They are consistent. As I posted above, that is what they told me.cbjetboy wrote:Here is Kimber's reply on my inquiry:cbjetboy wrote:Didn't know that...I will investigate if my Kimbers will be damaged doing that. Thanks for the heads-up!pbwalker wrote:me too...I believe only a small handful of pistols can handle this without jacking up the extractorCarrots wrote:I thought that this was a bad idea?cbjetboy wrote: Now as a practice I lock the slide back and manually insert the first round of carry ammo, release the slide and then put the full clip in the gun. That eliminates the result you show here.
Bullet setback happens every time you chamber a round and that is normal. Please refrain from re-chambering the same round repeatedly because it may cause excessive pressure once the round is actually fired. You can put aside the once fired rounds for range use at another time. Better yet, fire that loaded defense round at the range and then switch to your practice rounds.
It is an unsafe practice to load a round through the ejection port. This is something that we would never-ever recommend doing. Not only will that practice damage the extractor, it may possibly cause an accidental discharge when the slide is closed.
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- Wed Jun 03, 2009 9:09 am
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: Bullet setback
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Re: Bullet setback
- Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:22 pm
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: Bullet setback
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Re: Bullet setback
Kimber told me it would damage the extractor on my Eclipse Ultra Carry and suggested I not do it. It came up in a conversation I was having about failure to feed issues...not that there is any connection. It just came up because I said I had done that and the guy on the phone wanted to blame everything but Obama winning the election on me doing this. If you speak with them, i would love to hear which story you get...LOL.cbjetboy wrote:Didn't know that...I will investigate if my Kimbers will be damaged doing that. Thanks for the heads-up!pbwalker wrote:me too...I believe only a small handful of pistols can handle this without jacking up the extractorCarrots wrote:I thought that this was a bad idea?cbjetboy wrote: Now as a practice I lock the slide back and manually insert the first round of carry ammo, release the slide and then put the full clip in the gun. That eliminates the result you show here.
The fellow at bullet trap who sold me my Kahr PM 9 said it would screw it up to do this. I have just about come to believe it isn't good for any of them.
- Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:15 pm
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: Bullet setback
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Re: Bullet setback
This can damage the extracter. Not a good idea at all.Carrots wrote:I thought that this was a bad idea?cbjetboy wrote: Now as a practice I lock the slide back and manually insert the first round of carry ammo, release the slide and then put the full clip in the gun. That eliminates the result you show here.
Now an idea that does work is to shoot the ammo out of your carry piece first when you go for range practice. I always shoot all carry rounds that are loaded in my carry piece and magazine. Now for me that only amounts to about 14 rounds, but it keeps fresh ammo circulating through my carry piece and magazine. Some of you fellers who carry 150 rounds of ammo, a hand grenade, tear gas and a throwing knife may find it expensive to do this, but at least shoot the rounds out of your weapon.