Range Report-Kimber Ultra Compact

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Drizzt

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OK, now I've not written one of these up before, so you will have to excuse me if things are a bit sparse. I went out today to run a few rounds through my new Kimber Ultra-Carry, and since I have seen so many threads on here asking people's opinions as to this gun and it's brethren, I thought I'd let you know how it went. Generally, it was flawless. The gun is a lot more accurate than I am. I keep pulling down and to the left. I know what causes it, but I'm still having trouble getting it corrected. I had 1 fail-to-fire, a Winchester 185gr FMJ, and 1 fail-to-load, which was a CCI Blazer 230gr FMJ. Both of these were with Chip McCormick 7-round magazines. I fired a number of Winchester 185gr Silvertip HP, and had great success. In fact, the silvertips were the most accurate shots I made all day. I brought it home and started cleaning it, to discover that the disassembly tool was not included. I went ahead and ran a boresnake through it a few times, and I guess I'll have to contact Kimber on Monday. Overall, I am very satisfied with this pistol, and have no qualms whatsoever about using it for daily carry. Now I've just got to find a better holster :D .


Wow! I just realized that I have gone over my 1-year anniversary. I'd better go bake a cake.... what cake goes well with Shiner?
 
The disassembly tool for the Kimber Ultra Carry is a little piece of wire that looks like a bent paper clip. You can make your own. You need a piece of wire, such as a paper clip, just thin enough to fit in the hole in the guide rod. Take a straight piece of wire about 2-3 inches long, and bend about 1/2" of one end at a right angle. The short end of the "L" shaped wire goes into the hole in the guide rod to hold the spring back during disassembly.
 
I've got an Ultra Carry, too. My shots are consistently low and to the left - am I flinching and pulling the pistol that direction? I need some more practice with this tiny hand cannon!!!
 
Shots low and left are often caused by squeezing the grip too hard, particularly with the ring and little finger of the strong hand. Try shooting a few rounds while consciously keeping your lower fingers loose. You will be surprised how little grip you need to control a hand gun. One instructor had our class shoot a handgun one-handed, with only the thumb and trigger finger touching the gun. In the black at 5 yards!
 
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Get you shooting buddy to load your gun and hand it to you, from time to time have him hand you an unloaded gun, but for this to work, you can't know when the gun is unloaded. Have him watch you as you aim and fire. If you are flinching it will be painfully obvious to both of you when you dip that front sight when the hammer falls. This training technique is called ball and dummy.

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