Oddly enough, many people who dog Kimber have never owned one. Some have, and some have had real issues, but I digress.
I guess I've been lucky, but to date I have owned:
TLE/LE II External
Warrior (came to me with a known mag pinch and doubling issue, work by Novak's fixed it)
Warrior (stock with Rogers Golfballing)
Warrior (work by Novak's shop)
All of them worked as designed, and the one with the Chuck Rogers detail has been my main pistol for training since I bought it a long time ago. My estimate on rounds is a minimum of 3,800, and not a single part has broken or failed in any way. Despite all the regurgitated MIM hate in the world.
David Thomas has a Kimber Desert Warrior up for sale. So basically an $1100 pistol, $200 light, and $100 holster for $1000 = killer deal. He says it works perfectly too, and I'd trust his analysis of a 1911. If I were in the market for another Kimber 1911, that would be in my safe already.
As far as the TLE/RL II, I never wanted to deal with "tuning" an external extractory down the road, so I parted with it some time ago. It was my only concern with that pistol.
Hope that helps/helped.
Here is my "main" 1911, it's never failed me:
Here was one I sold, in a moment of weakness:
Last edited by SHIVAN; 06-25-10 at 10:52.
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