I had thought about putting this one in the Kimber forum, since that may be the culprit (if no it's owner!).
I recently purchased a Kimber Eclipse Ultra. I also purchased a Wilson magazine for it. (I wanted two, but one was all they had.) This is not my first 1911 - I've a Springfield (full size) and Colt series '70 -and have not really had difficulty shooting them. I have also rented a Colt Officer and a Glock 30, shooting 50 rds from each. I used to shoot with a friend that had a Glock 23 and 27 and have many rounds from both. I rarely experienced a failure to feed on any of the above.
Today, I take the Eclipse Ultra out to the range for the first time with 100 rds of Win Clean 230 gr ammo. With the exception of 3 magazine loads, I had experienced a FTF each time I loaded the gun. The FTF's did not come with any particular round, ie., sometimes it would be the 2nd, the next mag it would be the 3rd. It happened on both the Kimber mag and the Wilson. Most of the time the round was caught between the mag and the barrel and twice (on each mag) the next round did not even leave the mag and the slide locked back as if the mag was empty. Needless to say this was not a good day at the range. It made me wish I had brought my Glock 26 to shoot as well.
I asked one of the guys who runs the range and he said it was probably limp wristing as opposed to the gun. As much as I have shot and as many .40's/.45's as I have shot I had a hard time believing this one. I did a search on here of other FTF problems and saw that imperfections on the barrel or faulty ejector can cause this problem.
I know most of us have experienced FTF's at one time or another, but is the first time I have seen something like this. Anyone else see or have a gun that did it this much? Limp wristing? The gun? Thoughts/idea?
I recently purchased a Kimber Eclipse Ultra. I also purchased a Wilson magazine for it. (I wanted two, but one was all they had.) This is not my first 1911 - I've a Springfield (full size) and Colt series '70 -and have not really had difficulty shooting them. I have also rented a Colt Officer and a Glock 30, shooting 50 rds from each. I used to shoot with a friend that had a Glock 23 and 27 and have many rounds from both. I rarely experienced a failure to feed on any of the above.
Today, I take the Eclipse Ultra out to the range for the first time with 100 rds of Win Clean 230 gr ammo. With the exception of 3 magazine loads, I had experienced a FTF each time I loaded the gun. The FTF's did not come with any particular round, ie., sometimes it would be the 2nd, the next mag it would be the 3rd. It happened on both the Kimber mag and the Wilson. Most of the time the round was caught between the mag and the barrel and twice (on each mag) the next round did not even leave the mag and the slide locked back as if the mag was empty. Needless to say this was not a good day at the range. It made me wish I had brought my Glock 26 to shoot as well.
I asked one of the guys who runs the range and he said it was probably limp wristing as opposed to the gun. As much as I have shot and as many .40's/.45's as I have shot I had a hard time believing this one. I did a search on here of other FTF problems and saw that imperfections on the barrel or faulty ejector can cause this problem.
I know most of us have experienced FTF's at one time or another, but is the first time I have seen something like this. Anyone else see or have a gun that did it this much? Limp wristing? The gun? Thoughts/idea?