replacing those internal parts WILL require fitting. BTDT so figure the parts plus a quality gunsmith's time to fit.
ETA: slide stop probably wont require fitting
replacing those internal parts WILL require fitting. BTDT so figure the parts plus a quality gunsmith's time to fit.
ETA: slide stop probably wont require fitting
Last edited by supersix4; 12-06-08 at 12:45.
Rob, I'm doing the exact same thing right now to a 2005 Warrior. I didn't have a problem with it before but I wanted to remove all MIM parts.
All I will have left Kimber will be the Frame, Slide, Barrel.
Let me see if I can find my price list for everything. I tried to mirror 10-8 list of recommended parts.
I know the cost is over $1,200.
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Rob,
Check your PM.
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I didn't have a Series I, but I have a Custom II TLE that was a total problem child. I ended up getting it fixed (eventually) and then turned it into a project pistol. The only original parts are the barrel, bushing, grip safety and frame. The slide was replaced by Kimber in order to get the pistol to work properly, everything else I replaced and fitted myself.
This is it in a former iteration. I've since changed the sights and the trigger.
I wish I could recall what all that cost to replace, but its been a few years. What I DO remember is that between the cost of the pistol, the headache getting Kimber to get it to work correctly, the time involved while they dickered with the pistol (eventually admitting that their external extractor was the major culprit) and then replacing all the parts, I really should have bought a better pistol in the first place. It would have saved me time and money.
Last edited by Federale; 12-06-08 at 13:21.
Difference in cash, or two pistols for the price of one
Thinking along those lines, and thinking of doing it in 9mm actually. If I get the EB sold that's where the cash will go; into a 9mm STI Trojan with fixed rear sight.Have you looked into the STI Trojan or Spartan? Those are around $1k and although cosmetically may not be perfect, I heard that they run like a sewing machine.
That's most likely where the rest of the EB money will go.Or you can go 21st. century and get an M&P 45, runs right out of the box, 10+1, and around $500 if you look hard enough.
Unfortunately, my ultimate goal is to wind right back up where I started before I decided that what I had wasn't "good enough"; An all steel 5" to shoot and an aluminum frame 4" to carry. Albeit this time around the 5" will be 9mm.
from a Jan 2008 invoice...
Ignition kit: $85 + $95 duty trigger job. I provided a trigger.
Slide stop: $20 + $15 instl
EB wide thumb safety: $30 + $60 to fit, recontour to medium width, & reblue.
We also replaced the barrel bushing ($21+$34), ejector ($22+$35), firing-pin stop ($15+$20), and extractor ($42+$20).
Working with two different 'smiths on two similar pistols, neither recommended replacing the pins.
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You did what I did. Last year I found a used but never fired Mil-Spec for $360. Shot it a bunch and sent it to the SA Custom Shop along with a 10-8 rear sight and long trigger. Had them fit a S&A beavertail and Swenson style thumb safety too. Also had a 4.5# trigger job done. They completely reparked the pistol free of charge. I sold it late last year to buy a G21SF. A couple of weeks ago I sold the G21SF to my brother. I happened to walk into my favorite shop and there was my Springfield. Someone had bought it and didn't fire it. The parkerizing was in the same condition I had sold it. I bought it back.
Rob - don't look over the parkerized springfield loaded. Not what you were originally thinking but the Kimber pre series II is harder to come by and will cost you more I think. I have a Kimber Compact pre series II and for a rugged beater I like my Loaded better. Kimber may come with a better barrel though.
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