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Not Today |
Ive been offered a Kimber TLE ii stainless model in 45acp, with CT laser grips. I know their rep took a hit a few years back. I would greatly appreciate any thoughts you all would share. (Update) I ended up trading a 300 BO pistol that I put together for the Kimber. I figure I have $600 or so invested. Ill give it a good test drive Friday.  This message has been edited. Last edited by: badcopnodonut!!, ________________________ Hi,I'm Buck Melonoma,Moley Russels' wart. | ||
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IIRC - DocSteve was a fan of Kimber products and used one of their products as his carry weapon. Because of other posts here and elsewhere about Kimber I, too, was leery of them. But DocSteve's recommendation carries a lot of weight with me, so Kimbers are back on my okay-to-get list. | |||
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Oriental Redneck |
Offered? For free? I had one several years ago, bought NIB. It choked several times. You know what they said, you need a 500-round break in.  Well, it persisted well after 500 rounds. So, off it went out the door. The Kimber break in period is just BS, as far as I'm concerned.Q | |||
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| Not Today |
No sir, not free. $900 and fired very little. ________________________ Hi,I'm Buck Melonoma,Moley Russels' wart. | |||
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I have a Kimber TLE Custom II wearing Crimson Trace grips. I love it. The only problem I had with it was extracting aluminum cased BLAZER. "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time by the blood of patriots and tyrants." Thomas Jefferson | |||
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I have two KIMBER .45cp pistols. Both bought lightly used, maybe because previous owners didn't want to actually shoot the pistols. One (Stainless Pro Carry II) has been flawless. The other (Super Carry Ultra HD) had a few initial hiccups with the cheap ammunition I used, but smoothed out to perfection in no time. I would buy another KIMBER should the right one come along, a TLE being one of them. The TLE models have a good reputation on the KIMBER forum. KIMBER has excellent customer service should that be required. Beware of a man whose only pistol is a 1911, he's probably very good with it. | |||
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I bought a used Ultra Carry at a price I couldn't resist. The seller said it had 750 rounds through it, past suggested break-in, that much more ammo cost saved over new. Zero problems and more accurate than me. Set the controls for the heart of the Sun. | |||
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| The Quiet Man |
I had a TLE. It took a fair bit of fiddling to get it to be reliable. For $900 you can do better. | |||
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My buddy went through hell dealing with Kimber. He bought a new Crimson Carry (?) that always choked. I am talking for years, plenty of rounds downrange, new mags, etc. I kept telling him to send it back to them to make it right. They came up with some bullshit excuse of why it wouldn't work. Offered some deal to buy a new frame (they said the old one was damaged and that was the problem). The damage was a small ding on the backstrap. It was aesthetic damage, mainspring wasn't binding, nothing. They basically found a ding and hung their hat on that was why it continually failed to feed, stovepipe, etc. Total bullshit. I wouldn't give Kimber a dime of my money. | |||
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Took in a Super Ultra Carry + on a trade. Figured I could turn it for a profit. Put about 700-800 rounds through it and it will be one of the last guns I part with now. | |||
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I had TLE ll for a time, then sold it. I've read bad buzz on Kimbers, but in fairness it wasn't a bad gun, ran ok, didn't jam, decent accuracy. It just didn't talk to me like some of my other guns do. I recall that the slide on it was very tight, even after a few hundred rounds and ample lubrication. | |||
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Not exactly current, but I bought one ~4 years ago and had no issues with it other than the Kimber coating which chipped at the contact points around the trigger guard. ———- Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for thou art crunchy and taste good with catsup. | |||
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$900 is not a deal that would get me off my wallet, even on a lightly used gun, and I'm no tightwad. Buds shows brand new Stainless TLE IIs for $962. I have owned 4 govt-sized TLE IIs, still own three and one is a stainless. All have been good, including shooting them in IDPA for two years straight and shooting one in bullseye wearing a Nelson .22 upper. IMO at this pricepoint the Kimber has one of the better out-of-the-box triggers, lighter and crisper than a few other makes I've handled. Other brands (Springfield, etc.) may arguably be better to build and modify long term, if you're into that. Why? Kimber sight cuts are proprietary, not universal or common to other brands, meaning fewer choices. There's the Schwartz safety to consider if you're swapping grip safeties. Etc. Some gunsmiths don't want to work on them. I wouldn't be afraid to buy another one, but I wouldn't give you $900 for it used...unless it was a friend deal and you didn't mind paying over fair market value. The external extractor Kimber tried over a decade ago were hit and miss, but they swapped uppers if you had a bad one. The smaller-sized guns can be sensitive to their springs and are responsible for many of the reliability complaints. | |||
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| Not Today |
I agree its not a steal but the Crimson Trace grips add a bit of value to the pistol. Im firmly on the fence about this. ________________________ Hi,I'm Buck Melonoma,Moley Russels' wart. | |||
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| Oriental Redneck |
Then, it will be impossible to make a decision.  Q | |||
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| Not Today |
This true Q, and because of that its probably best to forget about this one.  Many thanks to all of you for taking the time to chime in. ________________________ Hi,I'm Buck Melonoma,Moley Russels' wart. | |||
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My two experiences were similar. I bought a $1K Kimber Tactical (full size, aluminum frame)...absolutely stunning. It failed to feed the very first round from the very first magazine the very first time I tried to load it at the range. The round was a Federal 230-grain FMJ. It never functioned reliably despite 2 trips back to Kimber and reassurances that it ran without fail back at the factory. I blame the external extractor, which Kimber had significant issues with. Being a glutton for punishment, 2 years later I bought a stainless Kimber TLE/RLII. Again, I was seduced by the dark side of bling. That 1911 was a supermodel, but it never was reliable, either, even with Wilson Combat magazines. I'm 0-2 with Kimbers and it took me $2,000 to figure it out. Learn from me. If you want a single stack .45, buy a W. German P220. If you want a single-stack 1911, save your money and buy a Springfield Armory TRP. | |||
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In had a pro carry that was the most expensive paper weigh I ever purchased. | |||
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| Avoiding slam fires  |
I own two,never a problem with either,yes I have shot the hell out of them like most of my guns. the custom was bought brand new,cause I like shiny things and it was a deep ,pretty blue. Like it so well and one day in my favorite toy store the owner had bought a large shipment from a state agency that could not handle those big old 1911's. That one cost me 800 years back. | |||
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| The Whack-Job Whisperer  |
I am zero and three with Kimber pistols. I did the "Kimber dance" with the first one, a TLE. Shipping it to Yonkers twice, on my dime, only to have it come back exhibiting the same problems I shipped it back for - FTF FTE. The next two Kimbers I took to local gunsmiths to see if they could get them to run reliably. One gunsmith, who was working on a Stainless Target II for me, told me that I needed an exhorcist not a gunsmith. He finally discovered that the frame was out of spec. Thats why it would only run reliable when using Chip McCormick mags. The follower in the mag sat up a millimeter or two higher. So after the 3rd problematic Kimber I swore off them. No more. And I still get tempted. I workk part time in a shop that is a Master Kimber dealer. And I never recommend a Kimber semi auto. To anyone. It is a waste of time and money. Kimber makes very pretty single shot 45s. With nice triggers.  Regards 18DAI7+1 Rounds of hope and change | |||
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