sandankenpo Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 I will be shooting my Kimber stainless target 2 and sometimes not all of the time the hammer will follow the slide forward , this to happen at the worst times in a match, does any one no what the problem is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFD Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 I'm guessing it's the sear. The only time I had this happen was with an Ed Brown hammer/sear combo after a few thousand rounds. Replaced both and the problem was solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusher Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 Bad hammer/sear engagement or a weak sear spring combo. DO NOT SHOOT THE KIMBER ANY MORE untill it has be checked by a knowledgable person as to the cause and repaired. The possibility of the gun firing multiple rounds when you only intend to fire one increases each tme you shoot it. It's not a question of if it will double/tripple just a matter of when. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted February 13, 2005 Share Posted February 13, 2005 I had a Kimber Custom Classic and the hammer followed. So I took it to my local gun fixer and he put a new Chip McCormick hammer in it and it's been fine since then. He said he was disappointed in the quality of the Kimber hammer. It had about 4000 rounds thru it when the hammer started following. The gun has about 6000 rds since and has worked fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harmon Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 FYI Kimber pistols come from the factory with chip mccormick hammers and sears. you just replaced the part that failed with the same make of part. I have a single stack with the mccormick sear and hammer, it just wont hold a good light trigger job. about 4 pounds is as low as it will go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandankenpo Posted February 16, 2005 Author Share Posted February 16, 2005 The light trigger pull could be the problem, it was at around 3 pounds it is something to have checked out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 Thanks Harmon, didn't know that. I guess its possible the first hammer was a bad one, since the second one has run longer without any problems. The trigger is set at 3 lbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric nielsen Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 SmittyFL & I were just talking about this today - we both had bad luck with the McCormick sear. I never even shot mine because I could see it only engaged one hammer hook & not the other. Trashed it. The hammer was okay for me. When in doubt, buy a new sear spring & throw the old one in the trash. It is the biggest cause of following I've ever seen. You need a firm push on the disconnector out of that spring, even if it adds .25lb or .5lb to your pull. My $.02. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harmon Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 the probem with replacing the sear and not the hammer as well is you have a (hopefully) harder part meshing with a softer one.. the harder sear will probably chew the hammer hooks up. my experience with Chip Mccormick parts is they work good for a 5 lb trigger, but you need higer quality parts to go down lower. I would look into extreme engineering hammer and sear, with a cylinder and slide sear spring. Good Shooting Harmon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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