WWB Packing Goo vs FTE???

[Mongo the Mutterer]

Quick question for Kimber owners.

I have a Stainless II which I have had several FTE's every time I go to the range. Since I have not run 1,000 rounds through it, I was waiting to send it back to Yonkers.

Got up this morning, and went through my range bag. Found I didn't reload my mags for the Kimber, so I opened a new box of WWB's.

The WWB box opens in the middle, and I noticed some of the packing goo had come off and was stuck between the bullet and brass. Not a lot, but I cleaned it off as best I could. Then I started thinking... dangerous.

Could the packing goo have caused my FTEs??

Thanks

 

[jonnyc]

99.99% no.

 

[Shear_stress]

Have you experienced the same problem over multiple brands of ammo?

Mine is a sample of one, but I have a Kimber that refused to eject about once per magazine. The problem occured for a thousand rounds of ammo of several different brands. With all the hype surrounding these guns, I was convinced the problem was somehow my fault. Eventually, I got fed up and had a smith install a Wilson extractor. Mysteriously, the gun never had an FTE again.

 

[Mongo the Mutterer]

Nope -- I use WWB for target practice.

I have 50 rounds of Magtech -- may try them next range trip.

 

[TheEgg]

Since I have not run 1,000 rounds through it, I was waiting to send it back to Yonkers.

Customers should not have to put up with this! Kimber should be ashamed to see their customers in this situation over and over again.

 

[KevinB]

I fired 200 rounds of .45 WWB today. I had one FTF, and upon inspection of the round found that it had some glue from the box stuck on the brass. After scraping it off with a fingernail it chambered fine. Don't know if thats what caused your FTE, just something to think about.

-Kevin

 

[NVMM]

TheEgg says
"Customers should not have to put up with this! Kimber should be ashamed to see their customers in this situation over and over again."

Thats why I bought a Smith & Wesson 1911. No Problems. EVER!

 

[NMshooter]

If you can find a manufacturer that never makes lemons let me know so I can buy one!

 

[TheEgg]

If you can find a manufacturer that never makes lemons let me know so I can buy one!

Not my point. Every maker will stub their toe. What burns me about Kimber (it happened to me the one and only time I purchased a Kimber) is their, IMO, silly statement that "you must fire 500, 1,000" rounds before assessing if there is anything wrong with your gun.

Well, I did (fire 1,000 rounds -- the thing still did not work), got to send it back 3 times, and it still does not meet my reliability standards. It is now a safe queen -- one day maybe I will sell it if I find someone who does not mind the reliability problems.

So for the priviledge of finding out that that gun sucked, I got to pay about $1,000 for the gun, $200.00 for ammunition, another $120.00 or so for shipping, and still had a problematic gun. Kimber uses their customers as the QC department more than any other manufacturer in my opinon. (DUCKING, as the Kimber lovers pounce on their keyboards to announce that THEY NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH THEIR KIMBERS. I don't doubt it at all -- but the proportions are all wrong for Kimber, and their approach to customer service leaves me totally cold.)

Gee, none of this happened to me when I purchase other 1911's, or SIG, or H&K, or S&W, or Glock, or etc., etc., etc.

 

[BluesBear]

You mean you and Dennis didn't become lifelong best buddies?

 

[Ken Rainey]

Does it have the external extractor? If so, I'd call and arrange to send it back....if it has an internal extractor, it may just need to be tuned...if you can remove it, do a search and you'll find the method for tuning by 1911Tuner.

This is assuming that the extractor (whichever kind it is) is clean (pistol properly cleaned and lubed also) and hasn't got any crud restricting it's movement. Oh, and that you are using a good magazine and good ammo too ! Winchester White box, PMC, Remington umc, or Speer lawman "should" be fine. Of course, YMMV.

I've read on here that Kimber is on their fourth design of external extractors??? I don't know if thats true but if yours is an external extractor and is messing up this much on good ammo, then it needs to be corrected/replaced by them.

Keep us informed....

 

[R.H. Lee]

Kimber uses their customers as the QC department more than any other manufacturer in my opinon.

That seems to be corporate standard operating procedure these days.

Just the name 'Kimber' puts me off. It sounds effeminate.

 

[NMshooter]

Let me guess, you got a series II?

I like the series I pistols, but they made a mistake when they messed with a good product.

For whatever reason their external extractor seems to be .

Truth be told I do not see the point of an external extractor on any 1911...

Not that any 1911 manufacturer is particularly consistent.

You pay your money and you take your chances with 1911s.

When you get a good one you keep it forever, since you never know when you will find another good one.

 

[TheEgg]

You mean you and Dennis didn't become lifelong best buddies?

Yes, I guess you could say that!

 

[45R]

My Kimber is an awesome range gun. It'll pretty much eat just about anything but now and then it chokes pretty bad on SB and Winchester Winclean ammo.