Well the Kimber, since day 1 of buying it, has had failure to feed problems. Basically, when it cycles a round on the first or last round of the mag the bullet will start feeding and then get hung up on the extractor. Its like the lip on the back of the bullet doesnt slide in there or hits at a weird angle enough to jam up the slide. Iv tried the stock mag, a wilson combat mag, a shooting star mag, and even bought a couple more wilson combats from a local shop.
So while i was still in Washington i took it back to the gunshop i bought it from and gave it to their resident gunsmith. He took out the internal extractor and "adjusted" it, he said it would .something microns out of wack. So i took it shooting and it seemed to have cleared up, atleast while i was there. Came back after a couple weeks to go shooting again and sure enough first round the slide doesnt go all the way forward. All i have to do is push it with my thumb and it will just nudge forward and i continue shooting. But it only does it once the gun gets warmed up, probably after a mag or two.
I asked the gunsmith WTFO and he says "Well the gun is still brand new, come back once u get a few hundred rounds through it". I said fair enough and went shooting. By the time i got enough rounds through it i moved to Alaska and just went shooting whenever. The gun now has over 5k rounds through it and still have fail to feed.
I replaced the extractor with a Aftec spring loaded extractor and this didnt fix the problem. Took it to a local gunshop and he polished the feedramp and bored out the chamber a itsy bit. Took it out shooting once, and started having fail to extract problems. Come to find out they took the springs out of my Aftec extractor. Discovered this after i got home to clean it. Havnt been out shooting since i replaced my springs.
But, honestly, i dont think the problem is fixed. Im past the manufacturer warranty im sure, even describing the problem takes time.
Any ideas?
Oh yeah, and i shoot PMC or whatever brass i can get my hands on. I have been a bad boy and shot wolf through it once and only once. No failures with the wolf ammo though.
So while i was still in Washington i took it back to the gunshop i bought it from and gave it to their resident gunsmith. He took out the internal extractor and "adjusted" it, he said it would .something microns out of wack. So i took it shooting and it seemed to have cleared up, atleast while i was there. Came back after a couple weeks to go shooting again and sure enough first round the slide doesnt go all the way forward. All i have to do is push it with my thumb and it will just nudge forward and i continue shooting. But it only does it once the gun gets warmed up, probably after a mag or two.
I asked the gunsmith WTFO and he says "Well the gun is still brand new, come back once u get a few hundred rounds through it". I said fair enough and went shooting. By the time i got enough rounds through it i moved to Alaska and just went shooting whenever. The gun now has over 5k rounds through it and still have fail to feed.
I replaced the extractor with a Aftec spring loaded extractor and this didnt fix the problem. Took it to a local gunshop and he polished the feedramp and bored out the chamber a itsy bit. Took it out shooting once, and started having fail to extract problems. Come to find out they took the springs out of my Aftec extractor. Discovered this after i got home to clean it. Havnt been out shooting since i replaced my springs.
But, honestly, i dont think the problem is fixed. Im past the manufacturer warranty im sure, even describing the problem takes time.
Any ideas?
Oh yeah, and i shoot PMC or whatever brass i can get my hands on. I have been a bad boy and shot wolf through it once and only once. No failures with the wolf ammo though.
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