Kimber Master Carry Custom
News, Guns ·Saturday October 19, 2013 @ 10:34 EDT (link)
I have had my Kimber Master Carry Custom for over a week now, but hadn't had the opportunity to shoot it; either I got home too late (takes 35 minutes to get to ACC, and they close at sundown) or something else was going on. I should note that I bought it from The Foxhole Guns and Archery in Georgia, via GunBroker, and had it transferred via U.S. Defense Solutions, a small but well-stocked dealer south of Indiana (with $15 FFL transfers). I picked up an extra magazine (Wilson Combat) and a .45 bore snake from them to tide me over until my .45 jag arrived from Amazon. Since this is my first .45, I had no .45-specific cleaning gear. I also bought 400 rounds of .45 at a gun show (200 rounds Federal, 200 rounds hand-loaded by Jim Waldrip).
I got out to shoot it for the first time yesterday; I had already disassembled and reassembled it (the barrel bushing trick is strange) and made sure it was in shooting shape. I shot several paper targets at 30 feet, and it performed excellent well, and then went over to the bay with steel targets and dispatched them handily, one round apiece. When picking up my brass, I couldn't find a few but I found a few extras next by the plate rack that made up for it.
It kicks a little more than 9mm, but certainly manageable (as it ought to be in a full-size metal 1911). Trigger is very crisp; I love it. I was shooting the hand-loads, and had no problems with them. I only shot about 50 rounds; I want to clean it reasonably frequently during the break-in period.
Books finished: The Golden Transcendence.
