I have a Kimber Caprivi in .375 H&H. Is anyone else having feeding problems out of the magazine. I've read about ejection problems but mine will not feed from the magazine. It is like the nose of the bullet hangs up on the ramp. Basically practicing with 270 grain round nose. Any ideas?

Bigfoot,

The feed ramp probably needs some work but I would expect that more pointed spitzer type bullet will relieve you problems at least for expanding bullets.

Mark

Maybe you need a stronger spring to nose the bullet up more.

For what limber is charging for those things, it should be perfect! I send it back.

You didn't say if you were using factory rounds or reloads. If reloads, make sure your COL is within spec. If so or you are using factory shells, a little polishing on the feed ramp should do the trick. Also pointier bullets with hard noses like TSX should feed better.

I am using factory loaded Remington .375. Just picked them up to 'plink' around with. Some one mentioned stronger spring. It seems to me that may be where the issue is. It seems the the follower gets wedged. I don't know if it is because the bullet is dragging on the feed ramp or the spring is weak. I also noticed the spring slides in the floorplate bracket. Is that normal?

Just a reminder. Kimber will charge you for the shipping even if it's due to their defective rifle. That's why Ill never buy another one.

I love my Caprivi, but the barrel band came loose after 3 rounds. Plus, it wasn't even on paper (with irons at 50 or 25 yards), before the barrel band came loose.

If I spend $3,000 on a rifle, it ought to be on paper. The barrel band shouldn't come off. I shouldn't have to pay shipping for them to fix these deficiencies.

All that said, I've got he problems fixed and I really like my .458 Lott Caprivi, just not real high on Kimber customer service.

It's normal for the follower to slide on the spring. Some rifles are sensitive to where the spring contacts the follower and if it isn't in the right place, will lift the rear or front of the shells too much causing feeding issues.
Just to be clear, is the issue that the shells get stuck when they contact the feed ramp, or do they not lift out of the magazine enough that the bolt doesn't pick them up?
If it is the latter, you may want to measure your magazine box to make sure it is long enough.

By now everyone should know that Kimber cut a few corners by using a standard magnum length action.
The magazine extends back past the bolt stop. Feeding can be problematic, as you have found out.

Good Luck! with getting anything done to correct it at the factory.

After some experimenting I've found it isn't the shell at all that is the issue. The follower is hanging up without shells being pushed down. I went to look at it last night and couldn't push the follower down in the front. After opening floor plate and sliding the spring back a bit it works fine. It is like the spring works forward and lets the follower hang.I'm thinking on having my local gunsmith look at it.

A magazine problem similar to yours ---- I own a Kimber 84M in 308 which was purchased new from a fellow who had just won it at a banquet. The gun would not load at all from the magazine.
When the magazine follower (made of a nylon/plastic material) was pushed down, it would stay down in the front end. I removed the follower and used some red jewelers rouge on a felt wheel to polish the entire outer edge perimeter (but mostly on the front 20 percent area that was really sticking). I had it in-and-out of the gun a few times while checking the fit, and then removing a little more material and also making it slick. It no longer binds at all.

The gun now loads from the magazine, but I am not really all that impressed with the way it feeds for being a controlled feed type gun. The way it feeds is not of the same quality as several sporting rifles that I own that were built on Mauser actions.

I've had both good and bad Kimber rifles. The only constant in the Kimber experience is that their customer service and quality control SUCKS!

For what its worth. My son and I were at SCI in Vegas and we looked at the Kimber Caprivi
and the model that is stocked in synthetic.
We handled each & individually noticed the magazines hanging up on both rifles. It was very obvious to anyone who knows rifles. I was amazed that Kimber would even put them out on the floor of a big show without checking quality control. That in itself says a lot about Kimber (IMO).

I had a M70 in 375 do the same thing, especially with round nose soft points. A little work on the follower corrected it, but I felt it should not have left the factory that way.

If you know someone with a tig welder, have them spot weld the spring to the follower base when it's in the right position. You can aso smooth the sides of the follower and with a Dremel tool slightly bevel the lower edges of the follower. This will make a big difference in how the rifle feeds.-Rob

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Originally posted by Robgunbuilder:
If you know someone with a tig welder, have them spot weld the spring to the follower base when it's in the right position. You can aso smooth the sides of the follower and with a Dremel tool slightly bevel the lower edges of the follower. This will make a big difference in how the rifle feeds.-Rob

I'm not familiar with Kimbers but I take it from an earlier post that it is a controlled round feed. If so it is always worth checking the bottom lip of the extractor to make sure this is not preventing the case head to smoothly slide up the bolt face as the base of the case lifts up out of the magazine well.

My opened up Mauser (to .404) was a pig when I first got it from Africa with a very much less than smooth feed and cases being scratched and marked quite badly as they fed up out of the magazine. Careful observation of the feed process and then a little stoning of the heel of the extractor was a miracle cure with cartridges now feeding like the proverbial 'hot knife thru butter' irrespective of the bullet shape and not a mark on the cases.

No one has mentioned checking that the spring is in the correct orientation in the follower.
The short end goes into the floorplate, and the longer end goes into the follower, even at the factory this can be put in the wrong way.

If this is not the case, I would be looking for rub marks on the sides and front of the follower, it's quite easy to rub these plastic followers down with 600 grit wet/dry paper to get them to fit correctly.

My Kimber M8400 in 300WM doesn't have an issue regarding the follower, but the floorplate is damn hard to open either empty or loaded with ammo! Have not found a solution for this as yet, any ideas?

Regards.

I just checked and the long end of the spring is in the follower and the shorter in the floorplate. I believe I will talk to my gunsmith about doing something to keep the spring from moving forward in the floorplate bracket. Long is it isn't slid all the way forward it doesn't seem to cause trouble. Thanks for the input.