I see. I am the training director at a range in Dallas, and I see quite a few Kimber external extractors. My personal experience is different from those internet stories.HighVelocity wrote:My personal experience was with a stainless ultra carry. Kimber worked on it twice and never got it right.
If you go to 1911forum.com and do a search for Kimber Extractor you'll find more than you can read about the internal vs external extractors.
In more recent threads you'll see that Kimber is now replacing the slides on guns that come in with external extractrs and FTE problems with internal extractor versions.
Kimber has also pulled all references to their "tactical" external extractor off the their website.
I just now copy and pasted this directly from the Kimber Website The new Kimber Tactical Extractor is another standard feature. Extremely reliable under even the toughest field conditions, it is a logical addition for a pistol that might receive infrequent cleaning. It never needs adjusting and works equally well with light practice loads or heavy carry ammunition.
My point is that the internet is full of fact and fiction. Culling the fact from the bull can be tough, but it seems in this case
is fiction.Kimber has also pulled all references to their "tactical" external extractor off the their website.
We are also a Kimber Master Dealer, and I can tell you that Kimber is not
I am not accusing you of intentionally spreading bad info, just mistakenly.replacing the slides on guns that come in with external extractrs and FTE problems with internal extractor versions.
;)