When did Kimber become a bad word?

[distra]

From my RSO experience, Kimbers are beautiful guns, but I've learned you don't bring a Kimber to a gun fight. Best place for them in the safe during such an event.

 

[wyohome]

^HAHA!^

 

[EddieNFL]

Speaking of the 500-round break in period, don't people plan on shooting their new gun 500 times when they first get it?

I fire x number of rounds to ensure reliability, not fix problems the factory should have resolved.

 

[B J Elliott]

I agree with you, but personal protection is not always on everyone's mind. It is mine, but I am sure some folks just want to go shoot for the fun of it! 10-4?

 

[Zach S]

I like their series I guns. I own four of them. I decided to experiment with one, and just shoot and lube it till it screwed up, like so many people said it would. When I broke open the sixth case of ammo, I gave up on it jamming because it was dirty. Had to bead blast it to clean it... It never failed.

IMO, the decline started with the series II safety. There were a lot of guns that went back to kimber because of it. When they got that straightened out, small parts started breaking, with mag catches and slide stops being the most common, with a few bbl bushings, hammers, and beavertails in the mix for good measure. Kimber is the reason that a lot of folks shy away from MIM parts... So, the reports of broken small parts were on the decline, and they came out with their external extractor. And a few guns went back to kimber for work, some made multiple trips, and after a while, they started swapping the slides for ones with internal extractors at their discretion.

Kimber may make a solid pistol now, but those few years turned me off of them. And after owning four series I guns, with the geniusly designed dovetails that cant be recut into anything, I was turned off of the series I guns for a while as well. Thankfully the sight manufacturers are offering more options now. I wouldnt pass up a good deal on a series I gun I could afford, but I'd look somewhere else first...

 

[Certaindeaf]

.Had to bead blast it to clean it...

Where did you learn that one?

 

[Zach S]

Where did you learn that one?

It was that dirty... I probably could have got it clean, but I got tired of hosing it down with brake cleaner and scrubbing the hell out of it.

And after I blasted it, it looked like a brand new pistol, instead of one that had been fired 5,000 times without being cleaned...

 

[Certaindeaf]

I hear you. That seems kinda odd though. Back when I was a punk kid, I'd go to an easy 2000+ often, sometimes in one day, using Red Dot and cast slugs out of a Hi-Power. Just one normal and easy session always did it for me.