Mike Chirillo
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I recently purchased a new Kimber Classic Stainless and finally got it down to the range yesterday. The good news is the slide stop locked back each time the magazine was emptied. I bought a couple of Wilson Combat magazines and when I used them, the slide would lock back on a partially full magazine. This happened numerous times. I also had the casing fail to eject a few times (kind of a horizontal stove pipe). I switched over to the stock magazine and I had zero failures. Any idea who makes this stock mag??? The only marking on it says "Made in Italy". The guy at the gun shop sold me a Chip McCormick PowerMag, but I won't be able to check it out until Friday.
One other problem to report. I cleaned and oiled the gun last night and today, I had the slide lock up solid after shooting about 30 rounds. I thought it was mechanical. The first thing the guy at the shop asked was "did you use oil or grease on the slide rails". I told him I used oil. He then explained to me that I should use grease on on the slide rails on stainless models. When the gun cooled down, it unlocked, we greased it up, and it functioned normaly.
I would appreciate any input or experiences you guys may share with me. The threads I have read on this board are the main reason I chose a Kimber. I do love it and hope to work out these small bugs. Thanks in advanced.
Mike
One other problem to report. I cleaned and oiled the gun last night and today, I had the slide lock up solid after shooting about 30 rounds. I thought it was mechanical. The first thing the guy at the shop asked was "did you use oil or grease on the slide rails". I told him I used oil. He then explained to me that I should use grease on on the slide rails on stainless models. When the gun cooled down, it unlocked, we greased it up, and it functioned normaly.
I would appreciate any input or experiences you guys may share with me. The threads I have read on this board are the main reason I chose a Kimber. I do love it and hope to work out these small bugs. Thanks in advanced.
Mike