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devin21
11-03-2010, 12:07 PM
Here is the video I made of my nite hawg firing without touching the backstrap safety.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIJ5syBlASY
pkuptruck
11-03-2010, 12:49 PM
a few possible causes...

- the "backstrap" safety has been altered, or else broke of a piece.

- the trigger (if adjustable) has been adjusted WAY TOO FRCKEN FAR...
( it renders the safety/sear unsafe to do so...) Back out the screw a few
full turns andtry it...

- mainstring might have broke ( or one of the finger springs...)


Is this a stock gun? have you replaced anything? Did you strip it down and
re-assemble lately?
miked
11-03-2010, 12:56 PM
I would contact the manufacturer or have it looked at by a good gunsmith.
JohnJak
11-04-2010, 08:10 AM
Some Bozo made some mods to the pistol. I'm sure you bought it used. Looks like the trigger has been replaced also.

If you just bought it new send it back to the manufacturer ASAP.
customizedcreationz
11-13-2010, 01:27 PM
Here is the video I made of my nite hawg firing without touching the backstrap safety.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIJ5syBlASY


Devin,
Bring it on over and I ll take a look at it for you. I am starting to take new orders also, so you should have gotten an email from Lynn last night ( I know you are on the waiting list ). Give me a call Monday and I can take a few minutes to look at it when you have the time to swing by.
This isn't the one you were showing me at the range last time ( I don't think it was ).

Thanks
Todd
customizedcreationz
11-13-2010, 01:29 PM
Some Bozo made some mods to the pistol. I'm sure you bought it used. Looks like the trigger has been replaced also.

If you just bought it new send it back to the manufacturer ASAP.


Hard to tell with the trigger, but it looks factory.

http://www.para-usa.com/new/images/product_photo/NHX1045Nphoto.gif
JohnJak
11-13-2010, 04:24 PM
It looks like the trigger has round holes into it. At least that's what my eyes are telling me.
devin21
11-14-2010, 08:06 PM
Devin,
Bring it on over and I ll take a look at it for you. I am starting to take new orders also, so you should have gotten an email from Lynn last night ( I know you are on the waiting list ). Give me a call Monday and I can take a few minutes to look at it when you have the time to swing by.
This isn't the one you were showing me at the range last time ( I don't think it was ).

Thanks
Todd

Todd,

I appreciate that bud but I already sent it back to para for them to take a look at it. And I will be giving you a call on monday about getting my kimber in along with a few other things.
customizedcreationz
11-16-2010, 07:20 AM
Sounds good.
ShootinFool
11-26-2010, 12:19 AM
Interestingly, another Para owner submitted a video of his malfunctioning grip safety. In his case, the gun will not fire when the grip safety is depressed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4FVqmby6Rc&feature=related
pkuptruck
11-26-2010, 06:40 AM
Interestingly, another Para owner submitted a video of his malfunctioning grip safety. In his case, the gun will not fire when the grip safety is depressed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4FVqmby6Rc&feature=related


poor fitting of parts.... most likely...aftermarket..."drop-in"...
JDG
11-26-2010, 07:24 AM
With them nice Kimbers, why bother with the Para? They make a kit to eliminate the grip safety, you should have considered it a bonus that it didn't work. The gun will not fire unless you press the trigger, which is the last thing you do before you destroy the target anyways.......

You did the right thing by sending it in, hope your CS with Para turns out better than mine did!!
sonyarueb
12-01-2010, 12:47 PM
I used to have a Kimber and I had a gunsmith alter the grip safety so it would fire with a looser grip, this helped me in some I.P.S.C matches where I had to shoot with my weak hand.
devin21
12-14-2010, 01:17 PM
hey guys just talked to para and they didnt exactly tell me what the problem was but they are sending me a new nite hawg in place of it.
langenc
03-12-2011, 06:07 PM
How does one know that the gun will fire without compressing the grip??

Mine has a grip safety, but I sure never held the gun in such a way as to not compress it while firing/attempting to fire it. Ill bet it jumps like hell when it fires and is held, lightly. What happens to the next round. Does it fire. also, at WHO??

No thank you.
badman
03-12-2011, 06:28 PM
How does one know that the gun will fire without compressing the grip??

Mine has a grip safety, but I sure never held the gun in such a way as to not compress it while firing/attempting to fire it. Ill bet it jumps like hell when it fires and is held, lightly. What happens to the next round. Does it fire. also, at WHO??

No thank you.

this thread is over a year old. i am sure he got it fixed by now.