G.A. Heath wrote:I own two Kimber Series two models (Custom TLE II and a Pro Covert II). Both have been 100% reliable and they have eaten everything I put into the magazines.
Some people (Glock lovers mostly) will tell you "A Kimber can not go 2xyz rounds without a cleaning..." and you know what, their right. but what real life situation will you ever see where you need to get a truly high round count before you can clean the gun? Police officers, Concealed/Open carriers, hobbiest/enthusiasts, and nearly everyone else I can think of will never encounter a situation where they have to have an extremely high round count without cleaning. Soldiers in our military might but that is assuming they have that much ammo, no long gun of any type (or ammo for it), and no ability to retreat and/or support to back them up. So even for our men and women in uniform an extremely high round count for their handgun is unlikely.
What is considered an extreme round count? When I got my first Taurus PT-1911, I decided to try something different with it.
I will always take a new, or new to me gun and strip it and clean it before I shoot it. With the Taurus, I took it out of the box at the range and fired a couple hundred rounds through it. Let it sit in the closet uncleaned, (REALLY hard to do), then took it the next trip to the range and fired another couple hundred. All before the first cleaning. It performed flawlessly.
I will routinely fire 100-200 rounds through my Kimber when they come to the range to play.