Kimber Break In Question

[Excaliber]

My 3 Kimbers have all worked just fine out of the box. After about 150 rounds of bobble free shooting after purchase, I cleared them for carry. Like others here, I also use Wilson mags. My Kimber mags work fine, but I relegate them to range duty. The Wilsons are so much better made and function so much more smoothly, I can't think of a good reason to use a lesser quality mag for mission critical work.

Over time and thousands of rounds, I've had to replace recoil springs. I've also had to adjust the extractor tension after few years when they occasionally start flinging random empties at my forehead, but that's an easy routine maintenance operation, not a manufacturing flaw. When I adjust one, I adjust them all to keep everything in tune.

As long as I keep them reasonably clean (I clean after every range trip) and do my part by holding them properly, they just keep chuggin' along every time I pull the trigger. They digest anything, even Wolf and Tula ammo that chokes some other guns.

Glocks are durable and reliable firearms, but I can place more .45ACP rounds more accurately and quickly with the Kimbers than I can with any of the 5 Glocks I've owned. They just feel better and point naturally to where I want my shots to go. For that reason, they are my primary defensive carry guns. I know I can trust them to do what they should if I ever have to use them when the chips are down. That's what I own them for, and they serve me well.

[LongHairedRedneck]

I put 125 rounds down range and it performed absolutely flawlessly, not a hiccup one. Also I noticed during cleaning that the folks at Kimber polished my feed ramp as well, those people really took care of me.

[WildBill]

Just got my Kimber back today. The Extracor was replaced and for some reason I also got a new set of laser grips.

Now that's what I call customer satisfaction.

I put 125 rounds down range and it performed absolutely flawlessly, not a hiccup one. Also I noticed during cleaning that the folks at Kimber polished my feed ramp as well, those people really took care of me.

I am happy that you now are satisfied with your new Kimber.

[LongHairedRedneck]

Just for a bit of clarification, the pistol was equipped with laser grips when I sent it to them and for no apparent reason(they functioned just fine) they were replaced.

Dunno why they did that but I'm not complaining at all.