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Better a member with a Kimber than a dolt WIF a Colt! :eek: :mob: :D

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Originally Posted by skosh69 (Post 43016)

...... I'll sell my Kimber l-o-n-g before I sell my Dan Wesson.....

Fixed it ...... ;)

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Originally Posted by aqualungs (Post 98089)

I don't believe you, lol! :mob:

Yep, it's true. I will not part with the first gun I ever bought. Sentimental value is worth more than dollar value.

That and I've done a bunch of things to the CDP that are "personal" touches and that makes it hard to sell to someone else, meaning tastes vary.

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Originally Posted by RKP (Post 98104)

Fixed it ...... ;)

Wrong :D

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Originally Posted by skosh69 (Post 98117)

Nice! That I can understand. My M&P 40C was my first. I would have loved to have a Kimber 1911 as my first., and I would keep it too.

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Originally Posted by Sheepdog (Post 97981)

Kimber makes 60,000 guns a year Dan Wesson makes around 1000. That being said, they are going to have more problems. I know a lot of people that have Kimbers and have been happy with them after a trip or two back to the mothership and some that have sold them instantly after return. I don't have anything against them, there are other guns I would buy before a Kimber.

Now I did it! I used the word that shall not be mentioned.:mob:

That's my point "after a trip or two back" to get them right.

I owned four. Two went back to Kimber. Both came back with problems I still had to fix myself.

Of the other two; the Custom TLE II was fine.

The Custom CDP II worked, but barely. It fed with a very noticeable "ka-chunk" you could hear and feel, and any rounds that were chambered but not fired exhibited very noticeable setback.

Every other brand I bought ran right out of the box.

I quit reading all the gun mag ads; and faced reality.

The one from my wife that I kept was made totally reliable by me, and the high stress MIM parts were replaced and fitted (by me) for a total cost of $135.00.

For what they sell them for; they ought to come with decent parts, and be reliable.

But as long as new buyers come along that believe the BS ads they read; Kimber will keep shoveling their poorly fitted, MIM filled crap out the door.

But hey; they are pretty.

I have a Kimber TLE II. It works, period. I have a few thousand rounds thru it.

I have a DW VBOB. It's already been back for repairs. I have less than 50 rounds thru it.

I carry my Kimber.