tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post3161765256629188030..comments2024-02-13T14:28:21.282-05:00Comments on New Jovian Thunderbolt: Snub GutsNew Jovian Thunderbolthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-49694162072764554252015-05-22T19:15:50.548-04:002015-05-22T19:15:50.548-04:00It happened over a few years around the turn of th...It happened over a few years around the turn of the millennium, just before the Lock Era.<br /><br />P&R -> MIM -> Lock<br /><br />I think the first MIM guns were the re-introduced Centennials in the mid/late '90s, but I'd have to check.<br /><br />MIM era coincides with the switchover to frame-mounted firing pins because the old-style hammer with the riveted hammer nose (FP) wasn't a MIM-friendly part.<br /><br />Incidentally, Smith is a model of how to do MIM right, unlike the CMC/Kimber fiasco. The number of rejected small parts during the QC process plummeted at Smith after they introduced MIM for small parts.<br /><br /><br />Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-91552126367218810882015-05-21T19:30:22.127-04:002015-05-21T19:30:22.127-04:00Any idea what year the switch over was? If it was...Any idea what year the switch over was? If it was all at once, that is...New Jovian Thunderbolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-68727464978388650682015-05-19T19:41:41.151-04:002015-05-19T19:41:41.151-04:00MIM hammers and triggers can be discerned at a gla...MIM hammers and triggers can be discerned at a glance. You don't even need to take the gun apart to tell if the trigger's MIM or not.<br /><br />Is the backside of the trigger "skeletonized" or is it one smooth curve of metal like the front? If it's the former, it's MIM. If the trigger's MIM, then the hammer is too. :)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-1935808646509736662015-05-19T09:59:25.453-04:002015-05-19T09:59:25.453-04:00I'd add that MIM got a bad reputation early on...I'd add that MIM got a bad reputation early on when people didn't make the connection that some parts should still be made the old fashioned way then went out and applied MIM to ALL of the small parts.<br /><br />Since those missteps the MIM processes have gotten better and manufacturers have better learned where its use is inappropriate.<br /><br />The reputation lingers though.Angus McThaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09295013525738248801noreply@blogger.com