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#46
On Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 12:01:33 PM UTC-6, 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. -- 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 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. -- Nope. Lots of problems with limbers and I have no use for a semiauto .45 ACP. -- Sent from my iPhone 6+ I used to have problems with the 'limbers' until I started doing morning stretch exercises... |
#46
On Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 11:35:31 AM UTC-6, 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. -- 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 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. Wayne, in my opinion, they're "custom shop" quality right out of the box. |
#46
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. -- 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 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. -- 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 |
#46
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. -- 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 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. -- 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. |
#46
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. -- 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 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. -- 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. |
#46
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. -- 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 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. -- 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. |
#46
On 2/28/2016 7:28 PM, Tim wrote:
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. -- 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 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. -- 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. He really is. He stopped by my house earlier this afternoon to pick up my grandson's guitar that needs some work. We've stayed in touch via e-mail but we hadn't seen each other for almost a year. Kind of friend that stays a friend even though you don't see each other regularly. He had stopped working on guitars for a while because he had moved and taken a "real" job. He's getting back into it again due to popular demand. He has quite a following of people who don't trust anyone else to work on their guitars. |
#46
On Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 6:39:19 PM UTC-6, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/28/2016 7:28 PM, Tim wrote: 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. -- 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 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. -- 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. He really is. He stopped by my house earlier this afternoon to pick up my grandson's guitar that needs some work. We've stayed in touch via e-mail but we hadn't seen each other for almost a year. Kind of friend that stays a friend even though you don't see each other regularly. He had stopped working on guitars for a while because he had moved and taken a "real" job. He's getting back into it again due to popular demand. He has quite a following of people who don't trust anyone else to work on their guitars. Yes, I've talked with him since he's gotten a 'daytime job; he's doin' alright" Good to see he's still active in luthery... |
#46
On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 17:51:32 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: 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 === What prevents you from buying elsewhere and bringing it back home? |
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