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Posted: 11/24/2022 3:48:20 PM EDT
 5" alloy frame no checkering on the front of the frame/grip. I think it's a regular 70, no weird Schwartz safety. On sale for something like $ 625. Don't need impulse maybe buy |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 3:49:25 PM EDT
[#1]
My TLE/RL II is an absolute tack driver that has never once failed me, but it's also circa 2002
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Posted: 11/24/2022 3:51:27 PM EDT
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not sure about the fullsize models... my Micro 9 runs fine.
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Posted: 11/24/2022 3:52:41 PM EDT
[#3]
I've never had a problem with a Kimber.
Seems like a good price. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 3:53:10 PM EDT
[#4]
I think it would fit your collection nicely
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Posted: 11/24/2022 3:54:05 PM EDT
[#5]
They never didn’t suck but their 5” 45s are somewhat decent.
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Posted: 11/24/2022 3:54:08 PM EDT
[#6]
A penguin buying an Arctic pistol? Shouldn't it be Antarctic?
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Posted: 11/24/2022 3:54:09 PM EDT
[#7]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I think it would fit your collection nicely |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 3:54:12 PM EDT
[#8]
I had a Kimber Carry II, it ran fine.
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Posted: 11/24/2022 3:55:01 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/24/2022 3:56:02 PM EDT
[#10]
Don't really know anything about them. A friend has one and has had good luck with it.
I like the one in the picture in the OP. Nice sights, nice trigger, hammer. I need to get a Kimber and try it for myself. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 4:02:02 PM EDT
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They make some good looking guns but in my sample size of 1 I wouldn't buy one again. I did just jump on that $299 tisas deal but I wouldn't trust a kimber.
Nice price and it looks pretty sweet though. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 4:04:27 PM EDT
[#12]
I'm not a Kimber hater. Have two in the house. That thing just screams "eeww"
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Posted: 11/24/2022 4:05:24 PM EDT
[#13]
Quote HistoryQuoted: My TLE/RL II is an absolute tack driver that has never once failed me, but it's also circa 2002 My dad has the same model and for me anyways, it was the most accurate pistol I've ever shot. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 4:08:36 PM EDT
[#14]
Pretty, if I were you I would buy it just for a larf. That said I've never even shot a Kimber. I have no dog in this fight.
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Posted: 11/24/2022 4:10:32 PM EDT
[#15]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Pretty, if I were you I would buy it just for a larf. That said I've never even shot a Kimber. I have no dog in this fight. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 4:12:57 PM EDT
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These are back again? They came out about two years ago IIRC. Usually slightly sub-$600. Alloy frame, no fp safety. Seemed like one run and not around retail very long.
I considered one when I learned about them for a build, but missed the good deals then they got silly priced. Cheaper ones new again would not be bad. I’ve researched them a bit and they seem to have a solid rep. - not as hit and miss as Kimber a few years back. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 4:13:03 PM EDT
[#17]
Quote HistoryQuoted: They make some good looking guns but in my sample size of 1 I wouldn't buy one again. I did just jump on that $299 tisas deal but I wouldn't trust a kimber. Nice price and it looks pretty sweet though. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 4:13:48 PM EDT
[#18]
Kimber is junk. I’ve still never seen one complete a match without choking at least once.
Ever. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 4:14:29 PM EDT
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I use collect 1911s and had a few Kimbers along with some other brands. Fit and finish of all the Kimbers that I came into possession were all excellent and they all shot straight. When I got out of the 1911 game I sold them all, but kept one, a 5 in plain jane Kimber. It’s actually the most beat up and scratched up 1911 in the group which was acquired thru a trade. Kept is because it worked and I knew I wasn’t going to get much for it.
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Posted: 11/24/2022 4:14:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I have that Tisas. The hammer chews up my hands and the sights are small. It seems reliable and accurate for the literal it's been shot Now I did own a Tisas 1911! Very nearly my worst firearms experience. Only beaten out by a CZ-52. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 4:14:48 PM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: They never didn’t suck. Stupidly wrong. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 4:16:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Kimber is junk. I’ve still never seen one complete a match without choking at least once. Ever. Don't currently own one, but I have owned four and never had a single jam from any of them through thousands of rounds. My son still owns the last one I had...gave it to him for his 21st birthday. He hasn't had a jam out of it, either. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 4:18:43 PM EDT
[#23]
White is hard to keep clean with the wrong hygiene.
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Posted: 11/24/2022 4:19:19 PM EDT
[#24]
I’d be willing to try one without the shwartz but the barrel is not stainless. I think you’d be money ahead with something else.
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Posted: 11/24/2022 4:19:59 PM EDT
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Only problem with my Kimbers (2 fullsize, one micro 9) is my early stainless fullsize chamber is a little tighter and is finicky about which ammo will feed. Bulge where the bullet goes into the brass. Early Kimbers were made like that for accuracy. I think they later opened them up a bit.
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Posted: 11/24/2022 4:22:03 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Stupidly wrong. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: They never didn’t suck. Stupidly wrong. They’ve always been exactly the same as they are now except that brief period when they tried external extractors. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 4:22:08 PM EDT
[#27]
I don't hate it. Seems like the white would blend in nicely with a penguin's belly. I've only shot one Kimber, many years ago. It was a range rental, and not only did it run like a Swiss watch, it was insane how well I could shoot it.
