Problems with my Kimber

[14 GT-500]

Well guy's thanks for all your inputs. But it appears to me that I have more then 1 issue with this gun, so come Monday I will be giving Kimber a call. I was looking @ the owners manual  and  I saw that they have only a 1 year warranty on the Gun, so I got to get it taking care of ASAP. I sure hope that there good to work with as this is my 1st non Colt 1911.
Keep you posted.

[spaniel]

Mine has been flawless and wonderful.  I hope they take care of yours.  There are no perfect companies, what counts is if they make it right.

[14 GT-500]

Yes I know that there will always be one of  anything, be it cars, trucks, motorcycles etc etc that somehow need a little more attention. I had a S&W Shield that had to go back last year, and S&W fixed it. If Kimber makes it right that's all I ask since it is a great looking & shooting pistol.

[Reverendpdp]

If you tried swapping the slide stop on your 10mm with one from a .45, understand that those stops ARE NOT the same.  If you haven't tried it, use the slide stop from your Delta Elite, not Gold Cup. 
I had similar issues with my RIA, and discovered it was the extended Wilson Slide stop that was the culprit.  RIA informed me they were not the same and to go with the OEM stop.
 
Also stronger mag springs cleared up most of the FTRB issues. 

[14 GT-500]

I didn't know that, I will swap out the Delta Elite slide stop and the magazine.
And see how it runs then.
Thanks

[14 GT-500]

Well guys, I just got off the phone with Kimber and they think its the slide stop so there sending one out today. I ask them about my brass and they said that's all part of owning a 10mm. So hopefully the new part works out because my son wants to take it to his CCW class on March 26th!! That will open some eyes up!!

[Mike_Fontenot]

Well guys, I just got off the phone with Kimber and they think its the slide stop so there sending one out today. I ask them about my brass and they said that's all part of owning a 10mm.

That was an asinine thing for them to say ... sounds like the same old Kimber customer support ... I had hoped they had reformed by now.  And from your description of your brass mangling, I think you DO need some extractor adjusting. (Sometimes, adjusting the tension is enough, but other times some slight reshaping (with a file) of the extractor is needed.)  Also, somewhere along the line, a gunsmith slightly shortened my ejector a bit, and I think that improved it some.   My ejected brass isn't pristine, but it always ejects and doesn't interfere with the cycling.

[sqlbullet]

I am assuming your brass looks kinda like this:



This is NOT a part of owning a 10mm.  This is an improperly adjusted extractor.  If you brass just has some dents in it, then I agree, that is part of a 10mm.

[my_old_glock]

I am assuming your brass looks kinda like this:



This is NOT a part of owning a 10mm.  This is an improperly adjusted extractor.  If you brass just has some dents in it, then I agree, that is part of a 10mm.

How/why does an improperly adjusted extractor cause that.


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[14 GT-500]

That's exactly what my brass looks like!!!! plus the front of my ejection port looks like a gold wedding band and the back somewhat also "but that's  all part of owning a 10mm"   "its not a .45" is what they told me. But I said my Colt Delta Elite doesn't  do that !!! what the heck.
Anyhow there sending me a slide stop but I think there is more then 1 issue with my Kimber.
Keep you posted. Going out side to shoot now.

[Mike_Fontenot]

Going out side to shoot now.

I certainly envy your ability to do THAT!

[sqlbullet]

Call em back and tell them that dented brass you can live with, torn brass is a problem.

my_old_glock, if the extractor is loose it won't hold the brass against the breech face, and won't act as  proper pivot when the ejector hits it.  The result is  the brass gets knocked off the ejector hook, but not out of the action.  As the slide closes the brass gets caught on the barrel hood or slide.  However, there is enough slide velocity to rip up the brass before it pushes it out of the way.

14 GT-500, you can resolve this yourself pretty easily.

This guy talks too much and makes a 3 minute video into 10 minutes, but it covers how to test and adjust the extractor if needed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENFoZPF2-FM

[DM1906]

"but that's  all part of owning a 10mm"

Horse hockey! Maybe picking up a dent due to the brass hitting the ground at terminal velocity would be "but that's  all part of owning a 10mm".

I have, and have had, a bunch of 10mm pistols (lost count). None of them do/did that when they are right, which leaves one conclusion in your case. It isn't. It's a new pistol, and does not require 600 rounds to make it run. Perhaps Kimber should ship 600 rounds of break-in ammo with a new pistol to do what should have been done before it left the factory.

[14 GT-500]

Hey I like that idea of free ammo It wouldn't take me to long to burn that up. But once the warm weather comes to WI I will be cutting back on my shooting a lot.  And instead of burning powder and lead and primers  will be burning rubber and 93 gas. Can't wait, its sunny and 63 outside right now.

[spaniel]

W I ask them about my brass and they said that's all part of owning a 10mm.

Yeah I own a Kimber 10mm and the brass never has so much as a ding in it, I'd ask to escalate that to a supervisor ASAP.  That comment shows nothing but either ignorance or willful attempt to deflect on their part.  Kind of pathetic for a company charging $1100 or so for these guns....if they can't make them run right why do they sell them that way?  (Mine runs perfect)