Kimber problems

[my_old_glock]

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Kimber told me to go away till I had 500 or so rnds through it. 
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I had polished the feed ramp after my first call to Kimber and the FMJ bullets are now going about 98% of the time.
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My second call I was basically told that I have to expect this from a 10mm.
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Is there any chance that I can expect Kimber to do right by me?
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1) Typical Kimber. They build tight guns, but you need to shoot a crap load through them to loosen up the parts so they function correctly. This has been their excuse since they started producing 1911 pistols.

2) You spend $1000+ for a precision made gun, and you still have to do work on it to get it to work.

3) You have to expect it from Kimber, and not a 10mm. If their gun doesn't work, they shouldn't offer it for sale.

4) I have no idea what Kimber customer service will do.


I have a few friends who own Kimber guns. None of them work 100% of the time. They are the Ducati of gun makers: High priced and finicky.


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[ram1000]

Good news- for me, Kimber called back and is going to fix and ship the gun on warrenty.  Thanks for all your input...

[Mike_Fontenot]

Very glad to hear that!

[ram1000]

Kimber has agreed to pay postage and I sent my pistol back waiting for the results now...

[fasteddie565]

I have owned many Kimbers and look forward to a TLE II RL in 10mm.

Some issues that I have seen (and fixed) Some Kimbers have issues with the extractors, check the tension on it for the FTF. Normally if its too tight it wont feed, too loose it won't eject.

I break in all of my Kimbers with a somewhat unconventional method.  I put old colgate toothpaste on the frame and rails (The kind with the grit in it) and run the action 200 times, clean, repeat, clean and lube and reassemble. You can also use flitz metal polish, but I have a big tube of the old colgate so there you have it.  You will see and feel a definite difference.

Another issue you mentioned is the slide locking prematurely. I have had several Kimbers to which I had to take the file to the slide stop.  I blacken it with a sharpy cycle the gun until I get lock back and file where the sharpy rubbed off. Normally a few passes with a light file does the trick. This normally happens with the Ultra models.

I look forward to hearing how your Kimber shoots.

fast eddie sends

[ram1000]

Waiting to receive the gun back after Kimber looks at it but don't expect it till maybe after the first of the year since its Christmas.  I would be afraid to do the break in your talking about for fear of Kimber denying to deal with it if they found out.  As far as the ejector stuff that seems above my pay grade for now.

[fasteddie565]

I have never sent one back. (Yet) It does work however. Let us know when it returns.