It does not matter what brand it is. It should function 100% out of the box. If it doesn't shooting 500 rounds through it is not going to "fix" it. Make the manufacturer honor their warranty. Kimber started all of this "break in period" nonsense and everybody seems to be buying into it. It's not a car engine, it's a gun.
It's not a car engine, it's a gun.
On what page of the Les Baer manual does it detail his "break-in" period?Wow, someone should tell Ed Brown, Bill Wilson, and Les Bare they don't know what they are talking about. No need to break in their guns just go shoot them!
You can do as you please but I follow the recommendations of some of the top pistol smiths in the world. But then again it might just apply to their guns and not Kimber.
Congratulations on your new gun I saw the picture in the other post, nice looking.
Being that it is a Kimber - will I still need to break it in?
You do know that was very uncommon, right? If the 2 million plus M1911s and M1911A1s did not work from the get go, the US Government would have dumped truck loads of them back at the doors of Colt, Remington-UMC, Remington-Rand, Ithaca, US&S etc., they would never have spent the money to run millions of rounds through them, nor tweaked them, to "break-in" over two million pistols.My dad's very old, very pristine, very valuable GI 1911 did the same thing though.
Agreed, but IMHO, "function testing" and "breaking-in" are two completely different things. I would never carry a weapon without being certain it was 100% reliable, but I would not own a pistol by a company that expects me to burn though a case of ammunition in one of their guns before I send it back for warranty work .It is true that all weapons should be ready to go out of the box... but, are you willing to risk your life on that? During a break-in period, if there is going to be a problem let it happen. Better to find a problem putting a few hundred rounds down range. Besides, it gives you a time to get used to the feel of the weapon. It may be you that is being broken in and not the weapon. But... shoot it and shoot it some more. Enjoy your new weapon!!!
You do know that was very uncommon, right? If the 2 million plus M1911s and M1911A1s did not work from the get go, the US Government would have dumped truck loads of them back at the doors of Colt, Remington-UMC, Remington-Rand, Ithaca, US&S etc., they would never have spent the money to run millions of rounds through them, nor tweaked them, to "break-in" over two million pistols.
I see, thanks amigo.I'm sure that is the case. This particular gun it "tight". Not Kimber tight, but much tighter than my XD. Also I had just turned 21 when my dad died, and prior to that I had only seen that 1911 a couple of times. It was too long ago and I was too young to know what the smith did to it. I myself have only put a couple magazines through it.