my dad wants to have his kimber professionally cleaned as it keeps not ejecting the last round reliably. I know the gun guild does it but its way too much cash.  id never spend that much again for cleaning.  anyone know a place near north central NJ (union county) that isnt super expensive?  thanks!

What do you mean not ejecting the last round reliably? Stove pipe? Back into his face? How old is the gun?

I only know of the guild in that area.

Contact kimber, send it back.

This sounds like you can do it yourself with some time at the range and a little bit of 1911 know how.

 

A quick search yielded this:

 

http://forums.1911forum.com/showthread.php?t=337888

 

I'm not an expert but changing springs is relatively easy. Swapping ejector isn't that hard either. You just need it tuned a bit.

its a 9mm compact. it barley has 500 rounds through it. its been picky with ammo and was working ok with 124 grain for a while now even thats not working well. 

 

looks exactly like the pic in the thread you posted Dragz ( but is a 9mm). ill show my dad. 

I've had my Kimber for 15 years and she runs like a champ.. first I would make sure she well lubed. My Kimber likes to run somewhat wet. Also I noticed that it doesn't like steel cased ammo. I believe its due to the tighter tolerances in the chamber... if yours has the guide rod with the captured spring check the guide rod sometimes it backs out due to the recoil. Also mine is finicky with mags... doesn't like the Wilson combat ones but loves the chip McCormick pro series. If all else fails contact Kimber they guys are really helpful.....

we only shoot brass in our pistols. we are running magtech 124 grain though it atm because it was stopping the failure to feeds and the rounds not ejecting we attributed to "break in" . today it was just not ejection the final casing. sometimes my mom was getting failure to feed halfway through the mag but i think she was limp wristing it.   we have all kimber mags (3 8 round 9mm mags).

 

ill take a look at the recoil spring. ( its def the captured spring) since its still under a year old we might just contact kimber and see what they say. 

9mm 1911s can be finicky. You would need to tune it to the way you want.

 

Also, many of the mass produced 1911 take parts out of a bin. The fit is not always perfect. I've been fortunate to have a buddy tune my stuff. I'm still a novice but he know his stuff. I describe what's wrong and he fixes it. Many times it is just something very slightly off.

 

Make sure you get the right springs for a Kimber compact. Compact 1911s are even more finicky and you really need to tune it to get them right.

 

 

getting failure to feed halfway through the mag but i think she was limp wristing it.

 

That'll do it!

... it keeps not ejecting the last round reliably. ... its been picky with ammo and was working ok with 124 grain for a while now even thats not working well....we attributed to "break in" ....my mom was getting failure to feed

 

You got a lemon.  Send it back. 

Your gun needs to go back to the manufacturer. It should be well broken in with almost 500 rds through it.

 

Where did you get the idea your gun need to be "professionally cleaned". There is no reason you can't "professionallt clean" your own firearm. You don't need ultrasonic cleaners and you don't need to take the gun completely apart. The only time a gun needs to be taken apart is when its broken. If you want to learn how to clean a gun PM me and I will tell or show you.

We know how to clean it. We do every time we shoot it. My dad thought an ultra snonic cleaning might be able to clean things he can't see out of it. I didn't agree but figured I'd ask around for him anyway. I told him he needs to contact kimber. I'll let you guys know how it goes. Thanks!

Woodland park range (Gun for Hire) ultrasonically cleans guns....$25 for members $35 for non members I believe.