Posted: 11/14/2008 11:18:33 AM EDT
| I just purchased a Kimber pro carry II and went straight from the gun shop to the range. Fired almost 100 rds through it and was having failure to feed about 3 times per mag. Sometimes the slide would stay fully open but most would just halfway feed. A little push from the back with my thumb and back to firing. Is this something to exspect until I get enough breakin rounds through it? I bought this thing to carry and right now I don't trust it a bit. |
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I recall,,Kimber suggests 2k rds to loosen things up and get it moving slick. MY experience is about 1000 rds it should run like a raped ape,,and thats about any gun IMHO.. 2,000 rounds is utterly retarded (just quoting the messenger, not trying to kill him). Wilson Combat makes a nice, tight pistol and their suggestion is 500 rounds before fieldstripping. It's bad enough that most production companies save money on X% of their pistols by overlooking certain fixes for you, their appointed "last step of QC" to fix on your own. But at @$30/100 of WWB, I wouldn't consider a pistol that required $300 worth of testing ammo to stumble through just to see if I have a real problem before giving it to them. But $600 of reccommended test ammo? IF that is in fact true, I can't see how anybody would knowingly buy one of those pistols. 
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The recoil spring in the Pro series is underpowered for the 4 inch models. I put the Wolff Improved XP recoil spring in my new Pro Carry II before even going to the range the first time. This combined with Wilson Combat magazines = 100% reliability with just under 500 rounds to date. Kimber needs to adapt the Wolff recoil spring in new production models and include a properly functioning magazine. These two issues could be addressed rather inexpensively by Kimber and result in a more reputable image.
That being said I do love my Kimber now! 
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The recoil spring in the Pro series is underpowered for the 4 inch models. Kimber needs to adapt the Wolff recoil spring in new production models and include a properly functioning magazine. These two issues could be addressed rather inexpensively by Kimber and result in a more reputable image. Kimber went to Wolf first to design the XP spring for the 4 in guns. I don't know why they didn't make it to production guns. Get the XP spring kit (recoil + firing pin spring) And tune your extractor. Gun should run like a champ. Also if this is your first 1911, they love lube. When I break a 1911 in I lock the slide back add a little CLP to the rails, barrel hood, and first 1/2 inch of the muzzel. Then repeat every 50 rounds for about 300 rounds. |