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I just bought a Kimber royal 11 , pistol. This is my first 45 acp 1911. I never heard of breaking in a gun before ,just what can I expect this break in period to acomplish.. Any tips or advise will be apreciated. thank you
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| Posted: Wed Feb 25th, 2009 11:38 AM |
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Breaking in will smooth some rough edges, perhaps increase reliablity. I think all new guns need breaking in. The good news is breaking in consists of taking it out and running a couple hundred rounds thru it. Some call it "playing" with a new gun, "breaking in" sounds much more clinical.
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As Charley says. Parts wear-in and get to know each other. You should have no trouble with your Kimber. If you intend to carry it as a self-defense piece, you should put at least 200-400 rounds through it before trusting it absolutely. You also need to pay particular attention to individual magazine performance and reliability.
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Dirtkicker wrote: As Charley says. Parts wear-in and get to know each other. You should have no trouble with your Kimber. If you intend to carry it as a self-defense piece, you should put at least 200-400 rounds through it before trusting it absolutely. You also need to pay particular attention to individual magazine performance and reliability.
Have fun!
Agreed, especially with the have fun part. If you're not having fun, you're obviously doing it wrong!
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in the book that came with my kimber they recommended at least 500 rounds through it to be broke in
also some of the after market mags will cause it some times to fail to come to battery,
I'm taking back all of the chip mcCormick ones I have because of this .probaly try the wilson combat mags,I've heard good things about them
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I bought a used Kimber Ultra Carry II, the previous owner only had about 200 rounds through it and sold it because it jammed. First 50 rounds, it jammed FMJ some (4 rounds in 50) and was very unreliable with hollow point. I replaced kimber mag with a Wilson Combat, which helped a little, and continued to fire FMJ through it. After about 400-500 total rounds fired, all jamming problems were resolved. It is now reliable enough to be a carry piece.
This was my break in experience. The previous owner sold it without even completing break in, and I got a great deal.
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I have 3 Kimber 1911 models and yes you sure should break them in always! You first get plenty of ammo and take that trip to the range. Once there simply begin to shoot, shoot and shoot some more etc.
Now before you know it, this pistol will be broke in after about 300 rounds. I clean my pistols after every 50 rounds of break in ammo. You also need to let that pistol cool in between every 3nd clip full of shells OK. Good Luck!
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Charley wrote: Breaking in will smooth some rough edges, perhaps increase reliablity. I think all new guns need breaking in. The good news is breaking in consists of taking it out and running a couple hundred rounds thru it. Some call it "playing" with a new gun, "breaking in" sounds much more clinical.
I used to call it "getting used to the gun". Getting used to shooting a new .45 auto takes a couple hundred rounds, at least.
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