Glocks have been known to break parts past the 17-20k round mark and that's a much simpler design.
If I were you, I'd have a competant 1911 gunsmith take the gun down and inspect all the parts for wear and replace what needs replacing before they have a chance to break. 25k rounds out of a handgun like a 1911 is like 100,000 miles on a car. It's time for a tuneup.
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