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Posted: 11/24/2022 4:22:58 PM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I’d be willing to try one without the shwartz but the barrel is not stainless. I think you’d be money ahead with something else. That’s a good point, but you can get the barrel nitrided cheaply. My plan was a marine build, and I was going to cerakote it and nitride the barrel anyway. You would still need to replace the frame pins, bushing, etc. as I don’t think they are stainless, either. Kind of stupid a gun spec, of course. I got the impression these were a “parts bin build” to push out a new model cheaply, not a really well-thought out gun. Ok, back to finishing the filling for the egg nog pie. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 4:25:59 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: They’ve always been exactly the same as they are now except that brief period when they tried external extractors. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: They never didn’t suck. Stupidly wrong. They’ve always been exactly the same as they are now except that brief period when they tried external extractors. Nope. They have not. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 4:27:20 PM EDT
[#30]
My only Kimber was bought in 2000 but so long as I change out the recoil spring every 1K rounds, it's been 100%. (Compact CDP)
I don't carry it much anymore but when I sold all my handguns in 2002 to get more money for a down payment on our house, this was the only one I kept. It'll go to one of my kids before I die (or after if it's sudden). |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 4:27:34 PM EDT
[#31]
My Micro 9 works fine in my limited shooting.
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Posted: 11/24/2022 4:28:31 PM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Kimber is junk. I’ve still never seen one complete a match without choking at least once. Ever. Maybe rather than spending all your waking hours playing COD in your mom’s basement you should get out and actually watch a match… |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 4:28:36 PM EDT
[#33]
Mimber.
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Posted: 11/24/2022 4:36:25 PM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Stupidly wrong. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: They never didn't suck. Stupidly wrong. After that through
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Posted: 11/24/2022 4:39:58 PM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Maybe rather than spending all your waking hours playing COD in your mom’s basement you should get out and actually watch a match… Tag, because this just got fun... |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 4:46:13 PM EDT
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They were Oregon “roll-marked” (because that’s where the FFL was licensed, while waiting the Yonkers ATF approval), but were in fact NY assembled. No true “Oregon built” guns, but it’s widely thought that way.
The only real flaws those guns had was out-of-spec bushings and too-loose extractors. Every gun came that way. $25 for a new bushing and tuning the extractor, and they were very solid. Had a Royal from that period I deeply regret selling. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 4:50:08 PM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: They were Oregon “roll-marked” (because that’s where the FFL was licensed, while waiting the Yonkers ATF approval), but were in fact NY assembled. No true “Oregon built” guns, but it’s widely thought that way. The only real flaws those guns had was out-of-spec bushings and too-loose extractors. Every gun came that way. $25 for a new bushing and tuning the extractor, and they were very solid. Had a Royal from that period I deeply regret selling. No, every gun did not come that way. I never had a single Kimber with an out of spec bushing or a too-loose extractor. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 4:53:23 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Maybe rather than spending all your waking hours playing COD in your mom’s basement you should get out and actually watch a match… If only. Maybe someday I’ll actually make it to a match. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 4:53:28 PM EDT
[#39]
Not sure when my Warrior was made, since I bought it used, but it’s been 100%
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Posted: 11/24/2022 5:02:27 PM EDT
[#40]
Kimbers have always been good looking guns with a lot of features at great prices. I personally will not buy a defensive gun that out of the box may or may not work 100% of the time. Some folks will call a gun "reliable" or "fine" if it works a lot of the time, instead of all the time. And that's OK too if the buyer is happy with that.
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Posted: 11/24/2022 5:04:20 PM EDT
[#41]
My 4" Eclipse II has been very good. Bought it 10 years or so ago. Most will say Kimber is bad.
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Posted: 11/24/2022 5:08:14 PM EDT
[#42]
Kimber never sucked. Pure Internet troll stuff.
I carried one for years and it went thru many handgun courses. Never had a single failure. That gun had north of 10K rounds thru it. I regret the day I sold it to fund a Wilson Combat. Should have kept it and shit the money another way. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 5:08:29 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: No, every gun did not come that way. I never had a single Kimber with an out of spec bushing or a too-loose extractor. Have you actually mic’d and tested them? Because we did back then, and rarely got one under .003” or with the right tension. Great guns once tuned properly. They would “run.” Once tuned, they ran really well. This is not new information, been out there for decades and well known. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 5:20:46 PM EDT
[#44]
I don’t understand the Kimber hate. I’ve had 5 of them and only had an issue with one. It was a ultra carry and I replaced the extractor. It’s run fine ever since.
I used to carry a Kimber daily and shot dozens of idpa matches with them. So flame away. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 5:25:28 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Kimber is junk. I’ve still never seen one complete a match without choking at least once. Ever. No idea what kind of matches you are talking about ,but both my eclipse 45, and stainless target 2 9mm have made it through several uspsa seasons without issue.One of my good friends shot a kimber for years in SS, and made grand Master with it.I own 3 kimbers myself, and they have been very good reliable pistols.My eclipse even has the external extractor that everyone seemed to have problems with.I own a 9mm,10mm, and a 45 acp. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 5:25:55 PM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I think it would fit your collection nicely  |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 5:29:11 PM EDT
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Shot my buddy's. It was a jam-o-matic
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Posted: 11/24/2022 5:30:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Mimber. I know, next thing you know they will be making connecting rods and aerospace components that way. Can you imagine the horror with 3d printed sintered metal!! 
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Posted: 11/24/2022 5:32:57 PM EDT
[#49]
What’s arctic about it?
I would probably rather have one of those $300 TISAs. |
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Posted: 11/24/2022 5:33:03 PM EDT
[#50]
Ive had my custom II since 04-05 and its been a dang good one. There sure seems to be a lot of folks with a different experience than mine.
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