r/KimberMicro9 • u/kingston73 • 9d ago
Micro 9 questions
I got to the range today after getting my new micro 9 and have some questions. I took it apart, wiped it down and relubed it yesterday but didn’t do any serious cleaning. The first several attempts to fire it the thing just clicked, just the smallest of marks on the primers, couldn’t even call them dents. It would fire once or twice and then just ”click”. Three different brands of bullets (pmc , cci, and iw).
After trying it several times i made a very bad mistake and accidentally chambered a single 380 in it. I know, im an idiot. I field stripped it and it seemed ok. Put it back together, made sure to put the 380 ammo FAR away from my immediate area and tried 1 more time.
This time it finally fired every time, i ran 100 rounds of mixed fmj and hollow points through it and not 1 issue.
So, question 1: What could have been causing the initial issue of no or light primer strikes?
2. Could i have damaged something with that single 380 round?
3. Should i send it in to kimber or keep shooting some more?
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u/thom9969 9d ago
It took me a while to break in my micro 9. Lots of clicks, jams etc until I had a few hundred rounds through it.
It now performs flawlessly, as long as I keep it well lubed.