Anyone here into firearms?

phelan

but...but......it's new...i wanna clean it...

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xdeslitx

apparently my gun is fixed now since i just got an email from the custom shop to verify starting on the mods.

ill be calling them tomorrow to see what fvcked up my slide

Imperial

Good deal, hopefully I get my Kimber back around the same time Springfield returns yours and then we can test those bad boys out.

Imperial

If I recall correctly the gun comes with a bore brush doesn't it? Just buy a solvent, some cleaning patches or cut up some of your own and gun oil and presto, you've got your cleaning kit.

xdeslitx

here's what the repair shop did to my gun...some of it is kinda jibberish to me lol anyone care to explain?

"they drilled & pinned the ejector, refit the extractor, reamed the barrel & polished the feed ramp. It was test fired without any problems using the magazines sent with the handgun."

MacCool

Several reasons a round might not be ejected properly...a) if the chamber is too tight that it's too hard to get the spent shell out b) if the extractor isn't grabbing the cartridge case rim correctly c) if the counterpressure being applied by the ejector is weak or off-center d) if new rounds from the magazine are interfering with the spent round because of abnormalities in the feed ramp.

Apparently your gun was having cycling problems. They took a broad approach by making sure the ejector and extractor were up to snuff so that shell ejection would be appropriate, then they made sure that chambering new rounds was optimal by addressing the feed ramp and by making sure the barrel's chamber was appropriately sized.

The fact that they tried to cover all the bases without identifying one exact problem is concerning. One has to wonder if that's because of a bad design of the weapon, or if it's part of their value-added custom shop operations. If I buy a gun, I buy one that doesn't need to have the ejector, extractor, chamber and feed ramps fixed after the sale in order for it to function correctly. Not exactly confidence-inspiring. I'd be wondering what the problem with the gun actually was.

xdeslitx

Well hopefully everything will be all good now thanks for the explanation. It's not that the round wasn't ejecting correctly. I had probably 3 FTEs out of 800 rounds of FMJ. My issue was that my slide was getting stuck and i couldn't rack it. My problems came about only on the day i tried JHP...I already knew from the forums that the springfield 9mms don't like JHP but decided to try anyway lol

xdeslitx

i kinda like the finish on the 3rd gun from the left

xdeslitx

whats a good place to buy new grips?

MacCool

For what pistol?

If 1911, try looking at 1911 Pistol Grips . I'm pretty indifferent to the 1911 myself, but I have a buddy that's a fanatic and he has several pairs of grips from VZ.

xdeslitx

thanks i was actually looking at the VZ double diamond last night

370ZilverZ

Nice

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xdeslitx

got my belt

Nitex

Ok sorry im late to the party but i want to play!

Here are my toys, sorry for the cell phone pics I'm in between SLRs right now


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BlackZeda

That cat looks dangerous...

Nice collection! Thanks for sharing.