My wife rarely went shooting with me until she bought the snubby, and now I feel the same about my backup!! She enjoys the pistol and that makes a huge difference.
I have three kimbers, 2 in the carry rotation and one from my past Bullseye days. No issues with any of them at all. I have heard Kimber bashers, but never seen the failures they discuss.
I used to hang out a lot with Ken Hallock. Saw a lot of Kimbers in his shop for "tune-ups". Most had FTE, some had FTF. The major complaint was spending upwards to a thousand dollars for a pistol that needed work in order to make it run. Just like Taurus, Keltecs, and Hi-point, I guess every manufacturer has had some issues.
I usually get the" I'm too busy" when I offer to do a shoot out with a Kimber hater. That's Ok, I know what I've got and know how well it performs.
I know some have had issues with $3000 custom guns, but that doesn't mean the gun is a piece of junk, and bashing it on the internet because of those rare issues that are correctable is really not cool.
I would never had guessed that "hating" Kimbers is so wrong. People bash Taurus, Springfield, Smiths etc...and go on with their lives. Apologies to you and your Kimbers if my comment on them as being a "piece of junk was hurtful. I meant in no way to offend.
BTW not a big Ford fan either...........
BTW not a big Ford fan either...........
Except the "Don't buy a Taurus" is the gun equivalent of "Don't buy a Yugo". Sure, some people might say "Don't buy a Hi-Point" because that's like saying "Don't buy a Geo Metro", except Geo Metro's actually worked most of the time, were a lot of miles per dollar and are still seen running around today.
It's a bit of an exaggeration, but mostly accurate nonetheless.
That is a factor as well.
I could say don't buy a Star if you want to shoot a lot, because most of the Star handguns were made with softer alloys. If you only plan to shoot it a bit and carry it a lot, they tend to work pretty well. There are just too many reports (and I've personally seen quite a few) Taurus semi autos that just flat don't work.
I've owned two Kimbers and both had significant issues. Kimber tends to have a higher than average rate of defects when compared to other brands. That being said, if one makes it through the first 1K rounds malfunction free, they're usually good to go.
ROFL, knew someone with a Yugo at one point. Their boyfriend had a motorcycle with a larger engine in it.... It was interesting to go for a ride though. You could grab the "oh crap" handles and make lane changes by just rocking it back and forth.
As far as the Taurus I was with the wife and she is looking for something small to keep with her and easy to rack. A Taurus was fairly easy, however the guys doing the sales also said they were the most common ones to come back in to be sent off for work to be done. It's personal preference but after seeing some video's where shaking them with the safety's all on allows it to fire really made me leery. I know things happen with all weapons but it's not a manufacturer I plan to trust my life with.
Yeah, I found that out while research all the Taurus hate. It was a recall on 9 different models (thankfully mine is not on that list). I do know that my dad trusted his PT1911 as his service pistol and that he put plenty of rounds down range with it before he carried it. I've put several boxes through mine without a hiccup. Of course both of those models are not striker fire models. What I have found though is that the G2 Millenium the OP has is not part of that recall and so far has not shown any widespread problems. Not to mention that Forjas Taurus was bought in 2015 and the quality since then has been greatly improved. I can understand how people would have a soured opinion, but they should look at the model of gun first and not just the manufacturer (which in this case isn't the same except the name as CBC pretty much fired all the top dogs, replaced them and then revamped the manufacturing and QC departments).
I don’t trash any platform and I own a Taurus.
When you go after someone’s weapon they use for personal defense and in competition with thousands of rounds fired through it with zero failures and where a single failure can take a person from first to almost last, you don’t pick some models that have a history of poor workmanship that have to continually be sent back to the factory for repair and then are sold once they come back from the repair shop. This forum is full of those reports.
