Kimbers 1st trip

[negolien]

Hey all,

So after battling Migraines for a week I felt well enough to head to the range for a break in session. I took 243 rounds to the Rancho Cordova Shooting Center. Never been there before people were nice. Pretty busy for a Friday I thought all the bays were full on pistol side half full on other. The Kimber ate thru all 243 Remington 230gr FMJ without many issues. 0 FTE and 2 FTF but I think those were because I was easing the slide forward instead of letting it slam home by itself. Both were on different mags and were 1st rounds out of the mags. It was also about halfway thru the ammo. Dropped the mag hit the slide ejecting prolem round.. reinserted mag cycled the slide chambering new round..no issue. Seemed to not fully be seated. Other than that no problems had a blast.

I thought I may have issues loading so many rounds but not a problem. Gun did get a little heavy after a bit though. Shot pretty good groups was 15 yards I think. No slide bites thank god lol. I did nail the guy next to me a few times with used brass LOL kinda felt bad. Went thru the rounds pretty fast 3 15 min sessions and I was done. Over-all I was happy although I would have liked to shoot from a rest a little close to see what kind of groups it shoots.

[AAShooter]

Easing the slide forward is a bad habit for 1911s. Many suggest that simply releasing the locked-back slide by dropping the slide lock lever is problematic and advocate the "sling-shot" method for releasing the slide.

[bjl333]

Good to hear you're feeling better!!
With good lube and some more break-in, your gun should get over the teething pains. As AA said, use the slingshot method of releasing the slide. That should take care of any problems. Good Luck.

[jak77]

Can you give more explanation as to why releasing the slide lock lever can be problematic and the advantages of the slingshot method

[Kodemonkey]

Can you give more explanation as to why releasing the slide lock lever can be problematic and the advantages of the slingshot method

It gives the slide just a little more spring tension because of the rearward motion.

And, since not all semi-autos have a slide release (some of them are a slide stop and not supposed to be used as a release) it is good to get in the habit so it becomes a natural action. Depending on the gun, the slingshot method is actually faster for me because I don't need to move my grip hand.

[Black Majik]

A 1911 needs to be able to chamber a round via slidestop or slingshot. However, slingshotting the slide gives that small extra rearward travel in the slide past the slidestop notch for a little more oomph.

[AAShooter]

It gives the slide just a little more spring tension because of the rearward motion.

And, since not all semi-autos have a slide release (some of them are a slide stop and not supposed to be used as a release) it is good to get in the habit so it becomes a natural action. Depending on the gun, the slingshot method is actually faster for me because I don't need to move my grip hand.

For me, releasing the slide release is faster. However, the slingshot method does provide a little more momentum to go into battery.