Kiwi 'smith Dean
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Jan 13, 2011
- Location
- Tauranga, New Zealand.
Hi Guys,
just looking for some help from anyone who maybe happens to own one of these old rifles?
Made in Clackamas, Oregon, years ago. This one that i have here is a repair job for a customer - the previous 'tinkerer' has well butchered a few of the bolt parts like the cocking piece, mainspring, etc. to the point now where the rifle consistently miss-fires, and I suspect that the firing pin fall distance is shorter than what it should be? The rest of the rifle is not too bad, so i would liek to be able to get it operational again and working reliably for my customer.
Anyway, easy option would be if i could just purchase the replacement parts required.(Does anyone have a good source for obsolete Kimber parts???)
Other option is if someone out there could be so kind as to be able to provide me some close up digital pics of the bolt/parts from their own gun, then at least i could at least get a head start on see what the parts 'should' look like, if i have to go down the track of making up replacement parts from scratch myself?
Please PM me if you can help, or preferably email me direct at [email protected]
Thanks, Dean.
just looking for some help from anyone who maybe happens to own one of these old rifles?
Made in Clackamas, Oregon, years ago. This one that i have here is a repair job for a customer - the previous 'tinkerer' has well butchered a few of the bolt parts like the cocking piece, mainspring, etc. to the point now where the rifle consistently miss-fires, and I suspect that the firing pin fall distance is shorter than what it should be? The rest of the rifle is not too bad, so i would liek to be able to get it operational again and working reliably for my customer.
Anyway, easy option would be if i could just purchase the replacement parts required.(Does anyone have a good source for obsolete Kimber parts???)
Other option is if someone out there could be so kind as to be able to provide me some close up digital pics of the bolt/parts from their own gun, then at least i could at least get a head start on see what the parts 'should' look like, if i have to go down the track of making up replacement parts from scratch myself?
Please PM me if you can help, or preferably email me direct at [email protected]
Thanks, Dean.