My Kimber Gold Match has been performing flawlessly for some time, but yesterday when I went to the range, it began to have failure to feed problems.
Extraction of the spent round was fine, but the next round was getting "stuck" on the feed ramp. A quick pull-back on the slide and then releasing it would get me going again.
This was with Speer Gold Dot JHPs and also (but less often) with Speer Lawman 230 gr. FMJs.
Also, this was happening with all four magazines I have (2 Wilson 8 rounders, 1 Mec-Gar 7 rounder, and two Shooting Star 7 rounders) so I doubt that the magazine part of the equation is the problem.
So, what do you think? Recoil spring is needing replacement, perhaps? It's only got about 1500 rounds on it.
If the recoil spring should be replaced, should I go with the Kimber stock Wolf 16 lb. spring, or the extra power 18.5 lb. spring that Wilson recommends?
Any advice is gratefully received,
Thanks.
Extraction of the spent round was fine, but the next round was getting "stuck" on the feed ramp. A quick pull-back on the slide and then releasing it would get me going again.
This was with Speer Gold Dot JHPs and also (but less often) with Speer Lawman 230 gr. FMJs.
Also, this was happening with all four magazines I have (2 Wilson 8 rounders, 1 Mec-Gar 7 rounder, and two Shooting Star 7 rounders) so I doubt that the magazine part of the equation is the problem.
So, what do you think? Recoil spring is needing replacement, perhaps? It's only got about 1500 rounds on it.
If the recoil spring should be replaced, should I go with the Kimber stock Wolf 16 lb. spring, or the extra power 18.5 lb. spring that Wilson recommends?
Any advice is gratefully received,
Thanks.