smartshooter.45
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This year i decided to buy a nice 1911 for personal carry and home defense. a friend of mine has an ultra carry that i fired alot and quite liked but i wanted a 4" barrel and full size frame so i went with the pro carry 2 in .45 acp. anyway i went with kimber because of their reputation for quality and dependability.
i have recieved my NIB pro carry 2 and have prolly put about 600-700 rounds through it (500 is the break in). when totally clean it operates fine but once i have put about 20 or 30 rounds through the gun it starts to have feeding issues. :banghead: i use quality 8 round kim pro tac mags so i dont think its a mag issue. i shoot quality 230gr FMJ rounds.
what happens is this: ill put 3 clips through it with no problems. then ill load in the 4th clip and release the slide lock to chamber the 1st round of the clip. the round loads about 1/2 way into the barrel and then stops. it seems like the resistance is from the round getting stuck on the top of the barrel or the back lip of the casing getting stuck behind the extractor. the more rounds i fire in a session the more this seems to happen. so mostly it just fails to feed the 1st round out of the clip. once a round is fully chambered and fired the rest feed and extract fine.
one thing i noticed is that when the slide is locked open the barrel has a relatively large amount of play moving forward and back. i was thinking this could be the cause of the problem.
Has anyone else had similar problems with their kimbers? if so what did u do to fix ur ftf's? im looking for options before i just send it into kimber.
thanks,
smartshooter.45
i have recieved my NIB pro carry 2 and have prolly put about 600-700 rounds through it (500 is the break in). when totally clean it operates fine but once i have put about 20 or 30 rounds through the gun it starts to have feeding issues. :banghead: i use quality 8 round kim pro tac mags so i dont think its a mag issue. i shoot quality 230gr FMJ rounds.
what happens is this: ill put 3 clips through it with no problems. then ill load in the 4th clip and release the slide lock to chamber the 1st round of the clip. the round loads about 1/2 way into the barrel and then stops. it seems like the resistance is from the round getting stuck on the top of the barrel or the back lip of the casing getting stuck behind the extractor. the more rounds i fire in a session the more this seems to happen. so mostly it just fails to feed the 1st round out of the clip. once a round is fully chambered and fired the rest feed and extract fine.
one thing i noticed is that when the slide is locked open the barrel has a relatively large amount of play moving forward and back. i was thinking this could be the cause of the problem.
Has anyone else had similar problems with their kimbers? if so what did u do to fix ur ftf's? im looking for options before i just send it into kimber.
thanks,
smartshooter.45