The single-action-only design provides a crisp trigger in even the cheapest configurations. The popularity of the M has generated a massive aftermarket to fit the weapon for lefties, to accommodate red dot sights, suppressors, and modern sighting systems.
This aftermarket has kept the old warhorse in action long beyond any other firearm that came out of the year To know everything about the , you need to know its roots. Those roots begin in with the predictably named Colt John Browning designed the under contract for Colt. The M traces its lineage back to the original Colt , which was an early semi-automatic pistol chambered in the now-forgotten 38 ACP. The original Colt faced off against a Mauser and Mannlicher design when the Army when searching for a new service pistol.
While the Colt performed admirably, the Army did what the Army does and dragged its feet. Colt continued to produce the , and later it became the , and the became the when the Army decided it wanted a 45 caliber projectile. When the military fought the Tausug Guerillas during the Moro rebellion, it found the. So a colonel and a major began shooting cadavers with various calibers to see what did the most damage.
The results of this test led the Army to require their next pistol to fire a projectile. The chambered the. After testing the pistol, the Army kept making suggestions and necessary fixes. Soon we had the Colt Model , and then, after the calvary wanted a manual safety, we got the M Finally, the M gained favor, and the pistol was adopted in This is why the gun gained its famous moniker.
Combine this basic foundation of natural comfort and ergonomics with limitless triggers, grips, sights and other upgrades, and you quickly realize why is tough to beat. As a prepper, you can build, from scratch and completely legally, a quality for a fraction of the off-the-shelf price.
For a prepper or survivalist, this weapon and the build presents a fantastic opportunity to build that survival armory. For the apartment prepper there is nothing better than a reliable handgun. Only the power that comes from the barrel of a gun will protect you in a collapse. There is no other pistol on Earth that is capable of being built from scratch with little knowledge, never mind that pistol is one of the most legendary, capable, and universal handguns ever made.
He is also the author of Come Unity, Community a book about neighbors and prepared communities. You can read more by James at www. Here's a big gun that's easier to conceal than other big guns. The grip angle fits the hand very comfortably, and the relatively low bore axis makes the gun a natural pointer.
When you hold one, you'll notice just how well it fits the hand. When you shoot it, you'll notice recoil if shooting. Part of it is the fit a good fit in the hand reduces recoil because the energy transfers properly and part of it is the metal frame. And don't sweat capacity. A reality of concealed carry for the civilian is that you just aren't going to get into an extended firefight with a handgun.
A cop absolutely is liable to; the civilian carrier just isn't going to. Then again, even if you do, magazines are easier to carry, so you can pack one or two spares with more ease than a fat double-stack of 9mm rounds. People whinge about the manual safety, but the truth is that single-action operation is not hard to learn.
Yes, you need to train to get the skill down but it's hardly difficult nor does it take years to get the requisite skill down. Wiggle your thumb a bit. That's it. Incorporate deactivating the safety into your draw stroke and you got it. It's just not that difficult. Make a habit of it and it becomes second nature.
A single action auto is not hard to learn; all you need do is deactive the safety or cock the pistol and you're good to go. A single action revolver, however, is a whole other story though there is a learnable technique you use two hands; the support hand cocks the hammer during recoil to that as well.
Various people who are a heck of a lot more knowledgeable than the guy writing this or the people reading this have tested the delay on deactivating a safety and found negligible differences.
Look, if it's good enough for Jeff Cooper he who wrote the 4 laws of gun safety and came up with the Modern Technique then it's probably going to be good enough for you. Another selling point is the diversity of the pistol platform. The original gun was pretty bare-bones.
Fixed iron sights, wood grips, grip safety and thumb safety. Insert magazine, charge pistol, point at bad guy and press the trigger - not a complicated system at all. Since then, the platform has evolved to cater to nearly any need imaginable.
I love my Kimber Pro II in. I am just so glad that the Taliban did not get their hands on any wonderful s among the stockpile of K personal weapons we provided them in September You got to love the They feel, shoot, thump and look great. A truly fabulous design. A friend and I were shooting our Berettas at the range. I handed him a to try out. He went out and bought one after that-lol. Save my name and email to use for future comments.
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