I think their QC has suffered a lot. People early on swore by them but today a lot are swearing at them.
I saw two different Kimbers, on two separate days, that would not feed even one full magazine of GI ball. I consider that ammo to be the bottom line for a .45 pistol. I talked to one guy and he had tried several different magazines. Incredibly, he said that Kimber had told him to buy Wilson magazines! Some faith in the product!
Jim