pbagley
04-23-2014, 08:44 PM
I've owned my new CM40 for 12 days and I finally had an opportunity to go to the range. Last Wednesday it was snowing and Thursday morning (six days ago) we had 12" of snow in my driveway. The joys of living in Minnesota.
My prep was nothing. I added oil just before I started shooting onto the slide rails, the barrel/slide contact area, and the barrel above the chamber to allow oil to get to the slide lock pin. I generally run a wet gun on the range.
Tonight it was 41f and light rain. I started my night at the range with the CM40 and a 100 round box of Winchester 165gr. FMJ (white box). $38 worth at WalMart. They were out of the $33 Federal 100 round box.
My range has target stands at 25 and 50 yards. I can generally keep 10 for 10 on a repair center at 25 yards with my CM9, so I figured why not give it a try with the CM40. First 10 shots:
http://i57.servimg.com/u/f57/13/62/95/74/20140421.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=668&u=13629574)
I am very happy with this.
The next 90 printed about the same, all shots below the center line of the repair center and a little right. I did drop 3 or 4 below the repair center over the course of 100 shots. If there had been a significantly better group I would have taken a photo. I am happy with the consistency.
There was one failure to feed at round 42 (nose of the round was touching the feed ramp). I didn't think I'd limp wristed at the time, but it was probably me. I changed the oil after 50 rounds and kept going until all the ammo was gone. No more failures of any kind.
I had my CW45 along tonight. Comparing the two the CM40 has a sharp recoil, but the CW45 has a bigger recoil overall using 230 gr military ball ammo. The CW45 has been slow to break in the trigger, and after putting 500 rounds down range the CW45 trigger is a little lighter than the CM40's.
I think it's a keeper.
Looks like I'm going to need a 40 cal cleaning jag and brush. I hadn't thought about that until I got home tonight.
My prep was nothing. I added oil just before I started shooting onto the slide rails, the barrel/slide contact area, and the barrel above the chamber to allow oil to get to the slide lock pin. I generally run a wet gun on the range.
Tonight it was 41f and light rain. I started my night at the range with the CM40 and a 100 round box of Winchester 165gr. FMJ (white box). $38 worth at WalMart. They were out of the $33 Federal 100 round box.
My range has target stands at 25 and 50 yards. I can generally keep 10 for 10 on a repair center at 25 yards with my CM9, so I figured why not give it a try with the CM40. First 10 shots:
http://i57.servimg.com/u/f57/13/62/95/74/20140421.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=668&u=13629574)
I am very happy with this.
The next 90 printed about the same, all shots below the center line of the repair center and a little right. I did drop 3 or 4 below the repair center over the course of 100 shots. If there had been a significantly better group I would have taken a photo. I am happy with the consistency.
There was one failure to feed at round 42 (nose of the round was touching the feed ramp). I didn't think I'd limp wristed at the time, but it was probably me. I changed the oil after 50 rounds and kept going until all the ammo was gone. No more failures of any kind.
I had my CW45 along tonight. Comparing the two the CM40 has a sharp recoil, but the CW45 has a bigger recoil overall using 230 gr military ball ammo. The CW45 has been slow to break in the trigger, and after putting 500 rounds down range the CW45 trigger is a little lighter than the CM40's.
I think it's a keeper.
Looks like I'm going to need a 40 cal cleaning jag and brush. I hadn't thought about that until I got home tonight.