Can't get my Kimber to malf

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Byron Quick

Staff In Memoriam
I've had a Kimber Classic Gold Match for a few months now. The first couple of hundred rounds throught the weapon produced about four or five failures to feed. I was not pleasedl-visions of having to send it back to the factory were running through my head. Since then I've shot about a thousand rounds through it with no problems attributable to the handgun. I recently ran about five hundred rounds through it of several different varieties without cleaning it. (This was over a three day period where I was seriously pressed for time) Not a single malfunction.
I went back to the range today and shot a hundred rounds of Georgia Arms 230gr. Gold Dot. One failure to feed the last round of a magazine and the slide did not lock back after that round was fired. Apparently the magazine had gotten some sand in it. Well, it had been some time since I have practiced malfunction clearance so I loaded a fired case into a couple of magazines to force a malfunction. It didn't work-the kimber loaded the empty cases. I was surprised so I tried it some more-same result. I'm starting to get fairly impressed with this handgun.
 
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Stephen A. Camp

Staff In Memoriam
Hello. They are nice, aren't they? You might experiment with different types of magazines; I've had grand luck with Wilson 7-round as well as Mec-Gar sevens. Best.
 
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Blue Duck357

New member
Suppose even Kimbers need a little break in sometimes. Then again my 1991A still hasn't malfunctioned in it's first two hundred rounds (Maybe they take longer for the break in to start :D)

Regards, Blue Duck

All my loaded rounds are loaded.
 
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Blue Duck357

New member
Not too interupt the thread but you mentioned good luck with the 7 round versions, having any luck with the 8 shot version? I'm not hearing much about them.

Thanks, Blue Duck
 
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Stephen A. Camp

Staff In Memoriam
Hello, BlueDuck 357. I tried some of the 8-round magazines when they first came out. They worked fine in MOST of my guns MOST of the time, but the 7-round magazines worked fine in all of my 1911s. Therefore, I just stick with what works for me. I'm sure that these magazines have been improved as what I mentioned was a common problem. When I use a 1911 for serious purposes, it's fully loaded with a 7-rnd magazine and one in the spout so I don't feel like I'm giving up too much for utter reliability and confidence in the system being used.

Best.
 
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Al Thompson

Staff Alumnus
IDPA?

Hey Byron, do you shoot in Richland Cty? Thinking about dropping in at the next match.

FWIW, I got my Kimber on a Friday night, cleaned it , took six rounds to zero and shot a IPSC match the next morning. Over a thousand rounds since and nary a bobble..

Giz
 
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Byron Quick

Staff In Memoriam
The only malfunction I've had past the initial two hundred rounds in the Kimber was the one today that I attribute to debris in the magazine. All three are 8 rounders. One came with the handgun, one is a Springfield Armory stainless, and one is a Wilson. I believe that if I buy more magazines so I don't reuse one that has sand in it that I won't have a problem. At least that is my experience so far. As with most everything else, it is subject to change in the face of new facts.
 
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