I started to give the idea of a shorter trigger on the M1911 clones more thought. I installed a Wilson Combat "short" ultralight trigger on the SIS Ultra, and used the Covert Ultra as a control, since they are both "officer model" frames. As usual, this was a highly-unscientific test, but here's the results.
Maybe I'm deluding myself, but I'm seeing more shots moving up and towards the center, and tighter overall "grouping". There was no special emphasis on accuracy at 10 yards other than being vey careful where I put my finger on the Covert trigger. I used the tippie tip of my index finger, while I automatically was able to get the center of the finger pad on the trigger of the SIS without any special effort on my part. I consider that a "win" for a defensive weapon.
Sooooo, the "medium" triggers on the other two Kimbers, and the old warhorse, will go from medium to short, just for consistency. Here's the difference between the two trigger sizes.
While I had the Pro torn down to get to the trigger, I noticed that Kimber cut a few corners by using sintered-metal parts for the sear and disconnector. They're probably perfectly serviceable, but now that I know, I'll order three sets machined from tool steel stock. Heck, the warhorse has a better sear and disconnector in him. And it's not like these are expensive parts. They've just small, and vey critical.
I pulled a box of those defective FN .45ACP rounds the other night, when I accidentally held the bullet puller up to the light, and saw something that didn't look good. I shone a bright flashlight through the plastic, and determined that continued use would be very bad, or at least very embarrassing.
There are about six or seven cracks in it, with four radiating from the "ejection port". One crack has almost completely circled the puller, and will join up with another crack, or the hole. When that happens, a healthy whack will spray powder, bullet, and an unknown number of pieces of plastic shrapnel all over, but probably mostly on me.
So I'm waiting for a new inertial puller, which I'll use for the small jobs. I'm also getting a RCBS collet puller to finish off this job. It shouldn't aggravate my wrist or shoulder, and there should be no catastrophic failures. Meanwhile, I got this far before stopping. Only about 880 more to go, by my estimate.
