Joshua M. Smith
Member
The other day I ordered a Kimber pinned safety. They finally got some in, while King's is still back ordered.
It got here today. I installed it. It took no fitting to the sear - Kimber molds them pre-fit to guns which are in spec.
Compared to the STI safety, it feels and looks cheap. I had to take a lot of flash off and smooth down rough spots to keep it from binding. I also had to take the slop out of the joint.
BUT! It's on now, and is performing well. MIM parts will fail early on if they're going to fail, but flipping it on and off 100 times as well as 50 rounds or so through the gun didn't reveal any further flaws.
I really wish I could have gotten a King's as the concept is great IMO, but Kimber's execution leaves something to be desired.
I'm keeping the STI safety as a backup, but with a light spring on this one I don't think it will fail.
Josh <><
It got here today. I installed it. It took no fitting to the sear - Kimber molds them pre-fit to guns which are in spec.
Compared to the STI safety, it feels and looks cheap. I had to take a lot of flash off and smooth down rough spots to keep it from binding. I also had to take the slop out of the joint.
BUT! It's on now, and is performing well. MIM parts will fail early on if they're going to fail, but flipping it on and off 100 times as well as 50 rounds or so through the gun didn't reveal any further flaws.
I really wish I could have gotten a King's as the concept is great IMO, but Kimber's execution leaves something to be desired.
I'm keeping the STI safety as a backup, but with a light spring on this one I don't think it will fail.
Josh <><