I have a near-new SS Kimber Compact that was sometimes failing to feed. A guy at the range, thinking it was hanging up on the feed lips, VERY lightly oiled/wiped my mags' inner lips with CLP, and the problem went away (I'm fairly sure it's gone, it had been happening a lot before and then went away for ~150 rounds after the oiling).
This was very little oil - sprayed his finger, wiped it off, then wiped inside.
The problem was occurring with my 3 shooting star magazines (including the 1 ss that came with the gun in the box).
The mag lips don't seem rough to me or anything; but I was wondering - while this cured the problem, should I consider the mags the cause, or something else?
Could the recoil spring (on my near new gun) be too weak to push the rounds clear of the feed lips? Should I try replacing the recoil spring with stock strength spring (22#) or stronger (24#)? The current spring is stock; but I have no way of knowing if (even though almost brand new) it is in perfect shape.
What SHOULD I be doing to fix this? I know the oil is probably a no-no.
thanks,
Battler.
This was very little oil - sprayed his finger, wiped it off, then wiped inside.
The problem was occurring with my 3 shooting star magazines (including the 1 ss that came with the gun in the box).
The mag lips don't seem rough to me or anything; but I was wondering - while this cured the problem, should I consider the mags the cause, or something else?
Could the recoil spring (on my near new gun) be too weak to push the rounds clear of the feed lips? Should I try replacing the recoil spring with stock strength spring (22#) or stronger (24#)? The current spring is stock; but I have no way of knowing if (even though almost brand new) it is in perfect shape.
What SHOULD I be doing to fix this? I know the oil is probably a no-no.
thanks,
Battler.