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To: Spktyr

That article does a fair job explaining the difference between the series 70 and 80. So what “series” are the Kimber types that have a completely different barrel bushing type?


201 posted on 02/24/2023 9:35:47 PM PST by MileHi ((Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: MileHi

There are, of course, complications with those designations. Modern Kimbers are basically Series 70s with something called a Swartz Safety installed that is somewhat similar to the Colt Series 80 firing pin safety changes. Older (pre-”Series II”) Kimber designs are straight up Series 70 designs and have no firing pin lock/block at all.

The ‘Series’ designations only strictly apply to Colt products. Other manufacturers adopted some, all or none of the changes between the Series. For non-Colt products, mostly the terms are used to distinguish between ones without a firing pin safety and ones that have one of some kind. It’s kind of a genericization, much like Kleenex or Xerox.


206 posted on 02/25/2023 12:56:38 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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