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So is stumbled across a new Kimber 1911 that I've wanted for a while but was discontinued. Pulled the trigger and picked it up last week. My wife bought a different Kimber about the same time and both the manual and the seemingly knowledgeable sales person noted Kimbers like to be broken in properly (about 500 rounds, about 100 at a time, with a cleaning in between). Makes sense.
About 200 rounds into this getting a lot of failure to feeds with the recommended 230 gr ball (Win and Fed). Mostly, almost all actually, are with the first round. This Kimber is a tight gun compared with my amazing Remington with a Nowlin barrel and some work and my 70 year old Colt 38 Super. Can anyone comfort me that this will get better after the 500 round mark?
About 200 rounds into this getting a lot of failure to feeds with the recommended 230 gr ball (Win and Fed). Mostly, almost all actually, are with the first round. This Kimber is a tight gun compared with my amazing Remington with a Nowlin barrel and some work and my 70 year old Colt 38 Super. Can anyone comfort me that this will get better after the 500 round mark?