I went to the range today with the intention of shooting my EDC, my Kimber Pro TLE II.
I've not had any problems with this gun in a long time. The last time I fired it was in Minnesota about a year ago when I had to take a class to renew my Minnesota permit. After the class I cleaned it, and have carried it A LOT since then, but haven't shot it since.
Today at the range it wouldn't fire. More than a little disconcerting seeing as how I've been carrying it for nearly a year since I last shot it. This would have been a bad situation had I ever needed it.
I removed the slide, depressed the plunger for the grip safety, and the firing pin moves freely as it should. I removed the firing pin and extractor and could not see any problems, everything seems to be working fine, looks clean and well lubricated.
Then I reassembled the slide, and with the slide on the frame and hammer cocked, I tried to depress the firing pin while squeezing the grip safety. The firing pin would move, but I wouldn't say freely, it had some resistance, likely enough to cause a FTF. It was as if the plunger for the firing pin block safety had not totally cleared the firing pin inside the frame.
I think this is a common problem, but wanted to see if anyone here agrees. I suspect I may have sheared the tip of the push rod, the part in the frame that pushes up on the plunger in the slide for the block safety, or it's just worn to the point where it needs to be replaced.
It looks like this:
Any opinions?
I've not had any problems with this gun in a long time. The last time I fired it was in Minnesota about a year ago when I had to take a class to renew my Minnesota permit. After the class I cleaned it, and have carried it A LOT since then, but haven't shot it since.
Today at the range it wouldn't fire. More than a little disconcerting seeing as how I've been carrying it for nearly a year since I last shot it. This would have been a bad situation had I ever needed it.
I removed the slide, depressed the plunger for the grip safety, and the firing pin moves freely as it should. I removed the firing pin and extractor and could not see any problems, everything seems to be working fine, looks clean and well lubricated.
Then I reassembled the slide, and with the slide on the frame and hammer cocked, I tried to depress the firing pin while squeezing the grip safety. The firing pin would move, but I wouldn't say freely, it had some resistance, likely enough to cause a FTF. It was as if the plunger for the firing pin block safety had not totally cleared the firing pin inside the frame.
I think this is a common problem, but wanted to see if anyone here agrees. I suspect I may have sheared the tip of the push rod, the part in the frame that pushes up on the plunger in the slide for the block safety, or it's just worn to the point where it needs to be replaced.
It looks like this:
Any opinions?
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