Question: Why does Kimber have a bad reputation?

[Asbestos]

Awhile back, when society was safer and guns had yet to evolve into the ‘sneak out of the safe and randomly start shooting everything’ killing machines that they are today, I actually owned a couple guns. I liked em. If I recall correctly, I didn’t really care who else liked em. I mean, it hurt when someone called it a pos, but I think I remember getting over it pretty quickly.

 

[Spas-12 Owner]

You asked me a question and I replied. If you can’t handle or don’t like the answer because of your complete love for Kimber so be it. I did not realize that month old threads are closed for reply. LOL

Reading comprehension is not your strong suit, is it? Lol

Your FIRST comment on this thread was ridiculous and made no sense.

 

[nws]

Reading comprehension is not your strong suit, is it? Lol

Your FIRST comment on this thread was ridiculous and made no sense.

My FIRST comment was “I’ll stick with my original & unmodified Colt Series 70’s Lightweight Commander & Combat Gov’t.”

Sorry if you got your panties in a wad over that, but there are other comments in this thread from other folks liking other 1911s than Kimber.

 

[Line1911]

When you spend over $1,500 on a Kimber 1911 that won’t even put a round in the chamber right out of the box, that’ll put a bad taste in your mouth. Not to mention it only came with 1 magazine. And then the representative on the phone tells you that he needs to go over some things with you to make sure you’re operating the gun correctly. Having owned over 20, and currently owning 14 1911 pistols, I’m confident it wasn’t operator error. However I will give credit where it’s due. Kimber told me 4-6 weeks on repairs, but had my firearm back to me an a week and a half, working correctly. My opinion is there is definitely better options out there.

 

[Dawn2Dusk]

$$$$$ for fail to feed reliably with a host of ammo. Sorry but that simply shouldn't be an issue when you pay semi premium prices.

 

[atscott]

Short answer, sloppy QC with an ever expanding product line.

Long, Kimber actually started as a small custom rifle shop. They were doing Olympic style .22 target rifles dabbled in other things but were a solid gun manufacturer. They were either bought out or taken over and moved in the late eighties. In the early 90s by most accounts they did good 1911s as well as rifles. Somewhere in the mid 2000s they began a rapid market and product line expansion and like previously stated QC and mismanagement issues started showing up. I think it's mostly been fixed but their brand suffered.