Posted: 12/13/2008 4:48:52 PM EDT
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I purchased a Kimber Ultra Covert approximately 7 months ago for my off duty concealed carry weapon (Horrible Decision). I have had nothing but problems with the gun. I have continuous failure to feed, Failure to go into battery and stove pipe issues with all ammo I have tried with the exception of corbon powerball but who can shoot that all the time at about $1 a round.
I contacted Kimber and they said just keep shooting it; it will get better NO LUCK yet. The top of the frame has small grind marks where it appears that the slide is grinding into the frame. So I brought the gun back to the place where I bought it to get it fixed. The gunsmith looks at the gun and test fires it and guess what happens the slide release snaps in half on the seventh shot. THANK GOD IT DIDNT HAPPEN ON THE STREET!!! Needless to say the gun is on its way back to Kimber. I dont know if I just got a bad gun or Kimber is on its way down the drain. Either way do not buy this model of gun its a POS!!!. |
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Kimber has been going down the drain for years. Back in the early days when they were a small shop turning out small volumes of semi-custom guns (Clackamas OR guns) they were the bomb.
Then they moved to the east coast and started to mass produce guns with no hand fitting and the cheapest (low bidder) parts. They have been in the crapper for years. Sure, you can get one that works but if you tear it down completely and take a peek inside you'll find horribly fit low quality parts. It's a crap shoot buying a Kimber. I've been burned twice and I'll never do it again. Like you I had two lemons that refused to function even after being sent back to Kimber for repairs. Yes, they love telling people "put 500 rounds through it before you send it to us". BULLSHIT. A gun should work right out of the box. You shouldn't have to invest $150 in ammo, firing one shot at a time while clearing malfunctions hoping you grind the imperfections out that should have never been there in the first place. Kimber has pretty much single handily given 1911's a bad name over the years. People now seem to think all "quality" 1911's need to be "broken in" because of them. People also think MIM sucks in 1911's because of their MIM parts snapping. Kimber has some of the lowest quality MIM I've ever seen. If you find a broken MIM part on a 1911 floating around the net, it's almost always a Kimber it's attached to. Here's a thread with lots of pictures. http://www.full-auto.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=54 Why people continue to buy their crap is beyond me. They're coasting on their once good reputation from years ago. I'm glad yours puked on you at the range and not on the job. |