On Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 5:42:29 PM UTC-6, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/28/2016 5:55 PM, Tim wrote:
On Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 4:51:35 PM UTC-6, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/28/2016 1:01 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
John H. wrote:
On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 12:35:00 -0500, wrote:

On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 06:08:32 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Saturday, February 27, 2016 at 9:35:59 PM UTC-6, Alex wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Friday, February 26, 2016 at 7:43:31 PM UTC-6, Alex wrote:
John H. wrote:
On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 20:25:27 -0500, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 19:35:56 -0500, Alex wrote:

I just picked up a new Ruger SR40C for the car. Got the stainless
version so I don't have to oil the hell out of it for that environment.
The trigger is _smoooth_ for a striker-fired gun. It's an affordable .40
cal that I hope to not have to use other than at the range. They make a
9mm version for the same price.

http://ruger.com/products/sr40c/specSheets/3476.html

I'm wishing I'd waited for this to come out rather than get the Sig P938. This is a
sweet gun:

http://www.kimberamerica.com/micro-9?___SID=U

Comes in a .380 also.
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Ban liars, tax cheats, idiots, audiophools, and narcissists....not guns!

That's a nice looking gun! I have large hands so a short, single-stack
like that might be hard to control for me.

Kimber does sell an extended magazine which gives a little better grip. I bought one
for the Sig P938. Big help, and an extra round.

Have you heard if Kimber has returned to their legendary build quality?
I've heard and read that it had suffered a bit but that was maybe four
years ago.
Except from Harry, I've not heard anything bad about Kimbers. This is my Kimber .45:

http://www.kimberamerica.com/tactical-custom-hd-ii-a

I love it. It's the best shooting gun I have...smoothest by far. I like the Sig 226,
but I can't shoot it as well as the Kimber. Then again, the Sig holds twice as many
rounds, so I need to shoot it only half as well...right?
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Ban liars, tax cheats, idiots, audiophools, and narcissists...not guns!

If you search "Kimber quality" you will see a lot of results. The time
frames vary, as do the opinions, but the consensus seems to be that they
had problems and fixed them. If any problems did exist they could have
been limited to a few designs. Harry's opinion is worthless and usually
unfounded.
Having owned 3 Kimbers I can say I've never had an issue with any of
them. I did have one jam, but it was my own fault. It needed cleaned
badly. otherwise...

Others I know who own Kimber arms regardless of what model or caliber
haven't had an issue with theirs either.

Maybe some people just like to gripe and look at the worst in everything.


That's certainly true. I wanted a Kimber 1911 and, at the time, was
advised to not purchase one (by a trusted shop) and I found reviews
supporting that. It was 8-10 years ago so that this what lead to my
question to John.

Could be.There may havebeen some

On Saturday, February 27, 2016 at 9:35:59 PM UTC-6, Alex wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Friday, February 26, 2016 at 7:43:31 PM UTC-6, Alex wrote:
John H. wrote:
On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 20:25:27 -0500, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 19:35:56 -0500, Alex wrote:

I just picked up a new Ruger SR40C for the car. Got the stainless
version so I don't have to oil the hell out of it for that environment.
The trigger is _smoooth_ for a striker-fired gun. It's an affordable .40
cal that I hope to not have to use other than at the range. They make a
9mm version for the same price.

http://ruger.com/products/sr40c/specSheets/3476.html

I'm wishing I'd waited for this to come out rather than get the Sig P938. This is a
sweet gun:

http://www.kimberamerica.com/micro-9?___SID=U

Comes in a .380 also.
--

Ban liars, tax cheats, idiots, audiophools, and narcissists....not guns!

That's a nice looking gun! I have large hands so a short, single-stack
like that might be hard to control for me.

Kimber does sell an extended magazine which gives a little better grip. I bought one
for the Sig P938. Big help, and an extra round.

Have you heard if Kimber has returned to their legendary build quality?
I've heard and read that it had suffered a bit but that was maybe four
years ago.
Except from Harry, I've not heard anything bad about Kimbers. This is my Kimber .45:

http://www.kimberamerica.com/tactical-custom-hd-ii-a

I love it. It's the best shooting gun I have...smoothest by far. I like the Sig 226,
but I can't shoot it as well as the Kimber. Then again, the Sig holds twice as many
rounds, so I need to shoot it only half as well...right?
--

Ban liars, tax cheats, idiots, audiophools, and narcissists...not guns!

If you search "Kimber quality" you will see a lot of results. The time
frames vary, as do the opinions, but the consensus seems to be that they
had problems and fixed them. If any problems did exist they could have
been limited to a few designs. Harry's opinion is worthless and usually
unfounded.
Having owned 3 Kimbers I can say I've never had an issue with any of
them. I did have one jam, but it was my own fault. It needed cleaned
badly. otherwise...

Others I know who own Kimber arms regardless of what model or caliber
haven't had an issue with theirs either.

Maybe some people just like to gripe and look at the worst in everything.


That's certainly true. I wanted a Kimber 1911 and, at the time, was
advised to not purchase one (by a trusted shop) and I found reviews
supporting that. It was 8-10 years ago so that this what lead to my
question to John.

Could be. There could have been some QC issues I wasn't aware of and
maybe I got 3 good out of 4, But I'm simply saying that out of the
Kimbers I've had, I had no reason to complain about them at all.

===

I put some rounds through a loaner Kimber once and thought it was a
fine gun. It would be high up on my list if looking for a new 45.

And if Krause owned one they'd be the best guns in the world.
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Nope. Lots of problems with limbers and I have no use for a semiauto ..45
ACP.



Kimber is a non-issue for me. I can't legally buy one even if I wanted
one. *All* Kimber handguns are banned in Massachusetts.

http://fsguns.com/fsg_information.html

That sucks, Richard.


Yeah, a few years ago Kimber produced a limited number of their 1911
versions for Marine Corps vets who served in Iraq or Afghanistan. They
put your name and tour dates on it or something like that. My buddy
Rick (from the guitar shop) tried to order one for his son who was
finishing up a tour in Afghanistan and was pretty bummed out to find out
he couldn't get one shipped to MA, even through a FFL. FFL would
lose his license.

Thats a shame. Rick is a good and honorable man.