Better check your info
Everything I have ever seen or read shows mid 90's for the 1911's, I know they produced rifles earlier than that. If you could point me to new info I would appreciate that.
Better check your info
Everything I have ever seen or read shows mid 90's for the 1911's, I know they produced rifles earlier than that. If you could point me to new info I would appreciate that.
Everything I have ever seen or read shows mid 90's for the 1911's, I know they produced rifles earlier than that. If you could point me to new info I would appreciate that.
Looks like we have a winner.prototypes of the "Kimber" pistol were shown at the 1995 SHOT Show.
IF this is right then I'm officially going senile.
I think Springer makes very nice guns for the money. $600ish gets you a loaded, $800ish gets you a range officer, $1000ish gets you a TRP.
Could just buy a Rock Island and upgrade from there.
Their new models have scratched the big rollmarks.
Spring kit, internal polishing...even with some upgraded internals your still well under what a Springfield costs "out of the box"....and it works better.
Kimbers are great looking guns. Personal experience was not good. I had a Pro TLE II . After 600 rounds I gave up on trying to break it in. It was accurate but not reliable. I sold it and got a Sig Traditional Two Tone. It has been perfect since day one. I also have a Dan Wesson Guardian that is my EDC. Awesome weapon. My perception of Kimber is their quality is good-their consistency is questionable. Possibly I just got a bad one -but there and many good ones to select.
Nope. You got an average one. The last 3 we owned were all custom shop pieces and they were just disappointing.
I agree with Harry, the new ones sure are pretty but the older ones run.
No knock on anyone that owns and enjoys a Kimber.
No knock taken CM. My Kimber runs fine but if I had it to do again, I'd go a different route. I bought it when I was first getting into 1911s and assumed that Kimber was expensive because of the quality it brought with it. Having owned it many years and owned many 1911s after it, I don't see the quality as standing above a lot of other 1911s out there. I know you hate them, but Sig 1911s bring a lot more to the table for the dollar than a Kimber does. It sucks to hear of others having issues with Kimbers. My experience has been good apart from the value end of the gun. But then again, I've been lucky in that I don't think I've had many issues with any 1911 I've owned. They are a solid design and when executed correctly, are inherently reliable.
, and a K6S revolver..