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Originally Posted by JerryM
According to the poll 25% of owners had or have problems after break in. Not good enough for me. Another poll might investigate how long and how many trips to the factory it took to get one working at an acceptable level of reliability.
The one Kimber that I still have, a compact, went to the factory at least twice, and then I had to send it to a custom smith to get it acceptable. I do not consider that a good record for Kimber, but it is good enough to carry now. I sold the two full size models I had, but also had reliability troubles with both of them. They also finally were corrected until reliable.
Regards,
Jerry
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Your math is different than mine...The way it reads to me is 68/73 people have never had a part break or have had to send it into the shop and out of the 5/73 that had to repair/replace a part, 3/5 of them have been perfect afterwards. That seems a lot higher of a percentile than some people would have you to believe.
I would say that a similar poll on just about any brand would return like results. There are many guns that are extraordinarily reliable with 9 out of 10 types of ammo, but if you give it that one 'kryptonian type' ammo, it will hiccup all day long. The poll did not address if those problems 'after break in' were ammo related, or magazine related(probably the most common), or user related(i.e. limp wristing).
The poll simply asked if there had been ANY problems after break in. By those standards, I would say my XD and most of the Glocks, and just about every other 1911 will fall into 'at least a problem' after break in. If you hand a new shooter of small stature a Glock, there is a decent chance there will be a fail to feed/fail to eject because of limp wristing.
I liked the poll and I especially liked the results. Yes, there are some problems with just about every machine you could ever own. If you ever check out a BMW/Porsche/camera/fishing/any type of forum, you are going to find people who had a certain problem with just about any product.
If the results of the poll do not satisfy you, then by all means, do not purchase a Kimber. But if you posted the same poll asking about an XD or a Glock or a Sig, I believe you would get very similar results.
Regards,
Kerb