[ltcdwb]

I have a used (broke in) Kimber Pro Shadow LE II. I have had 2 occassions where the last round in the magazine chambered in front of the extractor which prevented the slide returning to battery. The magazines I use are Wilson 47D and have less than 500 rounds run through them. The first occurance happened when my daughter was firing th eKimber, and the second time happened to me on different trip to the range. I do not know what the round count is for the Kimber. I have plans to replace the springs in the pistol. Is this out of sequence chambering the result of a weak recoil spring?

 

[ltcdwb]

Sorry, forgot to mention this pistol has an internal extractor.

 

[ltcdwb]

I checked the tension, or clearance of the extractor and the breech face. I compared the Kimber to my Springfield. The Kimber was holding the dummy round much tighter than the Springfield did. So, I adjusted the tension of the extractor to match the Sringfield. I will post the results of my next trip to the range.

 

[ltcdwb]

Range Report

I had a chance to try the Kimber this afternoon. Out of 7 magazines loaded with varying round counts and both ball and hollow point ammo. The Kimber never had an issue. It ate up averything I fed it. I have not changed any springs, the only thing I did was adjust the extractor. I used the same Wilson magazines I was using when the malfunction occured. Flawless performance. I will change springs and fire anoither few hundred rounds before it goes into rptation as a carry gun.