I took the advice some of you guys offered on my new Kimber jamming. Thanks all. Originally the jams occured on every round of Blazer and occasionally (about every 10 rounds) with Fiocchi. American Eagle seemed to work best.
here's what I did so far: 1) Locked the slide open for about a week 2) Exercised the slide 3) Tried other ammo 4) Tried new magazine.
Today regular Winchester and Fiocchi were fine but Blazer still jammed at about the same rate. The range would only sell i box of 50 (American Eagle) per customer (which I'm holding in reserve) so I was stuck with whatever I had hanging around. Changing the mag didn't make any difference but working the spring seemed to make a big improvement. (Will I ever be able to use Blazer? It's about all there is out there!) How long is this ammo shortage going to last?
One additional thing I noticed was that the ramp seemed to get dirtier (fouled?)
faster than my other guns. The ramp seems to be well machined and shiny.
Fortunately, my H&K 9mm (my carry) will shoot anything on the market so I'm not totally lost although the Kimber shoots great with an excellent trigger I'm a bit disappointed overall. All the ammo was 115gr, I'm not going to use my 125 defense rounds just to loosen up the slide!
Ah me...............
here's what I did so far: 1) Locked the slide open for about a week 2) Exercised the slide 3) Tried other ammo 4) Tried new magazine.
Today regular Winchester and Fiocchi were fine but Blazer still jammed at about the same rate. The range would only sell i box of 50 (American Eagle) per customer (which I'm holding in reserve) so I was stuck with whatever I had hanging around. Changing the mag didn't make any difference but working the spring seemed to make a big improvement. (Will I ever be able to use Blazer? It's about all there is out there!) How long is this ammo shortage going to last?
One additional thing I noticed was that the ramp seemed to get dirtier (fouled?)
faster than my other guns. The ramp seems to be well machined and shiny.
Fortunately, my H&K 9mm (my carry) will shoot anything on the market so I'm not totally lost although the Kimber shoots great with an excellent trigger I'm a bit disappointed overall. All the ammo was 115gr, I'm not going to use my 125 defense rounds just to loosen up the slide!
Ah me...............