My Kimber easy fix

**Finster** · January 16th, 2013, 05:18 PM

Like a lot of people, I have a Kimber Ultra Covert II that had a failure to feed problem. My feed problem would only happen when I went to chamber the first round. I have never had it fail to feed after that during cycling. Today, while I was cleaning it, I took the barrel out to my shop. I took my dremel tool and put a small bullet shaped buffing wheel on it, used some rouge buffing compound and buffed the snot out of the feed ramp. It looked like a mirror when I was finished. It works flawlessly now. Loads every time. I did notice some machining scratches on the feed ramp which is why I decided to buff it out. It was an easy fix that only took a few minutes. Hope it helps anyone having the same problem.

**TonyF** · January 16th, 2013, 07:26 PM

Kimber is notorious for cutting their chambers on the tight side of the tolerance spec.

**harold63** · January 16th, 2013, 10:21 PM

Originally Posted by Finster

It works flawlessly now. Loads every time.

Originally Posted by TonyF

Kimber is notorious for cutting their chambers on the tight side of the tolerance spec.

It's a good place to start if you know the mags are working right. Sometimes, removing just a couple microns of metal and making it smooth is all it takes. Seen it many times.

**flyingjunkie** · January 16th, 2013, 11:51 PM

This is why some manufacturers refuse to even talk to you about your 1911 problems unless you have a certain number of rounds thru it. I think Kimber is 800-1000. I know there are some as high as 1200-1400 rounds. The machine marks in the feed ramp would typically be worked out by feeding by then. Glad yours worked out! I know I absolutely love my Kimber.