Gawd. Talk about bad luck with Kimbers.... I own several Kimbers and I love each and every one of them. They have ALL had problems. Every single one of them. And every single problem had been attributed to lousy magazines. The moment I went to the ProTac magazines my feed problems disappeared completely. Ditto any of the other QUALITY magazines that I have bought. I simply took all of the cruddy magazines and dumped them in the wastebasket. Done. I wouldn't think about selling them on here or anywhere to a fellow shooter... life's just too short to even think about that.
If you are having a problem with your Kimber in the area of FTF/FTE etc., almost assuredly it is the magazine. Do yourself a favour and get yourself some top quality magazines and watch your problems disappear! Also I keep my Kimbers as clean as a whistle and well lubed with top quality lube. I happen to be partial to Gun Butter (hard to find these days). And I am partial to Kimber's external extractors contrary to common feeling. I love the spring loaded job they do and have never had a FTE on any of my Kimbers with external extractors.... unless it was to do with FTF and a cheap magazine. I have a Target II SS, Custom II SS, TLE II/RLII SS, TLE II/RLII, and one or two others. Am thinking of selling the lot as we are heading towards IPSC guns these days.... but it is a tough, tough thing to do as one grows very fond of them very quickly. Not only do they look pretty, now that I have them figured out I would be my life on any one of them.
Kimber service has been fine to me... I lost my busing (what else is new?) the other day and had to order $35 worth of stuff to get the replacement.... but now I have spares of everything under the sun and it all was taken care of expediciously and arrived in a matter of days. No worries there mate. There are some firearms I would be concerned about with regard to warranty and service. Kimber is not one of them. They make fine firearms indeed.
