Had something happen a week ago that caused me some concern. I was out at my father's place, target shooting with my Kimber Custom 1911. He was shooting the WinClean round (200 gr BEB if I remember correctly) when it appeared that the gun fired two bullets with one trigger pull.



I immediatly stripped the gun down and checked the action. Try as I might, I could not get the gun to have the hammer drop before the slide was in position and the pull on the trigger relaxed. I have taken the gun to a gunsmith, and in his inspection he didn't see anything that was wrong with the trigger, firing pin, or slide.



So that leaves me wondering, what happened? My Dad is famous for his light but quick trigger pulls, and he may have "double tapped" the trigger rapidly enough to fire two shots close together. My question is has this happened to any one else here?



By the way, I wasn't sure this was the right place to post this question, so don't flame me to bad if it is not.



Thank you for your help.

Jack

It sounds like the sear engagement is the culprit here. I would check to make sure that it has a bit of negative angle on it and enough surface area to hold. You might also try a slightly heavier spring. I had a buddy with a Springfield that started to do this, pretty quick he could three or four shots out per trigger pull. We recut the sear angles and tweaked the spring and it went away.

NEjack, sometimes it is the shooter. I built up a 1911 custom for a friend a while back. He wanted a light trigger. I was getting 1/2" groups at 30 yds with it. Both of us have no problems with it but another friend wanted to buy it. He came over to shoot it and with every pull of the trigger it would double or triple. I tried my best to duplicate it and could not. I can not explain what he does to make it go auto. This is one reason gun makers put such terrible triggers on their products.

I have seen a 45 auto double tap from too light of a trigger pull.

When I got my 1911 I used to do this once in a while, I was holding the gun too lightly and shooting fast. I guess during recoil I was trying to compesate for it and somehow jerked the trigger really fast, I don't know but I don't do it anymore.

That's not to say this is what's happening here. There could be something wrong with the gun.

Well, I called the Kimber customer service yesterday. Talk about service! Answered on the 2nd ring and knew exactly what I was looking for. She said that the sear might be worn down, but that it was also possible that my Dad pulled the trigger to lightly.

I have also fired a few more clips through, and the "double tap" has not happened again. I am begining to think it was just the way my father was holding the pistol. He rarely shoots handguns, and he instinctvly holds a gun loosely.

Thanks for all the help.