Which first upgrades for Kimber Custom II TLE?
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johnson_n
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New magazines.
GreenFurniture
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Steel sear and safety.
Black Majik
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Training? 
OK I'll say it. GI short rod and plug. Ditch that FLGR, there's no need for it.
Steel MSH. Plastic belongs on Glocks.
Otherwise, more ammo, maybe a set of Milt Sparks leather or Comptac kydex gear, sign up for some training or shoot some USPSA/IDPA and have at it!
If you're signing up for USPSA/IDPA, you need many more magazines. 8 or 10 round Chippies or Wilsons will do.
Those factory boxes are the uber suck. You'll need a nice range bag to haul your stuff to the range. ISHOT makes some nice range bags.
A timer to practice drills and record draw and split times.
Oh, maybe a Dillon to compensate for the high cost of .45 ACP.
Ooops, you can't forget the Marvel kit. Gotta get a Marvel kit to shoot .22. Cheap ammunition, hours of fun.
Of course, you need to get magazines for the Marvel kit.
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OK I'll say it. GI short rod and plug. Ditch that FLGR, there's no need for it.
Steel MSH. Plastic belongs on Glocks.
Otherwise, more ammo, maybe a set of Milt Sparks leather or Comptac kydex gear, sign up for some training or shoot some USPSA/IDPA and have at it!
If you're signing up for USPSA/IDPA, you need many more magazines. 8 or 10 round Chippies or Wilsons will do.
Those factory boxes are the uber suck. You'll need a nice range bag to haul your stuff to the range. ISHOT makes some nice range bags.
A timer to practice drills and record draw and split times.
Oh, maybe a Dillon to compensate for the high cost of .45 ACP.
Ooops, you can't forget the Marvel kit. Gotta get a Marvel kit to shoot .22. Cheap ammunition, hours of fun.
Of course, you need to get magazines for the Marvel kit.
...if you give a mouse a cookie...
I think I'd spend as much time as possible shooting as much ammo as possible through it, until you've burned one or two thousand rounds. Use ball ammo, or "full power" ammo. Don't use target stuff, and don't use ".45 Super" level reloads.
IF anything's going to misfunction on it in the short run, it should happen by then. Fix what's broken, and move on. I think removing the Full Length Guide Rod is probably a good move, too. If there's no rubber recoil buffer where the recoil spring comes to rest closest to the frame, I'd put one in.
IF anything's going to misfunction on it in the short run, it should happen by then. Fix what's broken, and move on. I think removing the Full Length Guide Rod is probably a good move, too. If there's no rubber recoil buffer where the recoil spring comes to rest closest to the frame, I'd put one in.
My TLE is a game gun, soooo....
1. Bought a C & S innards kit (hammer, sear, disconnector, spring) and sent it to a smith for a SWEEET crisp light trigger job.
2. Bought a metal mainspring housing / flared magwell combo.
3. Pulled out the FLGR and replaced it with a springer GI model.
4. Decided to change the mepro tritium front sight with a fiber optic. They are SWEET.
5. Liked the fiber optic sight, but wanted a thinner one for more precision, so bought a .090 width dawson.
6. Loved the .090 width sight, but took too much material off when installing it, so bought another to replace it and successfully installed er'. lol
7. Decided to change the rear mepro sight with a dawson adjustable. Careful not to remove too much material this time.
8. Bought and installed a STI short trigger for my short fingers.
9. Removed factory rubber grips, replaced with sanded plastic grips with skate tape. Still not satisfied with the grip and am currently working on making grips that provide me with a firmer supporting hand hold on the gun.
10. Swapped out the mag release with my springer ultra compact to fix stuck mag issues.
Next on the list? Maybe a tighter barrel bushing to eke out a little more accuracy.
I never got into souping up cars, but I sure do enjoy tuning and tweaking 1911's.
1. Bought a C & S innards kit (hammer, sear, disconnector, spring) and sent it to a smith for a SWEEET crisp light trigger job.
2. Bought a metal mainspring housing / flared magwell combo.
3. Pulled out the FLGR and replaced it with a springer GI model.
4. Decided to change the mepro tritium front sight with a fiber optic. They are SWEET.
5. Liked the fiber optic sight, but wanted a thinner one for more precision, so bought a .090 width dawson.
6. Loved the .090 width sight, but took too much material off when installing it, so bought another to replace it and successfully installed er'. lol
7. Decided to change the rear mepro sight with a dawson adjustable. Careful not to remove too much material this time.
8. Bought and installed a STI short trigger for my short fingers.
9. Removed factory rubber grips, replaced with sanded plastic grips with skate tape. Still not satisfied with the grip and am currently working on making grips that provide me with a firmer supporting hand hold on the gun.
10. Swapped out the mag release with my springer ultra compact to fix stuck mag issues.
Next on the list? Maybe a tighter barrel bushing to eke out a little more accuracy.
I never got into souping up cars, but I sure do enjoy tuning and tweaking 1911's.
I just got one myself, 3 weeks ago. I had to have my shop send it back. I was having problems with FTF, mostly with the Chip McCormick 8 round mags. Had only one or two FTF with the original Kimber mag. I was using Remington and Blazer ammo and was told that this was probably causing my misfortune. But I sent it back anyway for Kimber to tweak out the other issue of the brass marks behind my ejection port.
I'm still learning about the 1911 and why people ditch this part for that part etc.
I like the rubber grips.
I'm still learning about the 1911 and why people ditch this part for that part etc.
I like the rubber grips.
jhco
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ed brown mags
night sights?
grips if you like
ed brown steel mainspring housing
night sights?
grips if you like
ed brown steel mainspring housing
possum
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i agree with several of the above posters here, get some good mags, ammo and attend some training courses.
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