I had several light primer strikes with failure to fire last year leading up to the fall so I decided to not use my Kimber Montana and put it away for the rest of the year and work on it in the off season. I measured the pin protrusion and it was .055 and that's considered good and on the top side of max so I cleaned it up and polished the pin but decided since it was all torn apart I would put a new spring in it. So a phone call to Kimber and $18 later I have a new spring in hand. Can't help but notice the length difference of the new one vs the old one with probably less than 500 shots on it but it's a solid 7/16 longer.
My thought is I might have got an M spring installed in my L action from the factory
Sending you a 7/16" longer spring as a "fix" tells me there is a design problem. On the other hand, if your original spring belonged on a 84M, that speaks to a lack of quality control.
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Just what bigwhoop was saying. Maybe they sent one for an 84M not L. Gotta wonder. Personally I really like my Montana to the point that I just bought another one. But light strikes and then they send a shorter spring has me thinking out loud "something's not right here!" Please let us know when you get it all back together. Terry
I had several light primer strikes with failure to fire last year leading up to the fall so I decided to not use my Kimber Montana and put it away for the rest of the year and work on it in the off season. I measured the pin protrusion and it was .055 and that's considered good and on the top side of max so I cleaned it up and polished the pin but decided since it was all torn apart I would put a new spring in it. So a phone call to Kimber and $18 later I have a new spring in hand. Can't help but notice the length difference of the new one vs the old one with probably less than 500 shots on it but it's a solid 7/16 longer.
My thought is I might have got an M spring installed in my L action from the factory
Did you happen to be using CCI 250 primers? I had to stop using the CCI 250 primer in that .308 load.
Sounds like Kimber has a problem no doubt. Messed up an $1300 rifle comes with a chit spring.
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Damn Glad I got a Tikka Superlight instead, I was thinking seriously about getting one but read too much bad about the Quality. Hit or miss. Guys that like them REALLY like them. Guys that dont like them(is in have had issues )REALLY dont like them. I really like the concept but the execution seems to go either way! By the way I have read of the problems with in Nathan Fosters Book "The Pratical guide to Long range Hunting rifles) One of the things he says is to avoid Kimber like the plague ! "He says the lightweight models have weak firing pin spring(main spring)inconsistant ignition which cannot be remedied" These are his words and not mine as I have never had one.