A couple questions about Kimber 1911s.

[Walkalong]

My two main carry guns are a P-365 and a Kimber CDP Ultra. The Sig is bone stock.

I put a sandblasted (To match the finish) Wilson Hardcore slide catch and thumb safety (Modded by me to match the old Colt L/W Commander style) as well as a Kimber aluminum magwell/mainspring housing in the Kimber. I also replaced the sear and hammer pins, but don't remember which brand I used.

It just simply works, every time.

 

[silicosys4]

There are better options out there in the same price range as Kimber.
The only reason I'd recommend a Kimber over, say, a Colt, is if you want a specific configuration not offered by another manufacturer...and even then I'd have to take into consideration the price of replacing some if the internals with higher quality parts.

 

[Old Dog]

There are better options out there in the same price range as Kimber.
The only reason I'd recommend a Kimber over, say, a Colt, is if you want a specific configuration not offered by another manufacturer...and even then I'd have to take into consideration the price of replacing some if the internals with higher quality parts.

At the same price point, Kimber offers features Colt does not. Quality night sights and frontstrap checkering being the prime examples. By the way, most of my 1911s were made by Colt.

And, once again, we have folks implying that forged parts are always of higher quality than MIM parts. What I find interesting is that only when it pertains to guns do people believe this; in every other industry (i.e., the aerospace industry among others), people don't obsess about this.

 

[mnshooter]

I have owned 4 Kimbers. A stainless target II, a CDP Pro II, an Eclipse Custom II, and currently an Eclipse Pro II. All have shot very well and functioned perfectly. My next 1911 will likely be another Kimber.

 

[Zerodefect]

At the same price point, Kimber offers features Colt does not. Quality night sights and frontstrap checkering being the prime examples. By the way, most of my 1911s were made by Colt.

And, once again, we have folks implying that forged parts are always of higher quality than MIM parts. What I find interesting is that only when it pertains to guns do people believe this; in every other industry (i.e., the aerospace industry among others), people don't obsess about this.

I broke a MIM thumb safety with my thumb. Pretty sure my thumbs don't stand a chance reaching into a running GE H7. MIM manufacturing varies in quality. If you want a $25,000 MIM 1911, yeah it should be pretty tough then. Big difference between MIM for aerospace and MIM for toy cars.

They make compressor blades from MIM alloy and carbon fiber now. They are't suitable for use as hammers. The analogy doesn't work.

Why recommend a 1911 with the parts quality of a Taurus or Ruger, when there are 1911's out there loaded with high quality parts for hardly more in cost.
Thumb safety.
Weak bushings.
Way, waaaaay os.
Disco and sear with mold lines.

Detail strip a DW next to a Kimber. There's a huge difference in part quality. I own both. Sometimes LesBaer has a messy part. But it's tool steel or vert nice cast. Nothing I can't fix with a stone ans a sear jig.

Nobody is complaining about Glock MIM.