slide stop hitting round

[Civilian]

I've posted a couple of times on here about FTFs with my Kimber TLE II. I've tried a number of different things, but I still have the FTFs. I have yet to take it to a gunsmith (I bought it used, so I don't think I'm eligible for warranty work), but that's my next step.

Last night I was taking a look at it again trying to figure it out and it occured to me that the slide stop looked to be sticking out a little far inside the slide. In fact, when I slowly inserted a magazine, I could see that the top round in the mag touched the slide stop and even rotated a bit as it rubbed against the slide stop.

Ok here are my questions:

1) Is this normal?
2) Could this be causing the FTFs?
3) Does it matter that the slide was locked back and the stop in the "up" position (i.e., would it not touch the round if it were in the "down" position as it would be when the slide cycles)? I didn't think I could safely duplicate this condition, so I didn't try.

Any thoughts? It would be great if I could fix the problem with a $30 drop-in part.

[BigSlick]

1) No

2) Yes

3) No

Load up a dummy round and coat it with Dykem. When you insert the mag with the dummy round in it, mark TDC of the round so you know where the round is dragging.

Cycle thru the gun by hand.

Then you can see for sure if any friction is a result of the slide stop. Take special note of the tab that contacts the mag follower. If it is too large or protrudes too much, rounds will drag on every shot. If not check the extractor tension and FP stop fit to see if the extractor is clocking on you.

[Mail Clerk]

Originally posted by Civilian
I've posted a couple of times on here about FTFs with my Kimber TLE II. I've tried a number of different things, but I still have the FTFs. I have yet to take it to a gunsmith (I bought it used, so I don't think I'm eligible for warranty work), but that's my next step.

Last night I was taking a look at it again trying to figure it out and it occured to me that the slide stop looked to be sticking out a little far inside the slide. In fact, when I slowly inserted a magazine, I could see that the top round in the mag touched the slide stop and even rotated a bit as it rubbed against the slide stop.

Ok here are my questions:

1) Is this normal?
2) Could this be causing the FTFs?
3) Does it matter that the slide was locked back and the stop in the "up" position (i.e., would it not touch the round if it were in the "down" position as it would be when the slide cycles)? I didn't think I could safely duplicate this condition, so I didn't try.

Any thoughts? It would be great if I could fix the problem with a $30 drop-in part.


Civilian,

Try another magazine and see what happens. It could be that the bodu is a hair larger than it could be causing the rounds to move a bit inside.

Mail Clerk

[DAVE RICHARDS]

Among the many problems I had with the Kimbers I owned was he slide stop hitting on the bullets as they would feed. I called Kimber. They were aware of the problem with some guns and sent me a differently cut slide stop. It solved all those problems. Call them and tell them whats going on. They will send you out a slide stop that works.

[Tang419]

Originally posted by DAVE RICHARDS

Call them and tell them whats going on. They will send you out a slide stop that works.

...and then trade the gun off :banana:

[Civilian]

Thanks for the tip re: calling Kimber. They're sending me one.

As for trading the gun away, I haven't given up on it yet.