shooter.45
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I have 2 Kimbers and have no problems at all. A Kimber Custom Classic and a Kimber Pro-Carry SLE. NO PROBLEMS.. 
I give up- please cure my Kimber.
- Thread starter ATTICUS
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Mikey... THAT was THAT Joe??? Dang!!!!! Sigh.. Oh well.
Good luck ATTICUS. I hope you get your problem fixed. If not (I never did with the polymer) You have had some good suggestions as to gunsmiths who can fix it. Brian is a good choice. (And a nice IDPA shooter as well. Seems like he placed in ESP)
500 rounds is a bit lite for a break in, IMHO. I put 1000 rounds of hardball through my Les Baer before I considered it "broken-in". Not that it had any problems. But then, I was getting ready for nationals and I wanted to be extra sure it was ready to go. So I ran about 1500 rounds through it in the 3 weeks prior.
Best of luck.
Bubba
Good luck ATTICUS. I hope you get your problem fixed. If not (I never did with the polymer) You have had some good suggestions as to gunsmiths who can fix it. Brian is a good choice. (And a nice IDPA shooter as well. Seems like he placed in ESP)
500 rounds is a bit lite for a break in, IMHO. I put 1000 rounds of hardball through my Les Baer before I considered it "broken-in". Not that it had any problems. But then, I was getting ready for nationals and I wanted to be extra sure it was ready to go. So I ran about 1500 rounds through it in the 3 weeks prior.
Best of luck.
Bubba
FWIW, I have had 6 Kimbers (I still have 5), and other than a periodic failure to lock open when the magazine is empty(I believe a sensitivity to certain magazines), they have been reliable EXCEPT for one of my Ultra Carry models, which, although not broken in yet, has bullets nosediving occasionally. I think that this may be a bit of limp wristing on my part, due to the perhaps less forceful grip on the smaller gun, but I am not sure. After several hundred more rounds I will know.
sks- If I didn't like this pistol so much it would have been traded away by now. I've been known to own Colts less than a week. If it doesn't run smooth when I get it back, then it will go to Bilby or someone equally qualified. I'ts kinda like finding a good mate -you fix what you can and put up with what you can't. Of course I do have a few back up mates....I mean pistols to rely on.
WalterGAII
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Hey, I wasn't offended, just gotten used to the predictable reliability of my Glocks. Also, I've shot a few thousand rounds through my 70 Series Gold Cup. I can't remember it ever failing, either. I've just read too many posts on this and other boards about Kimber quality, since they moved their facilities.
I owned a Kimber Pro Carry (commander-size slide, alloy frame) once and it was a troublesome pistol. It would not feed hollow points and would have that now-infamous "failure to lock back" problem.
A return to Kimber did not solve the problem and came back pretty much the same way.
I have a full-size (all steel) Springfield "Loaded" in stainless steel now. It is not quite as accurate or smooth as Kimber, but it is 100% reliable.
To be fair, I think that small-size 1911s, particularly with alloy frames, are more prone to problems than full-size ones in any brand, so perhaps that was the problem with my Kimber.
It was a sweet and exceptionally smooth, not to mention ultra-accurate, pistol. But, I rate reliability over all others, so...
Just my two bits.
Skorzeny
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For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the supreme excellence. Sun Tzu
A return to Kimber did not solve the problem and came back pretty much the same way.
I have a full-size (all steel) Springfield "Loaded" in stainless steel now. It is not quite as accurate or smooth as Kimber, but it is 100% reliable.
To be fair, I think that small-size 1911s, particularly with alloy frames, are more prone to problems than full-size ones in any brand, so perhaps that was the problem with my Kimber.
It was a sweet and exceptionally smooth, not to mention ultra-accurate, pistol. But, I rate reliability over all others, so...
Just my two bits.
Skorzeny
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For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the supreme excellence. Sun Tzu
ATTICUS-
Sorry I haven't checked back for a couple days. I had a Kimber that did the same thing (half in the chamber). I sent it back, they throated the chamber, works 100%. Took a week from the day I gave it to the Kimber dealer to the day it came back. Kinda a pain, but hey, it is a 90 year old design.
Sorry I haven't checked back for a couple days. I had a Kimber that did the same thing (half in the chamber). I sent it back, they throated the chamber, works 100%. Took a week from the day I gave it to the Kimber dealer to the day it came back. Kinda a pain, but hey, it is a 90 year old design.