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Here’s a 460 S&W @ 4900 ft lbs and a 500 S&W @ an average of 4200 ft lbs using factory ammo from federal. I’m sure they’ll carry that a long way. As for impractical, you never know when you got to stop a truck or a T-Rex 😂

Lol, 500 S&W is a 65,000 psi cartridge. Here is the load data for my heavy hitters, it’s not for the faint of heart, I assure you 😉 That load is pushing 3084 ft lbs from a 10” barrel using a true magnum powder. It’d surpass 4000 ft lbs from a 22” lever gun with ease. You’re only talking +278...

Ordered a Kimber Rapide Dawn. Will be here in a few days.

Well, it’s down to 2 failures to eject in every 3 mags. Appears to be the last one in the mag every time now. Last round failed to eject in the first two mags. Two mags ran perfect. Two more mags failed to eject the last round. 50 more Blazer 115gr run through it.

If it’s blowing out primers it’s too much for the gun. Pressure reaches its peak right when the tail end of the bullet enters the rifling. Your brass is essentially welded to the walls of your cylinder at that point because the pressure is too high for the extractor to pull it. There isn’t...

Walked a few minutes ago and locked the slide back. Probably not get a chance to shoot again until Sunday afternoon. Going to let it sit like that until then. It may be in vain but it’s worth a try. See if it’ll shave the spring tension between the recoil and main spring. 2oz each is all I think...

The first 10mm Kimber I have is still breaking in. It runs fine just needs oiled every 50rds or it gets sluggish. That’ll stop at some point. All 3 of the 45 are running smooth at this point. The second 10mm Kimber needs to go back again. I got a response from the customer service rep around...

Ok, so here are some clean pictures of the Garrison 9mm. First thing I noticed was that the pressure on the disconnector was enough to hold the slide open on its own. I suspected I would have to sand the bottom as I did with the Loaded but I waited until I ran test rounds first. I started...

Well, I sent all the information, the pictures, the video and detailed description of the troubleshooting done to the customer support rep. Now we wait.

Good information

This one does definitely feel smooth when operating.

Well that was short lived. Good news is, the JHP rounds fed fine. The bad news, the slide locked back again. It’s not going into a full lock, the stop is only partially engaged. This was the same last time.

Well, I guess I could sacrifice some of these… I had to look these up. 544 ft lbs from a 6”. Probably slightly less from a 5”. I don’t recall for sure but I believe when I clocked the previous ball ammo it was at 565ft lbs. A little less umph but should have plenty.

So I took the Kimber 10mm apart and put the recoil spring from the working 10mm and was able to run 24rds without a failure. Unfortunately, I am now out of ammo so no further testing until I get more. May have to contact my little brother and see if he has some factory ammo laying around. I do...

The most reliable 1911s I have ever bought are built by MetroArms. I bring that up because they make an officer size they call the Amigo. I have two in hard chrome and after a couple thousand rounds they still look brand new. Been reliable since I took them out of the box. After 2000rds I...

The 9mm Garrison. In person, it does have a more traditional look, despite having modern features like improved sights, oversized beaver tail grip safety, skeletonized hammer and adjustable trigger. Like having a milspec with basic upgrades. Despite not owning one, I do very much like...

This type of thing is why I post reviews. I don’t get anything out of this. There’s no shortage of people who will blow fairy dust up your rear in support of a gun because they like the brand, are embarrassed to admit it wasn’t perfect or are just plain sponsored to do so. Not everyone likes...

Looks like somehow the pictures in my post lost one and duplicated another. Here is the missing picture

Yeah, this ain’t over…

Well, here we go… The malfunctioning 10mm Kimber Stainless II is back. I wish I had good things to say, but unfortunately, there isn’t going to be much of that. Here is the detailed description of the service that was performed. So, instead of replacing the barrel with the chunks missing...