I've spent plenty time shooting my 1911's,,,,definately not a pistolsmith. My Kimber is exhibiting something that concerns me.
I've got a Classic Custom and after a recent cleaning I was doing some safety function testing and had something happen that I do not recall happening before and I cannot recreate with my Springfield.
I could manually cock the hammer, push back on the muzzle which of course pushes the barrel rearward and begins unlocking the barrel from the slide. When the barrel reaches its most rearward position and has started tilting downward,,,,,out of battery, I then pulled the trigger and the hammer fell. I've been able to repeat this on several occasions. It doesn't happen absolutely everytime, but once it happens, generally you can make the hammer fall a number of times in a row while out of battery.
Also, if the muzzle has been pushed and the gun goes out of battery like noted above,,,,when the gun goes back into battery, the thumb safety doesn't always want to funtion properly. Again, that doesn't happen everytime, but it seems like once it happens one time, you can re-cock the hammer, push the muzzle and it will happen again.
Thoughts on what could cause that??? Though I have no expert opinions yet, I'm guessing my Kimber will be taking a trip back to Yonkers if I'm still under warranty. Otherwise, I may be calling on someone else's services.
Regardless, I'm not shooting it till I know what's going on,,,,
Thanks,
Byron Hall
I've got a Classic Custom and after a recent cleaning I was doing some safety function testing and had something happen that I do not recall happening before and I cannot recreate with my Springfield.
I could manually cock the hammer, push back on the muzzle which of course pushes the barrel rearward and begins unlocking the barrel from the slide. When the barrel reaches its most rearward position and has started tilting downward,,,,,out of battery, I then pulled the trigger and the hammer fell. I've been able to repeat this on several occasions. It doesn't happen absolutely everytime, but once it happens, generally you can make the hammer fall a number of times in a row while out of battery.
Also, if the muzzle has been pushed and the gun goes out of battery like noted above,,,,when the gun goes back into battery, the thumb safety doesn't always want to funtion properly. Again, that doesn't happen everytime, but it seems like once it happens one time, you can re-cock the hammer, push the muzzle and it will happen again.
Thoughts on what could cause that??? Though I have no expert opinions yet, I'm guessing my Kimber will be taking a trip back to Yonkers if I'm still under warranty. Otherwise, I may be calling on someone else's services.
Regardless, I'm not shooting it till I know what's going on,,,,
Thanks,
Byron Hall