LOL!gigag04 wrote:Every Kimber I've owned.
Mine was a Taurus PT 1911 (http://www.taurususa.com/product-detail ... bseries=19" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;).
It was quite pretty, and functioned well for a 1911, except....
Taurus, in their conciliation to the gun control politicians, created a special hammer lock that used a key, inserted into the hammer, to lock or unlock the gun. In the locked position, the gun absolutely would not fire or operate in any way. Clever, but since it was based on turning a special screw IN the hammer, guess what would happen after you fired it a few times? Yes, it would COMPLETELY LOCK UP from vibration-induced turning.
I called Taurus and asked them if I could buy a modification kit that would remove the hammer lock, they absolutely refused. When I pointed out that the hammer lock caused the gun to lock up when it was being properly used, they said that was the first time they had ever hear of that (can I get a
over here?).I sold it about two weeks later (and was honest with the new buyer about the problem), and refuse to buy a Taurus again.
In fact, don't ever ask me to sell you one either. And if I ever open a store, don't expect to see me sell a Taurus. I have no tolerance for gun manufacturers that don't care about the true safety of their gun owners.
P.S. - Yes, I could use loctite, or replace the hammer with a 3rd party product. That wasn't the point. The point it that, out of the box, the "safety" feature of the pistol made it unsafe.