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My husband bought a full size CCI .45 a few months ago and had horrendous problems with FTF and stovepiping. He had it throated and polished by a competent gunsmith, used very good ammo, and no luck. By numbering his magazines, he finally discovered one was consistently malfunctioning. That solved the problem for a while, but now...
I recently bought a CCII .45, and after 200 rounds, guess what! Bam! Stovepipe! Paying attention to grip and wristbreak, I fired a few more magazines, and pop! Failure to Feed! Arrrrgh!
Now I love my Kimber - I love the trigger and the fact that not too many women I know can handle a .45 competently. (I hated my Glock 9mm - seemed so wimpy compared to hubby's .45) But I'm not sure if Kimbers, due to their tight tolerances, are more susceptible to wrist breaking and dirt than regular guns, or if this is a common problem.
Hubby occasionally gets FTF/stovepipes and so do I, but they are *occasional*. By that, I mean one misfeed per, say, 150 rounds or so. Is this just something we have to live with? I know 1911s are somewhat *bitchy* anyway, but I'm wondering if I should go ahead and get my gun throated and polished as well. (Per the Kimber instruction manual, if you are shooting hollowpoints, they "recommened" that you have T&P work done on it anyway. Given that I live in Kalifornia, shooting a goblin with 230 gr FMJ could get me a in kettle of trouble.)
Any help would be appreciated - and I'm not a gunsmith and don't have a lot of knowledge about the pieces and parts of guns. Enough to clean, but that's about it. I only started *seriously* shooting about 3-4 months ago.
I recently bought a CCII .45, and after 200 rounds, guess what! Bam! Stovepipe! Paying attention to grip and wristbreak, I fired a few more magazines, and pop! Failure to Feed! Arrrrgh!
Now I love my Kimber - I love the trigger and the fact that not too many women I know can handle a .45 competently. (I hated my Glock 9mm - seemed so wimpy compared to hubby's .45) But I'm not sure if Kimbers, due to their tight tolerances, are more susceptible to wrist breaking and dirt than regular guns, or if this is a common problem.
Hubby occasionally gets FTF/stovepipes and so do I, but they are *occasional*. By that, I mean one misfeed per, say, 150 rounds or so. Is this just something we have to live with? I know 1911s are somewhat *bitchy* anyway, but I'm wondering if I should go ahead and get my gun throated and polished as well. (Per the Kimber instruction manual, if you are shooting hollowpoints, they "recommened" that you have T&P work done on it anyway. Given that I live in Kalifornia, shooting a goblin with 230 gr FMJ could get me a in kettle of trouble.)
Any help would be appreciated - and I'm not a gunsmith and don't have a lot of knowledge about the pieces and parts of guns. Enough to clean, but that's about it. I only started *seriously* shooting about 3-4 months ago.