NIB KIMBER Failure in the first 100 rounds!

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I'm tracking the package now!

I'm tracking the FEDEX package inbound to me now....I should have it tomorrow. Mr Garthwaite has included a detailed report on all services provided, and I'll post this along with the range report and pics. I believe that I'll start a new thread, and link it to this one, since I'll be discussing basically a NEW pistol, not a KIMBER with a problem;)
 
The gun is HERE!

The gun that started this long and insightful thread, is back from from Dr. Garthwaite! Jim Garthwaite has preformed his custom magic to a basic KIMBER STAINLESS COMPACT, and turned it into a totally custom pistol built to my specifications. I knew when I got it that we would be replacing the sear and hammer, but the more I thought about it, the more I changed the gun, again just to have it built to MY specifications.

I could have left the perfectly good factory sites on the gun, but I wanted Heinie's with a gold bead front....

I could have used the perfectly serviceable extended thumb safety, but I wanted a KINGS extended, blended just so.....

The factory barrel shot well, but I wanted better.....a handfit and lapped WILSON barrel fit the bill.

Ect,

Ect,

I'll have a chance to shoot it this weekend, and a photographer buddy is going to shoot some "glamour" shots for me, but here are a couple of my crappy pics until I have the full report:cool:

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test target...

anther view, showing the test target included.....Garthwaite can SHOOT! 20 yards, standing, 5 rounds of Hydroshoks looks just over an inch to me!

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As Tamara alluded to earlier in the thread, Caspian DOES make Officer's ACP parts...

Well. at least the frames and slides:

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Glad your Kimber came out the way you wanted, Will.
 
Y'know, Will, suddenly I'm all about Greider's slide stops. Stick one o' them things in a nineteen-buhleven and it's like a seal of approval to my gullible self. Shweet gun you got there. :cool:
 
You are correct, but Grieder does not make the BP stop.
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Ah. Greider was a guess from a good 'smith based on the specs. You gotta admit that the number of Mfr's doing milled tool steel slide stops in the nanoinch tolerance range was, up 'til now, between zero and one. ;)
 
Wilson Bullet Proof Stainless

Tam,
It was the recent availiblity of WILSON's Stainless Bullet Proof parts that started me thinking about this project. I have really wanted a stainless carrygun for awhile now, but I like to carry this size 1911. The standard Kimber's weren't up to my specs. Problem was that there hasn't been much of a selection of premium stainless aftermarket parts out there to "upgrade" with.

When WILSON announced that they were going to make Bullet Proof[ ie. parts machined from barstock] STAINLESS slidestop and extractors, this project became viable for me.

This gun is shooting GREAT.....I've got over 200 rounds through it so far for a "break in period"[Garthwaite put 200 rounds through it before he shipped it to me]. No failures of any sort so far. I haven't done any serious accuracy work so far, but it certainly shoots to point of aim[it should, that is one thing that Garthwaite stresses]. The one chance I've had to shoot for a group was Sunday morning on the rifle range, after checking scope on a new .308 SAKO, I emptied the Garthwaite gun's mag full of carry ammo at the 50 yard line. Now, 50 yard groups with a 4" slide 1911 is not something I concern myself with frequently, but it is an indication of the "shootablitly" of the pistol.

Off sandbags, I fired the entire 7 round mag. 5 rounds went into a barely over 4" group! The other 2 rounds.... flyers.....well they were out there:rolleyes: somewhere!
 
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Nice pistol. Jim Garthwaite seems to have done a nice job, I'm sure you'll be happy with it.
 
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You bet your Heinie....

The trigger is from Heinie.....the hammer and sear from Wilson. Yup, Jim did a great job, in a timely manner! I highly recommend Garthwaite!
 
I think Tuner has the right idea. And it wouldn't require two assembly lines either. You make a run of one model with the el cheapo parts and then make a run of the higher grade guns on the same line. If I'm not mistaken that's they way they already do it anyway.

Regards,
Happyguy:D
 
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