Hello,
I learned about MIM, casting, forging, etc in college a while back.
MIM and casting always seemed to have about the same weaknesses in my mind.
After ordering and installing this MIM safety on my 1911, I got to taking a hard look on what's NOT forged in modern firearms.
Turns out, almost everything in non-custom guns is MIM. Armscor uses MIM frames (Armscor makes these for STI, RIA, and until recently, Charles Daly). Kimber is pretty much all MIM. Wilson uses MIM.
Remingtons have a lion's share of MIM parts and the company owns its own MIM plant.
Smith and Wesson revolvers are using MIM parts internally.
Colt uses MIM.
Ruger, if I read right, uses cast frames and slides with MIM internals.
They all hold up well. Yet people hate MIM.
Why? And what are your experiences with MIM?
I personally had ONE MIM part ever break on me. It was a joint on an ambi safety from first year Charles Daly 1911 production, and it had an obvious flaw. In other words, it was a goofed step in the process, not the process itself.
So, what are your feelings on MIM? Are they functional? Have they made all our firearms into crap?
Josh <><
I learned about MIM, casting, forging, etc in college a while back.
MIM and casting always seemed to have about the same weaknesses in my mind.
After ordering and installing this MIM safety on my 1911, I got to taking a hard look on what's NOT forged in modern firearms.
Turns out, almost everything in non-custom guns is MIM. Armscor uses MIM frames (Armscor makes these for STI, RIA, and until recently, Charles Daly). Kimber is pretty much all MIM. Wilson uses MIM.
Remingtons have a lion's share of MIM parts and the company owns its own MIM plant.
Smith and Wesson revolvers are using MIM parts internally.
Colt uses MIM.
Ruger, if I read right, uses cast frames and slides with MIM internals.
They all hold up well. Yet people hate MIM.
Why? And what are your experiences with MIM?
I personally had ONE MIM part ever break on me. It was a joint on an ambi safety from first year Charles Daly 1911 production, and it had an obvious flaw. In other words, it was a goofed step in the process, not the process itself.
So, what are your feelings on MIM? Are they functional? Have they made all our firearms into crap?
Josh <><
