ShooterDave
New member
Greetings all,
Kimbers have been taking a beating here so I thought I might post a few heartening words for those Kimber owners who are now scratching their heads, wondering if their 1911 is truly Y2K compliant
I just got and shot my new Custom Classic last night and wow!--can this puppy can shred paper At 10 yards I was getting tiny, ragged holes where ostensibly 14 rounds had passed (which is amazing accuracy, especially for me).
The pistol is a fine testimony to the machinist's art, and I was especially pleased with the gun's fit considering that it is Kimber's "bottom of the line" model. Slide-to-frame fit is scary tight (perhaps too tight?) and the beavertail is mated to the frame with extremely close tolerances. Trigger might have been in the 4.5 lb range and it was very crisp with zero creep-like breaking glass.
In all, I ran 200 rounds of 230 grain ball through the gun, and experienced only two hiccups.
1) Bullet nose in the magazine nudged the slide stop up in the middle of a string-will wait and see if this is a recurring problem, and will consider replacing/milling slide stop.
2) Failure to eject-almost a stovepipe, but the casing got caught parallel to the barrel which really chewed up the casing mouth. This is a problem that I will have to address now, and I blame the extractor, since the gun was throwing casings almost straight back-the rear bevel of the ejection port was dotted with brass specks where the cases would bounce off and it's concievable that this one casing just didn't clear the slide. Extractors have always been an Achilles heel of the 1911 design so I'm not discouraged-might try an aftek adjustable extractor.
So am I happy? Need I say "very?" (at least for now, and I'll keep you all posted should further problems develop)
BTW, I mean no disrespect here, toward anyone who has posted with Kimber woes-I am sure that they are totally justified in their dissatisfaction, and I truly wish them the best of luck in getting their problems resolved. I just wanted to let prospective Kimber owners know that Kimber CAN turn out an exceptional product, one that is quite a bargain for the money.
RANGE HUMOR: Last night the guy next to me was shooting a Lorcin (sp?). This is what I heard: BANG...BANG..."click"... "rack"...BANG..."click"..."rack"..."click".."God-d*mn-it, piece o'sh*it"..."click"
Kimbers have been taking a beating here so I thought I might post a few heartening words for those Kimber owners who are now scratching their heads, wondering if their 1911 is truly Y2K compliant
I just got and shot my new Custom Classic last night and wow!--can this puppy can shred paper At 10 yards I was getting tiny, ragged holes where ostensibly 14 rounds had passed (which is amazing accuracy, especially for me).
The pistol is a fine testimony to the machinist's art, and I was especially pleased with the gun's fit considering that it is Kimber's "bottom of the line" model. Slide-to-frame fit is scary tight (perhaps too tight?) and the beavertail is mated to the frame with extremely close tolerances. Trigger might have been in the 4.5 lb range and it was very crisp with zero creep-like breaking glass.
In all, I ran 200 rounds of 230 grain ball through the gun, and experienced only two hiccups.
1) Bullet nose in the magazine nudged the slide stop up in the middle of a string-will wait and see if this is a recurring problem, and will consider replacing/milling slide stop.
2) Failure to eject-almost a stovepipe, but the casing got caught parallel to the barrel which really chewed up the casing mouth. This is a problem that I will have to address now, and I blame the extractor, since the gun was throwing casings almost straight back-the rear bevel of the ejection port was dotted with brass specks where the cases would bounce off and it's concievable that this one casing just didn't clear the slide. Extractors have always been an Achilles heel of the 1911 design so I'm not discouraged-might try an aftek adjustable extractor.
So am I happy? Need I say "very?" (at least for now, and I'll keep you all posted should further problems develop)
BTW, I mean no disrespect here, toward anyone who has posted with Kimber woes-I am sure that they are totally justified in their dissatisfaction, and I truly wish them the best of luck in getting their problems resolved. I just wanted to let prospective Kimber owners know that Kimber CAN turn out an exceptional product, one that is quite a bargain for the money.
RANGE HUMOR: Last night the guy next to me was shooting a Lorcin (sp?). This is what I heard: BANG...BANG..."click"... "rack"...BANG..."click"..."rack"..."click".."God-d*mn-it, piece o'sh*it"..."click"