Do a search for my posts here on my Springfield armory ultra compact V10.(small oficer size 1911)
Just happens to be what I am looking for GtoRA2. I will look up what you had to say.
If you simply must get a 1911,....
Yep I guess I do. Carrying P239 in .357 SIG for off duty now, and looking for the 1911 as another. We were issued HK USP 40's several years ago. At a qualification had 7 failure to fires, not including others, and found that it was a problem among others. There was also a story circulating that a PA. LEO was killed when his HK failed to fire. Dont know if that is true or not and would hope not. I wrote a scathing officers report and was allowed to carry my P226 .40SW which I bought after my P226 9mm was stolen, which was my orginal choice in '93 when we got away form revolvers. Now since we have gone to Glock 22's to replace the trash H&K's, my P226 is not good enough anymore. God bless the smart administration in the ivory tower.
I guess people with bad experiences with Kimber are similar to mine with H&K. I would never, ever pusrchase any HK gun. In fact an HK factory rep. was at the armoy when I was ranting and raving about my gun. He said, that if the gun will shoot a pencil out of the barrel when the trigger is pulled, the gun will shoot. He didnt have an answer why my pencil shooting USP 40 would have so many failure to fires.
Everyones mileage varies I guess.
Cheers
GtoRA, never found how it shot after you sent it back to the factory.
