My most-carry is a Kimber Ultra CDP II. In the days before I got this handy tool, I was showing a friend how to field-strip and reassemble this small 1911-format pistol. She got it almost right.The Annoyed Man wrote:I don't baby my Kimber any more than any of my other guns, and it works just fine.Toorop wrote:I love my Glock. I had a Kimber in the past but I hated having to baby it and worrying about rust and other issues. With my Glock, I just let the thing be and it works. I do upkeep on it once a month but for the most part I am not to worried as gun just works all the time.
Then the reassembled gun flew out of her hands and traversed an impressive arc at least four feet away...smack onto a ceramic tile floor.
The tile cracked; had to be replaced. The Kimber landed nose-first on the top of its front sight. There is a slight depression in the metal on the left of the sight to this day.
I detailed stripped the gun, inspected everything, functioned tested it, and took it to the range.
None the worse for wear. Not even the Tritium was disturbed.
Months later, I offered to let a fellow Forum member try the gun at Shiloh in Houston. I took one lane, and he the other. All went well for a while.
Then I heard a strange sound from the lane to my right, not a normal .45 ACP discharge, and I swear I could see bullets trailing off to the left of the target, almost like squibs.
Upon inspection, my friend had charged the magazine with .40 S&W rounds, not .45 ACP. Mucho more pressure than even a .45 ACP +P. Not a good thing to do to a gun.
Yep: I detailed stripped the gun, inspected everything, functioned tested it, and took it to the range.
This poor Kimber has suffered more than it ever should have. But it survived it all unscathed.
After about 2,000 rounds, it has never failed to shoot and cycle every time the trigger was pulled. Even with incorrect ammo...