Lazs tell me about your Kimbers

[Saurdaukar]

Not worth the money according to most recent owners... apparently quality has dropped somewhat and the price is no longer justified on both fronts.  (LB and WC)

[Hangtime]

And a Mercedes ain't worth any more than a Chrysler.

[GRUNHERZ]

Hehehe I just a 100 more rounds of, and tried a new gun - the XD40. Shot rapid fire for the first time too.

[lazs2]

sour... mine is the one just like that but with the fixed night sights.

Every time I shoot and I am not alone it is competitive.  

I am not the kind of guy who competes in any organized sport.  even when I raced/race it was at grudge night or the street or a parking lot (loosly organized) autocross.  

I generally do not want to spend the money or own very special purpose objects (guns and cars)... to have a competitive car it is no longer much of a street car or all around car for instance.  I want to know how fast it will go through the mufflers say... where it spends 99.9% of it's and my time.

same for guns.   I want guns that will function well in a number of situations not some full race thing that only shoots one type of ammo.    I don't care how good I am or not with low powered ammo say.

I used to be a really good shot... now... I am ok.  

the kimber is not my favorite gun... my 44's are.  They are more versitile.   I won't be winning any "see how fast you can shoot seven plates" competitions with em tho.

lazs

[Russian]

Originally posted by lazs2


If I had a Kimber that jammed... I would be telling Kimber all about it.   I would either get the gun in the guiuness book of records as "Kimber that jammed" or get Kimber to buy it back for triple what I paid for it in order to do an autopsy on it.

lazs

In that case you better start looking for that number to Guinness book and expect to make 2000$ profit from Kimber’s 1000$ gun.  IIRC it did jam in my little commi hands.  

[lazs2]

yep.. I forgot.. in russians limp wrists the kimber didn't go all the way into battery on one round.  I had to tap the back of the slide ito get it the round to chamber the rest of the way.. it was one of my reloads in  my gun so who knows?  never happened before or since..

same day...  I was shooting his makarov (I own three and they are reliable in the extreme) and... it failed to lock open on the last round.. I was pulling on the trigger double action trying to hit the nonexistent primer just "one more time"

I am actually surprised that with the thousands of 45 acp reloads that I put through the gun that the only one that didn't quite "chamber" was that one.  I have never had it happen with new or once loaded brass tho...

I am "thrifty" tho..  when I go to the range... I don't pick up brass so... I generaly take the reloads I have marked "for the range"  they are ones in 3 times fired cases or military cases from WWII.

lazs