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I had a few minor FTF or FTL's if you will with my Kimber Stainless Ultra Compact when I first got it, I found it was due to the oil not staying in the slide and the slide action getting rough. I went to grease, never had another problem.. Other than that I'd suspect a weak spring.. I heard but dont know for a fact that Wolff actually makes the springs for Kimber, but at Kimber's specs.

Let my sister shoot it on Christmas, and she had many FTF's because she was limp wristing it, once I told her what she was doing wrong the gun never had another problem..

I'm a very picky person, and I'm noticing now that I dont like the trigger on mine. But comparing it to a Springfield Ultra Compact it's a very nice trigger. I'm just picky is all.. Most people I've talked to about it and let them feel what I'm talking about dont see why I plan to change it up because it feels fine to them. It has 4 LBS of trigger pull with some creep. The Springfield UC has 6 1/2 LBS of pull and lots of creep as well.. They are both production guns, you can feel the difference, but I dont care what you buy it's not going to suit everyone. This is why almost everything I own is custom in some way, I'm a picky guy.

When I took the CHL course I noticed that 4 out of 10 people have stovepipes or other problems, I think I was the only guy there with a Kimber. I was actually worried about my Kimber because I hadn't shot it enough after going to the grease to trust it. It didnt miss a lick, and it hasn't yet other than when my sister shot it... I did the same with my dad's Springfield UC because it would jam up every 3 rounds, I bet the gun might have 200 rounds through it, it still jams up ( FTF, FTE ), it's obviously going to require more work.... When he goes to take the CHL course he's already said he's taking my Kimber and leaving his SF at home..

I dont doubt that people have trouble, everything in my mind is junk, there is just more expensive junk than others. I dont expect everything to suit me no matter what it costs, but I have a list of things I would change on my dad's SF just to make it reliable, and only a handful of things with my Kimber and every single one has to do with my preference, not reliability.