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My first…and LAST Kimber: For the price you pay, the damned thing had better not need to have MIM parts replaced so that it cycles correctly.
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June 2nd, 2011 at 11:26 am
I had a similar problem with my Colt 1911. I don’t think it is fair to disparage an entire brand because of one problem. Every manufacturer occasionally has a few lemons. The difference between a good company and a bad one is in how they resolve the issue.
I own a few handguns from several manufacturers, and every manufacturer at one time or another has had to help me with an issue. I sent a couple of Sigs to the factory for some work, even. That doesn’t mean that Sigs are junk.
June 2nd, 2011 at 11:42 am
It’s a pretty well known problem with Kimbers.
As to Sigs, the German made ones are still the best. The US made ones aren’t that hot. ICE has had massive problems with their run of P229 .40 cals and the FAMS of course had a debacle with their intended rollout of the P250 in .357 Sig. The cause seems to be that the current head honchos are all marketing guys and aren’t listening to the engineers anymore. YMMV
June 2nd, 2011 at 3:04 pm
I always chuckle when someone shoots low and left and blames it on the sights right off the bat. I have yet to buy a gun that’s not dead accurate out of the box. I’m not always dead accurate with them at first (FN triggers and I just don’t mesh well). But shooting from a bench makes it clear where the fault lies.
June 2nd, 2011 at 5:14 pm
Ummm…I didn’t *blame* the sights. I simply stated that I’ll adjust the sights.
True, that compensating with the sights for an obviously incorrect trigger pull is akin to aiming left when golfing to compensate for a habitual slice, but when the end result is that I put the bullet where I want it *immediately* instead of trying to re-learn muscle memory whilst pulling the trigger, I’ll simply adjust the sights.
So, your statement taken to its logical conclusion, is that the fact that my DEagle 1911 has always shot exactly where I aim it is indicative of a gun that came from the factory with the rear sight slightly out of adjustment, because if my trigger pull muscle memory is the same, then *both* guns should shoot low left. (The DEagle more so due to the longer barrel…)
Obviously the Kimber is perfect out of the box (pardon while I pass out laughing) and the DEagle needs the rear sight corrected so they booth shoot low left to reflect my lousy trigger pulling habits. 🙂
June 3rd, 2011 at 10:22 pm
I’ve own two 1911s, two of which were Kimbers, both have been flawless, and one I took to Gunsite in 2004, and have at least 10K rounds through with no stoppages I can recall. Both have MIM parts, and although, both of them are “classic” models, I don’t think that one bad experience is enough to damn a company. You wanna know a horror story, I’ll tell you about how much CZ-USA sucks.
June 4th, 2011 at 4:00 pm
The Compact I bought about twelve years ago has been great; maybe it was before they started using MIM and slipping on QC. From what I’ve heard the last couple of years, they’ve got real problems they need to deal with.
Which is a shame: build a fine name, and then screw it up.