The slide velocity was high enough that the guns very quickly battered the slide stop block. However, the system was not adequate for the cartridge. He chose to cut an annular ring in the front of the chamber – the mouth of the brass would expand into this ring upon firing, and the force required to press it back down to the diameter of the chamber body would force the slide to remain closed long enough for pressure to drop to a safe level. 30 Carbine cartridge is too powerful for a blowback pistol, however, and so Kimball needed some type of locked breech or delaying mechanism. 30 Carbine cartridge – what better companion for the tactical uber weapon of the day, the M1 Carbine? Kimball’s pistol was styled heavily after the High Standard, and it looks good and handles well. Kimball Arms Company of Detroit introduced a semiauto pistol in 1955, chambered for the.
