Kimber Issues
NC alcohol ninjas got some new Kimber 1911 pistols. And they’re not very reliable so they’re getting rid of them after dropping a chunk of change. And, in a must read from Tam, she talks about Kimber “customs”, slaughtering a few sacred cows.
February 8th, 2011 at 10:48 am
But I read in a gun magazine that Kimbers are great!
ROFL
February 8th, 2011 at 10:52 am
How did they discover that the guns don’t work? Did one of them try to shoot himself in the leg while holstering one, or did they find a liquor store owner with a dog?
February 8th, 2011 at 11:14 am
Average, 2 malfunctions per gun per year. WOW!
Had to replace all the Sig rifles too. No more parts!
Usually there are parts contracts with purchases, but anyway I can’t see that the SIG Sport 552 is discontinued anywhere.
Sounds more politically motivated.
February 8th, 2011 at 11:23 am
Retardo,
I discovered it by looking at the picture. It showed a 3″ Kimber.
February 8th, 2011 at 1:05 pm
“They’re selling a shortcut-filled gun slathered in cosmetic fluff at a price that could buy you a real heater.”
This is the situation in a nutshell.
I own several Kimbers that I use for range guns, and they are fun and generally reliable, but I don’t put much ammo downrange in any of them.
I bought the 9mm 5″ Aegis (Custom, of course) and had my local gunny remove all of the MIM parts and replace them with Baer, Brown, etc. components – about a $300 procedure), but I still don’t carry it. Perhaps I should.
And I wouldn’t own, much less carry, one of those Kimber micro-1911s for anything.
Read the gun boards and you frequently see posts titled “My Kimber Uber-Ultra 1 1/2″ Custom Won’t Cycle or Feed”). Did they really expect that it would?
February 8th, 2011 at 2:16 pm
“How did they discover that the guns don’t work?”
According to the article, they discovered they wouldn’t shoot during training. It’s nice to know that some police forces actually do some shooting training. Since the ALE (what a stupid acronym)raid distillers and bootleggers, they might actually do some tactical training.
What the hell they were thinking buying little Kimber pistols, I don’t know. At least they weren’t hanging out on internet forums asking which trauma plates would stand up to multiple .338 hits.
My thought is that a cheaper solution to the whole problem is to get rid of all the State alcohol laws. We could save all that money that we pay for 120 odd guys to prowl the woods looking for stills. We could give them each a Kimber as a going away present. Second prize, two Kimbers.
Thanks for the link, Uncle.
February 8th, 2011 at 2:47 pm
Oddly enough, my thought on reading this story had nothing to do with the gun. It was, “Couldn’t have happened to a nicer bunch of enforcers of malum prohibitum laws.” Does that make me a bad gun nut, a good libertarian, or both? Or neither?
February 8th, 2011 at 3:07 pm
Those guns are not 1911’s.
Maybe “1911-based” or something.
A real 1911 has forged steel frame
and slide, 5-inch barrel, etc, etc.
February 8th, 2011 at 4:36 pm
TennGoodBoy,
Yeah, the term is awfully abused these days…
February 8th, 2011 at 5:18 pm
Easiest thing they could do is disband them. Problem solved, budget its better off, one less paramilitary outfit in a regulatory agency.
February 9th, 2011 at 1:54 am
Did anyone ever consider this was just a scam from the get go? A 1911 is a goofy gun to select for agency carry when the majority of police aren’t recreational shooters(not anti cop sentiment, just a fact). Less than 200 of those bad boys exist. After they decomission these the Agents will be able to buy them at a considerable discount. This is classic smoke and mirrors.