HighFlyingA380
Regular Member
I was just wondering if anybody has any experience with this pistol, and what are your thoughts on it. Also, any info on the quality of Kimber's customer service and corporate mentality would be great.
I will attempt to not flame, but I see Kimber as a money company vs a gun company. I do not know much about their long gun's, but there 1911's are MIM "metal injection molding" to the max, the mainspring housing is plastic, which I had never seen another mftr do. I believe whole heartedly that a Springfield GI with a good smith will walk all over the kimber for the same money. They at one point had alot of issues with there extractor because the went to an external type vs internal. Eventually they saw a big enough drop in sales, and enough people pissed off about repairs not working that they went back to the original internal extractor type.
Lots of people on here own kimbers, I dont think they are terrible, but I think you could make a better decision with money.
Springfield, Sig GSR, Colt, Dan Wesson Heritage RZ-45, I shoot dan wesson, and they are fricken solid! granted mine is a different model, the Cbob.
I will attempt to not flame, but I see Kimber as a money company vs a gun company. I do not know much about their long gun's, but there 1911's are MIM "metal injection molding" to the max, the mainspring housing is plastic, which I had never seen another mftr do. I believe whole heartedly that a Springfield GI with a good smith will walk all over the kimber for the same money. They at one point had alot of issues with there extractor because the went to an external type vs internal. Eventually they saw a big enough drop in sales, and enough people pissed off about repairs not working that they went back to the original internal extractor type.
Lots of people on here own kimbers, I dont think they are terrible, but I think you could make a better decision with money.
Springfield, Sig GSR, Colt, Dan Wesson Heritage RZ-45, I shoot dan wesson, and they are fricken solid! granted mine is a different model, the Cbob.
plus to be honest, if you really look, you could probably find a Les Baer for around the same 1500 dollars! The Baer is gonna be a real tight tight custom 1911, probably a few issues in the first 600 rounds due to tightness, but ask any Baer owner and they wouldnt give them up for a bar of gold!....well maybe a big bar of gold!
Damn, that's not what I wanted to hear. I was really wanting the Stainless Raptor II, it just looks incredible. But of course, I'm not gonna trade performance for looks.
I dont know if you have a 1911 right now or have ever had one.
You're puttin' words in my mouth! I don't think it's a bad gun, just this particular one was not kept-up quite as well as it should be. And I only shot two mags out of it. And I'm not even 100% sure it's a Colt.Frankly, I've never noticed how "inferior" my guns is. ;-)
The bones are really all I'm worried about as far as input goes. As for the looks, I like it so that's that.:lol: I figure if I'm gonna drop that kind of cash, I want something that's different from what most 1911 owners have. The raptor is really the only stock 1911 that IMO looks much different than the others. (of the ones that I've seen, that is)I love the Kimber & Stainless part of the equation, but I'm less fond of the Raptor styling. It's just a personal thing, so if you like it, then go for it. I love my Custom CDP II, but some think the tri-tone look is too much. To each his own. The Raptor has great bones, so it'll be a great gun.
Kimber makes fantastic guns.
RALEIGH -- Little more than a year after buying 150 collector-grade handguns, officials at the N.C. Division of Alcohol Law Enforcement say the $1,055 pistols were so unreliable they had to get rid of them.
ALE Director John Ledford said the Kimber pistols repeatedly suffered such problems as rounds jamming during training exercises, broken sights and the weapon's safety button sometimes falling off.
Just make sure not to buy the cheap $1050 ones.
http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/02/06/971004/ales-pricey-guns-prove-unreliable.html
I have to agree, it does sound like the writer has a bone to pick with Kimber. Or, they're one of those weirdos who just hate guns.I just think this article paints a portrait of Kimber Mfg. that is inconsistent with the experiences of so many satisfied customers.