This is a sore point with me.
A customer of mine brought in her Ultra Elite with a broken extractor.
The hook snapped off straight at the arm!
After close examination, I've come to believe that the extractors that come on the Kimbers are CAST!
Combined with the cast grip safety, firing pin stop, thumb safety, slide stop, and plastic main spring housing, this makes for some rather disappointing materials when you consider these parts are found inside a 1000 dollar pistol.
Yeah, I know, a plastic mainspring housing doesn't affect much, but a cast extractor, to me is near criminal workmanship when you consider that the Ultra Elite is SUPPOSED to be a carry gun you can stake your life on.
If you have a Kimber, don't wait for the extractor to break, because it WILL.
Just go ahead and replace it.
BTW I have an Ultra Elite, and after replacing all the "sub-standard" parts it's my favorite pistol.
It's just a shame that I had to invest about 150 bucks in parts for a brand new 1K pistol.
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