Yes it did come with the glorified paper clip
I also found out a certain size allen wrench can work as well but may take slight modification. nothing a wire cutter can't handle.
The glorified paper clip is now safely in my tool box I have dedicated for firearms maintanance.
She fires about 4 inches too low though. I'm gonna have to fam-fire it and see what happens. Might be the ammo (Seller and Bellot FMJs, I'll have to try other brands and see what happens.)
She'll be one of my carry pistols when my CCW gets here from snail mail. Zero jams thus far. Ran 12 rounds through it (Gotta make that ammo last all month.
). It loads FMJs with my 10 round Mec-Gar mags quite well.
I'm spoiled though. I'm used to being surgical with my PT1911 with it's mods. I have to figure this one's personality out as well. I have a feeling I need a lower sight though, same as the PT1911. Good news is after a few mods already, her slide glides on the rails and zero fuss when I load HP rounds.
It's not a cone barrel though. If it is, it's only a slight cone. Barrel is nice and thick and the 22 lb recoil spring makes getting back on target real easy. Felt recoil is next to nothing as far as .45 ACPs go. Despite both a stainless steel frame and slide, I barely give the thing much thought with it being holstered and walking around my house.
Despite the low shooting POI, it's a keeper. A real delight to fire. Once I got it clean and fired it, cleaning is less troublesome, a few patches and you're done.
As for the mods, I noticed some key things needed polishing to work with less friction. Boy was I right. I've never seen a 1911 made that couldn't use the mods. It also made field stripping a lil faster, the slide and frame wanted to fight eachother (some times still do) because they fitted the slide and frame so well. Trigger is perfect and the hammer spring brings the hammer home with a distinct sound of authority. I got what I paid for I think, just gotta see what's up with the low POI.
As for the ditch field stripping. I'm not that worried about it. As it turns out to my surprise, there is
one military issued model that has both a full length guide rod and a 4 inch barrel.
It's the old M15 General Officer's pistol made by RIA. Granted it doesn't need a glorified paper clip but improvisation is a key to survival and I can tell I can improvise with the Kimber design if I'm in a pinch.
