Kimber "Series II" Slide Disassembly?

Sarge55 · November 20, 2002, 12:17 PM

I just posted this in the Semiauto Forum, but thought I might get more responses here. So...

I think I've just about read all the good, and not so good reports on Kimber's Swartz type firing pin safeties on their "Series II" pistols. From what I understand, the rear sight needs to be removed from the slide to access the firing pin block and the firing pin block spring (What was Kimber thinking!?).

Anyway... considering the design of this safety system, is it possible to remove the firing pin and firing pin spring from a "Series II" gun without having to remove the rear sight? How do you clean the firing pin block, firing pin block spring and the channel it rides in, without removing the rear sight? Is there some sort of access hole that you can blast some Gun Scrubber into?

I just can't comprehend the idea of having to send the slide to Kimber once a year or so, to have them detail clean it!

Any ideas/comments?

James K · November 20, 2002, 11:21 PM

I haven't tried it with the Kimber, but this might work.

With the slide out, press up (toward the top of the slide) on the lock, and hold it. Then push the firing pin in and remove the firing pin stop in the normal manner. Then let the firing pin come out, again in the normal manner. Then the lock and spring should come out. The firing pin and the block interlock each other.

This may require a vise, but I think it will work.

Jim

George Stringer · November 21, 2002, 07:23 AM

Like Jim, I haven't tried it either but the method he describes should work. George

LF&Co. MG · November 21, 2002, 07:44 PM

I've removed the firing pin without having to remove the rear sight on my Eclipse Target. I don't remember exactly how I did it, but it wasn't anything that confounded me. I don't recall it being any harder than a series 80 style Colt. If no one can help you in a day or two e mail me and I'll break mine down and tell you step by step how I did it.

November 20, 2002, 12:17 PM	#1
Sarge55 Senior Member Join Date: May 16, 1999 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 167	Kimber "Series II" Slide Disassembly? I just posted this in the Semiauto Forum, but thought I might get more responses here. So... I think I've just about read all the good, and not so good reports on Kimber's Swartz type firing pin safeties on their "Series II" pistols. From what I understand, the rear sight needs to be removed from the slide to access the firing pin block and the firing pin block spring (What was Kimber thinking!?). Anyway... considering the design of this safety system, is it possible to remove the firing pin and firing pin spring from a "Series II" gun without having to remove the rear sight? How do you clean the firing pin block, firing pin block spring and the channel it rides in, without removing the rear sight? Is there some sort of access hole that you can blast some Gun Scrubber into? I just can't comprehend the idea of having to send the slide to Kimber once a year or so, to have them detail clean it! Any ideas/comments?

November 21, 2002, 07:44 PM	#4
LF&Co. MG Senior Member Join Date: October 13, 2002 Location: Lenoir City TN. Posts: 105	I've removed the firing pin without having to remove the rear sight on my Eclipse Target. I don't remember exactly how I did it, but it wasn't anything that confounded me. I don't recall it being any harder than a series 80 style Colt. If no one can help you in a day or two e mail me and I'll break mine down and tell you step by step how I did it. __________________ "This was the great abiding lesson of my boyhood, that I was in a world where it was not possible for me to be good" George Orwell

November 20, 2002, 11:21 PM	#2
James K Member In Memoriam Join Date: March 17, 1999 Posts: 24,383	I haven't tried it with the Kimber, but this might work. With the slide out, press up (toward the top of the slide) on the lock, and hold it. Then push the firing pin in and remove the firing pin stop in the normal manner. Then let the firing pin come out, again in the normal manner. Then the lock and spring should come out. The firing pin and the block interlock each other. This may require a vise, but I think it will work. Jim

November 21, 2002, 07:23 AM	#3
George Stringer Staff Alumnus Join Date: October 12, 1998 Location: Earlington KY Posts: 2,299	Like Jim, I haven't tried it either but the method he describes should work. George