Century Arms Grand Power K100 MK7

[TMan]

It is nearing year's end, and my wife was going over the accounts. I've been negligent in buying guns this year, but she has not in buying jewelry. I was told to get a bigger safe deposit box at the bank, and since I had $14,000 that I didn't spend... she got me again.

Well, I did find one thing of interest that is on order, and that is the Century Arms Grand Power K100 MK7

I should have it sometime this week.

MLB, you really slacked off this year and didn't come up with anything of interest for me. You had better do a much better job next year. I have a feeling I'm going to have a hard time justifying a decent gun budget for next year.

Getting back to the K100, which is named after having tested one with 100,000 rounds of ammo:

The slide is made of high quality CrNiMo steel guaranteeing high durability. The steel is then heat treated to the value 40 - 42 HRC and consequently carbon-oxi-nitrided by technológy Tenifer QPQ to 750 HV.

Steel container with slide rails is embedded in the plastic frame with high quality CrMo steel and reconditioned by Tenifer QPQ treatment to the value of surface hardness 700 HV. The hardness of the core material of the container is 30 HRC.

The barrel is made of CrV steel which is treated by carbonitriding to the depth of 0,5 mm. The hardness of the core material of the barrel is 45 - 48 HRC. The surface hardness of the carbonitrided layer is 52 - 54 HRC.

[MLB]

I've been having a hard time getting interested in any of the new offerings. The Ruger 1911 is on the short list, but a 1911 hardly qualifies as a new offering.

A friend of mine is an amateur knifemaker. He makes them from damascus steel blanks that he forges. I've been thinking about making a small blade that's case color hardened. Mine wouldn't be damascus, but I love the look of that old hardening process. These odd things pop into my head now and then.

[TMan]

Picked it up today, and initially rather impressed for a 9mm DA/SA for < $500.

It field strips like the PPK, but requires quite a bit more strength.

The serrations on the slide are quite sharp, the recoil spring is strong, and I ended up putting a glove on in order to put it back together. It took quite a bit of effort to get the slide back on.

Also, pulling down the trigger guard appears to just flex the plastic. Again it took quite a bit of force to accomplish it.

The trigger is breaking at 5lbs 4oz averate in SA mode. It is crisp and the trigger is wide so it feels much lighter than it actually is.

The rear sight is adjustable for windage, and there is an extra front sight and an align wrench in the box.

Experience has told me that when I have been out of the country and not shot in awhile, I don't do well in the accuracy department. I'll fall back into the old tricks of holding my breath for all the shots in the magazine, focusing on the target in stead of the front sight, flinching, closing my eyes when the shot goes off etc.

Since I've been out of the country and haven't shot for over 6 months. I won't feel that it would be fair to make any judgements or comments about the gun until I get "back in the groove".

["DoubleAction"]

......Good thread TMan; Well put together.

[TMan]

Shot it yesterday for the first time, and I forgave it for being hard to reassemble.

Like the dummy that I am, I looked in my range bag, which I hadn't used in 6 weeks and saw a box of 9mm luger and a box of 45 ACP. Never picked them up, and when I got to the range, I found that the boxes were half-full.

There were 3 shots in the 8 ring, 4 in the 9 ring, and the rest in the center. However, I should have taken a picture because the ones in the center were right next to the ones in the 9 ring i.e. it shot a tight group, but a little to the left. The 3 in the 8 ring were totally my screw-ups. I think I closed my eyes when I was expecting the gun to go off.

I let several people dry-fire it, but I didn't let anyone shoot it because of the limited amount of ammo.

Everyone that dry-fired it was (were? - crap, should have paid better attention in English grammer) impressed with the trigger and the fact that it felt so good for being a DA/SA trigger.

Being in somewhat of a Christmas spirit, I did let one guy shoot the Springfield TRP (Tactical Response Pistol). His hands were much rougher than mine and the sharp checkering on the front grip didn't bother him.

The best thing I heard at the range was: "If you were in a battle of wits, you wouldn't have any ammo." I just bring out the best in people.