Kimber Mags Junk? I'll take 'em!

[357Shooter]

Interesting to read the postings about how all Kimber magus are junk and to replace them with Tripp or Wilson because they are much better. Guess who makes the magus for Kimbers Ultra CDPII? Tripp, same unit, same patent #.
I'll take any junk Kimbers off anyones hands! Funny how bad rumors start...
Anyone had a similar experience?

 

[JohnBT]

I have stainless Shooting Star mags that came with my '99 Stainless Gold Match and they are still 100% reliable. I have a total of 8 iirc. Wilson mags work fine too. And Colt.

 

[Winkman822]

I tend to replace all of my 1911 mags with Wilson #47 or #47D regardless. I've found that Kimber's factory mags can be hit or miss, but any that are problematic are typically easily fixed with a spring replacement (I like the Wolff mag springs for this purpose).

 

[JTQ]

I'm pretty sure CheckMate makes the Kimber TacPro mags, not Tripp.

The 6,560,907 follower is a CheckMate patent. It is available at Tripp Research as the "Flex Follower". The Tripp follower is the "Hybrid Follower".

http://www.trippresearch.com/store/store_1911.html

 

[Damon555]

All my Kimber mags work great....

 

[rellascout]

i'm pretty sure checkmate makes the kimber tacpro mags, not tripp.

The 6,560,907 follower is a checkmate patent. It is available at tripp research as the "flex follower". The tripp follower is the "hybrid follower".

http://www.trippresearch.com/store/store_1911.html

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!!!!!



Funny how bad rumors start...

 

[calaverasslim]

First thing I do when I get new mags is to replace the mag spring with Wolffs.

Saves a whole bunch of heart ache.

 

[Zerodefect]

That still looks like the junk mags my CDP came with that ate the frame up bad. Not only did they damage the frame, they were only reliable 75% of the time.

I tied those mags to a string on my target stand and shot them with my AR.

I'll stick to Wilson mags and Tripps with the plastic followers.

 

[FlyinBryan]

they were only reliable 75% of the time.

75% of the time, they work everytime.

 

[Eaglestroker]

I've got at least 4 that are dead reliable, but have a half dozen at least of each of the Tripp and Wilsons.

 

[EddieNFL]

Already gave mine away. Sorry.

 

[devildog4329]

Thats funny cause im looking to sell two of them. PM me if interested.

 

[swinokur]

All 4 of my crappy Kimber mags work fine

 

[ol' scratch]

Mine wouldn't function in my Rock Island, my Kimber, my father-in-law's Hardballer or a friends Springfield GI. Mine did look different than yours and I have now had them for 3 years. They also have a bump on the follower that tears up the rim on the last round. It looks like Kimber must have started contracting them somewhere else. For me, they were junk. The Wilson mags have NEVER let me down, even shooting semi wad cutters.

 

[Zach S]

There have been a lot of changes at Kimber since they built my pistols.

• Series II safety, that worked right about 75% of the time.
• They got the Series II safety working, and small parts started breaking.
• Before the small parts were finished breaking, they introduced the external extractor.
• By the time I stopped seeing "my xxx broke" threads, they were replacing slides with those that had internal extractors (at their discretion).
• New pistols went back to internal extractors...

I got a crap magazine with my Kimber - but with the numerous Wilson 47s and Metalforms that replaced that one crap mag, I got a pistol that didn't fail to fire due to the series II safety not functioning properly, hasn't broke any small parts, never had the feeding and extracting issues of the external extractor...

I take a hell of a pistol with one crap mag over a crap pistol with a good mag anyday.

my father-in-law's Hardballer

It aint the magazine...

 

[Zerodefect]

I like the Kimber external extractor. It's nearly the same as a Glocks extractor. Deosn't appear to be any real fundemental design flaw. maybe it just need it's demensions tweaked a bit.

I've never really seen any Kimber problems I could blame on the extractor.

I think Kimber needed a scape goat to blame thier terrible QC on during that era. The extractor was easy to blame, especially when the 1911 purists want regular extractors.

 

[Apocalypse-Now]

uhh, ok......kimber offers several types of mags. garbage ones, and not so bad ones.

I think Kimber needed a scape goat to blame thier terrible QC on during that era. The extractor was easy to blame, especially when the 1911 purists want regular extractors.

right, the multitudes of complaints about kimbers are unfounded.

 

[csa77]

my kimber series 1 stainless target has been the most reliable pistol Iv ever used.
far better then my old H&K "stove pipe" USP 45(I sold it to buy the kimber)

I have about 2k though my kimber and never had an issue. still using the original mag.

I must add tho that i only shoot 230 grain fmj's though it tho, simply cuase its the cheapest option at walmart

 

[Zach S]

I like the Kimber external extractor. It's nearly the same as a Glocks extractor.
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I think Kimber needed a scape goat to blame thier terrible QC on during that era.

And a Sigma is nearly the same as a Glock, but the Glock is still a better pistol...

A few folks that had their problematic Kimber send in for work, and had it returned with an internal extractor had their problems go away, so I never really thought about it being a scapegoat for other QC issues. I could see that though.

 

[Zerodefect]

uhh, ok......kimber offers several types of mags. garbage ones, and not so bad ones.

right, the multitudes of complaints about kimbers are unfounded.

Read it again. I didn't say that Kimbers of that era had no problems. They had a ton.

I just don't think it's the extractors fault as much as Kimber claimed.
It's best, marketing wise at least, to blame your failure on something you where planning not to do anymore anyways.

I could call Kimber right now and ask:
"Hey Kimber customer service guy, do ya'll still make bad 1911's that FTF and FTRTB all the time?"
"No of course not Mr. Z, we stopped useing [insert common excuse here] a long time ago. Now we only use [insert the same darn thing everyone else deos] and those problems have allmost completely cleared up."

It's just a theory.