As you saw from my introduction post, I am new to 1911s and I'm a bit intimidated by the takedown process. I haven't taken down my Aegis yet for cleaning (gunstore advised putting a few hundred rounds through it first) and I was considering purchasing one of the takedown tools I've seen videos of. They seem to make it easier vs the Kimber tool. Does anyone have any experience with these? Or do you find the Kimber tool sufficient?
As for cleaning: I watched one video where the guy goes so far as to not only remove the slide but to also take the slide apart (removing the firing pin). This never occurred to me with other semi autos (like my Sig) - does anyone go this far with the cleaning?
As for cleaning: I watched one video where the guy goes so far as to not only remove the slide but to also take the slide apart (removing the firing pin). This never occurred to me with other semi autos (like my Sig) - does anyone go this far with the cleaning?