Yup, today I hit the 5K mark with my little Kimber. I went ahead and put a new recoil spring in last night as I was in the 1Kish point on the old one. The attached photo shows the old vs new. The new one feels noticeably stiffer. Last ammo order I added some .380 ACP or 9mm Browning as S&B refers to it. The 92gr FMJ to be exact. I fired 50 rounds to each target. My Micro liked it just fine, no problems of ant sort, another 100% outing
...target was at 7 yards
I doubt my Ruger LC9s is going to get anywhere near this round count either, not in my hand anyways, ouch. My Micro has the stock rubber grips and is a soft shooting pistol. I haven't checked the trigger pull but I'll be surprised if it comes in at over 5lbs? It's fun little gun to shoot
My Micro has the stock rubber grips and is a soft shooting pistol. I haven't checked the trigger pull but I'll be surprised if it comes in at over 5lbs? It's fun little gun to shoot
Inpressive. I only have one gun that's over 5000 and it's a S&W Model 10 that used to belong to the Stafford Co. VA Sharifs dept.
Probably have 10k thru it anyway.
Maybe more. On your way to 10k
That's a serious number for a small defensive pistol. I have two that would go way beyond 5000 but both were competition guns that saw a lot of practice rounds back in the day.
One is my 90's Kimber Classic that has been used for IPSC & USPSA and I'm about to do it's fourth or fifth re-spring. I got one of the Wilson flat spring kits that everyone here talks about. I also got one for the Sig TACOPS I picked up at a gun show last year. It's used but doesn't appear to be high mileage but what the hell … the new spring kits aren't expensive.
I'd guess my Clark Ruger Bullseye gun is way over 5000, that's only 10 bricks. It's probably closer to 20-25K. I've had it since 1981. I've shot it in NRA Bullseye, silhouettes, and as a squirrel gun. My finger prints are worn into the front strap.
I'm also a fan of those grips but I wish they were available for a magwell. I looked everywhere and Marshall helped me too. We just couldn't find them anywhere.
Mark, that spring looks like it was ready for replacement. Congratulations on 5000 rounds.
I have about half that much on my .380. After shooting full size guns awhile its tuff picking up that little gun and shooting it well. I always said the small size with short barrel teaches you good finger control because it doesn't take much of twitch to throw your shot off target.
Way to go Cousinmark.. I for one, being a Micro .380 owner/skeptic, appreciate reports like yours. It just goes to show these little pistols have potential to go the distance.
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