Why do Kimber 1911s have such a bad reputation?

[lucusloc]

Trans what payment? Maybe the trans am blew a tranny?

"Maybe the trans ma'am blew a tranny" FTFY, you forgot a few letters.

 

[TTSX]

"Maybe the trans ma'am blew a tranny" FTFY, you forgot a few letters.

 

[Nosferatu]

"Maybe the trans ma'am blew a tranny" FTFY, you forgot a few letters.

Damnit, beat me to it you bubbleguming bubblegumity bubblegum

 

[solv3nt]

Damnit, beat me to it you bubbleguming bubblegumity bubblegum

Does another man typically beat you to it?

 

[Nosferatu]

Does another man typically beat you to it?

Ya got rhythm or ya don't..

 

[Knobgoblin]

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[buyer]

My feeling is the bad reputation comes from people who don't have one in their safe, likely never shot one, to validate that what they have in their safe, what they chose, is the best. Sort of like buying a Ford truck, and then saying that Chevy sucks to justify your decision as being well founded.
I have two that from day one have ran like sewing machines, on multiple brands of ammo without a hiccup.

JP9

I agree!

 

[Assault Rifle]

His mom took his phone away.

Probably needed to pawn it to make her boyfriends Trans-Am payment.

She gave it back to me...

 

[lucusloc]

She gave it back to me...

Were lessons learned?

 

[ZA_Survivalist]

I think I've stated on other threads how ninjas issues with my full sized Kimber a long time ago, I grew impatient and sold it.
I suspect it was an extractor issue or I needed to break it in.. but I was getting jam after jam.
Tried different mags and ammo but for the price I paid at the time I felt like it should have ran much better considering my PT1911 and GI RIA ran perfectly out of the box.

That being said, picked up a Kimber micro 9 and really like it. I'll be getting a stainless one here soon. So I'd come back around to Kimber should the opportunity present itself.

 

[solv3nt]

Were lessons learned?

Are we taking bets?

 

[lucusloc]

Are we taking bets?

I am reserving judgement and remaining ever optimistic, but my optimism does not extend to losing money.

 

[solv3nt]

I am reserving judgement and remaining ever optimistic

You're one of those! I should have known!

 

[Assault Rifle]

Whats wrong with using MIM? Are Kimbers falling apart?

 

[solv3nt]

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Why are you still stealing pictures? @lucusloc thought you learned your lesson

Broken Kimber right side bobbed safety

www.defensivecarry.com

 

[HA556]

It seems Trolls are as hard to exterminate as cockroaches!

 

[Assault Rifle]

Why are you still stealing pictures? @lucusloc thought you learned your lesson

Broken Kimber right side bobbed safety

www.defensivecarry.com

Not stealing pictures. The dude wanted and example of a broken MIMber part so I gave him one.

 

[Assault Rifle]

I'm a purist. Nighthawk broke off of Wilson, and I like the more traditional look. I don't need no front cocking serrations.

You do know that using the slingshot method is outdated. The best way is overhand, top of the slide, using front cocking serrations.

 

[lucusloc]

Not stealing pictures. The dude wanted and example of a broken MIMber part so I gave him one.

I'll side with you on this one, a scraped picture is an acceptable example in this context. But you need to remember that you got yourself a reputation here, and quickly at that. Posting random found pics in a thread about showing your guns rubbed a lot of people the wrong way, so you will need to tread on eggshells while you rebuild trust. Captioning all found pics with "I found this example on the Internet" will probably be a good idea for a while. You don't have to take my advice, but in this case I will wager it is worth more than you paid for it.

 

[User 1234]

You do know that using the slingshot method is outdated. The best way is overhand, top of the slide, using front cocking serrations.

Darn, we can't manipulate a firearm using a method which works if it has a long history of success? Is pulling the trigger also "outdated?"

Ok, I'm done feeding it now.