[Arrowman]

Mine disconnects after 3/32nds rearward travel of the slide, and the barrel is still locked.

 

[Arrowman]

Take it to the range... put one round in a mag, load chamber, remove mag... Fire.. See if the hammer follows the slide down... if not, try again. When you're comfortable that the hammer won't follow, load 2. See if it doubles.. See where I'm going with this?

 

[Arrowman]

Originally posted by James P:
I know there is good stuff in there too, but the happy people never seem to type as much as the unhappy ones.

Isn't that the truth! All my Kimbers, and every single one I've seen and shot, have worked flawlessly. Now it's obvious that is no such company that doesn't turn out the occasional defective product. I had a FP stop crack at about 1000 rounds, Kimber had a new stop to me at no charge in 2 days.

Now we've all heard the stories (from posts here and on other forums) of the lemon that couldn't be made into lemonade. I doubt we'll ever get to know the full details, nor should we want or expect to. To me it seems that some folks have a persecution complex and are bearing a "Kimber Screwed Me" torch. It's old news, and not exactly representative of their product or service, and borders on slander.

As for this perceived disconnector problem, I inspected my 3 1911's this morning. Both Kimbers require the disconnector to fall 2/3rd's the way to the frame to disconnect. My Remington Rand 1911A1 requires slightly MORE travel. When either disconnector disconnects, there is only 1.85mm protruding above the frame. (sorry, couldn't find my imperial calipers.) I hesitate to say it, but it sounds like this whole issue revolves around ignorance of the design and function of the 1911 type pistols. I would suggest following the links on this forum to m1911.org or Syd's site for a little education.