Those are solid arguments and with just the right amount of passion backed with actual reasons. Don't agree with every one of them, but not a ONE of them seems to simply be snatched out of thin air. As to the Kimber complaint, I think it must be their advertising budget. Each of the successful gun makers is good at a few things, but I would argue that Kimber has done two things ridiculously well-- they make darn good looking guns and they have thrown colossal money at print advertising and it works. It seems to come at the expense of their price tag and their customer service.
I'm going to change it up and throw in a passionate complaint that doesn't deserve it's own thread & would typically just start an argument if it did. But add up all the superlatives for "ARRRRGH!" and that's where I am at with:
forward cocking serrations on handguns
Looks are subjective, we can all admit this, and I think they look like hell all of the time. That I tend to lean to the "traditionalist" side doesn't help, I see them and it's much like seeing tactical rails on classic guns that weren't designed with them.
It's also been argued that they tear up many holsters, save some kydex holsters that don't care. I only include this because it's a "drawback" to some folks. But my seething white-hot hate for forward serrations comes down to two big points and I personally refuse to back off either of them.
1) the serrations often get flipped out there as a useful tool to assist in a "press-check" and the very concept of a press-check disgusts me. IMO, your handgun should be loaded or it should not be loaded and you should know which and if you don't, you need to know for damn sure and playing around with a press-check isn't the answer. Much like a loaded chamber indicator, we have methods for showing clear and opening the slide a quarter of an inch is not that method
2) it's never going to be a good idea to put your hand near the muzzle of a potentially loaded handgun. If that handgun isn't visibly and demonstrably CLEAR, you're making a grievous error by putting your hand near the muzzle. It's bad enough (by far) if you do this, I believe it's a complete train-wreck failure if you're
teaching it and marketing an addition to assist you in it.
It's not an annoyance to me, it's
far beyond that. It would be like suggesting and marketing a ramrod (ala black powder muzzle loader) as the proper method for finding out if a breech-loading modern firearm is loaded.
It's a stupid, stupid idea to put your hand at the muzzle of a handgun.