Occam's Razor
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An early production S&W 4006. IF it managed to move a round from the magazine to the chamber it shot about 4" left of center at 25 yards.
I'm in full agreement, provided the company makes the first one right. Kimber demonstrated over and over a complete unwillingness to do that. I can CERTAINLY understand that every once in a while a bad one slips through and needs to be fixed. But after three failed attempts to fix a gun that was over $1,000, followed by a complete lack of even concern about trying to make it right, I think it's fair to chalk that one up to experience and not make the same bad wager again...I dont understand some of the people that buy a gun, find out it has problems, then never even try another model and refuse to buy anything from that vendor again. In my opinion that almost borders on ignorance. The world is an imperfect place, and people are human. Errors can be made. When you churn out a million guns, you are going to have a small percentage of them bad. I care more about what happens after you find that. Customer service and a chance for repair at least, but thats just me. One bad gun isnt going to turn me away from a company forever.
A $300 Taurus Model 94 in 22LR. They either work good or they suck. Guess which I bought. Cylinder binding, lead spitting, lumpy triggered !@#$
Let me guess ... 4L60E tranny ... and you had to have all of the internal shift solenoids replaced.
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A $300 Taurus Model 94 in 22LR. They either work good or they suck. Guess which I bought. Cylinder binding, lead spitting, lumpy triggered !@#$
Me too, but I paid almost $400, heaviest spongey trigger I have ever felt.
Taurus PT-92 9mm. Didn't even make it thru the first mag. The slide locked up and the rear sights fell off. My first and last Taurus
One bad gun doesn't spoil me for life on the brand, otherwise I would have never bought another Taurus. I haven't bought another Llama since my first and last experiance with them, nor would I ever consider buying another Jennings. But with all the negative posts I read about kimbers 9doesn't seem to be as many positive), I'd better have one of the good ones or I'll skip buying another one. If it just needs some minor, moderately priced "fixes" I won't gripe since I got it so cheap. If it's a lemon, the dealer said he'd take it back on trade for another gun for what I paid. So I'm not too worried. Unless I spend too much on the fixes.....then I'm screwed) I want that CZ75B, or a smaller S&W revolver anyway.I dont understand some of the people that buy a gun, find out it has problems, then never even try another model and refuse to buy anything from that vendor again. In my opinion that almost borders on ignorance. The world is an imperfect place, and people are human. Errors can be made. When you churn out a million guns, you are going to have a small percentage of them bad. I care more about what happens after you find that. Customer service and a chance for repair at least, but thats just me. One bad gun isnt going to turn me away from a company forever.
I dont understand some of the people that buy a gun, find out it has problems, then never even try another model and refuse to buy anything from that vendor again. In my opinion that almost borders on ignorance.