Finally got to shoot my new Kimber Solo CDP yesterday and I was very excited. Unfortunately, my excitement turned to disgust when it would fire a single round then have a failure to feed. I didn't understand it and neither did my BFF. I cleaned had it prior, used very little oil as per manual, and was using recommended ammo. We both began to think all we had heard about solo reliability and kimber quality control were true. After every round I had to pull the slide back just a little bit and I could never use the slide release. We tried different ammo, I disassembled/reassembled the gun multiple times on the bench, and poured over the instruction booklet to make sure I had done everything. We were perplexed, pissed off, I was disgusted and ready to leave but she convinced me to stay thinking maybe if it were broken in more it would work. We fired some more and she noticed the slide kept locking, I said "yeah it does that every time!", and turned the gun on its side. I said "Oh! Wait a minute, I think I figured it out!" Seems there is a little spring which slips into a groove on the slide pin which wasn't in the groove. It is barely noticeable and wasn't something mentioned in the manual. I pulled the slide pin out and reseated it. Final test and Viola! It fired perfectly! Every recommended ammo type we had bought worked flawlessly! Amazing and fantastic little gun!
Maybe this experience will help another with the same problem...... :-)
Maybe this experience will help another with the same problem...... :-)
