throttleup, curious as to how often do you shoot your Kimber between keeping it ready in condition 1?My bedside Kimber CDP II .45, 22 years and counting
I am.Drm50 said:Springs fatigue, that’s a fact. It doesn’t make any difference of make or model. Spring from same batch may have not got right heat treat. Some springs are higher quality than others.
Some will pop off and say there gun is 50 years old, never had a problem. This is true until they do have a problem.
I’m not one to subscribe to theory that compressed springs have no bearing on useful life.
Springs fatigue, that’s a fact. It doesn’t make any difference of make or model. Spring from same batch may have not got right heat treat. Some springs are higher quality than others.
Some will pop off and say there gun is 50 years old, never had a problem. This is true until they do have a problem.
I’m not one to subscribe to theory that compressed springs have no bearing on useful life.
Repetition is not the only wear on springs. While it’s true that coil springs have less failure rate that flat springs they can fail and get weak.
Springs do not fatigue from compression. Springs fatigue from compression-expansion CYCLES!Springs fatigue, that’s a fact. It doesn’t make any difference of make or model. Spring from same batch may have not got right heat treat. Some springs are higher quality than others.
Some will pop off and say there gun is 50 years old, never had a problem. This is true until they do have a problem.
I’m not one to subscribe to theory that compressed springs have no bearing on useful life.
Repetition is not the only wear on springs. While it’s true that coil springs have less failure rate that flat springs they can fail and get weak.
Springs do not fatigue from compression.
Yeah, when you think about it there will always be parts, smithies, literature, tutorials, etc. on the old punkin' roller...just about anything that needed done (and didn't has been done to the 1911 so we know where to begin when something goes wrong.There are many accounts of cocked and locked 1911s from the 40s/50s/60s found after folks die or in other places with period ammo in the magazines where they are picked up and shot without issue.
I don’t think you will see any major issues from leaving it cocked and locked. That said I would hope you shoot it at least every once in a blue moon both to stay familiar with it and you know because it’s FUN.
1911s aren’t that hard to work on, beyond the hand fitting during builds or certain parts so if you need the piece of mind just replace springs every decade or so.
I’ve also had many pistols that had magazine loaded for years and never fired, that spring was to weak to function.