Just a followup on the SS Gold Match .45 I bought a couple of days ago. Took it to the range tonight and shot about 200 rounds through it with no malfunctions. At home, as I was cleaning it up a bit I noticed that the thumb safety lever was snapped off. I don't even use that safety lever since I shoot left handed (in fact I normally don't use the "ambi" safety lever at the range either). I can't say when it broke off during my range session. Where it is snapped off there seems to be a copper color or some discoloring like a flaw in the metal or something (I suppose this is a MIM part).
I am astounded, dumbfounded, and saddened by this event. It's making me question my recent two Kimber purchases just like I questioned my Colt Gold Cup Trophy when it's thumb safety broke (with thumb safety engaged, pull the trigger and the gun would fire...gun has since been fixed and sold in a fit of anger/disgust).
What is it with me and thumb safeties? These Kimbers cost me over $1000 each and I am just perplexed. I have NEVER had a Beretta, HK, or Glock break...NEVER. Am I expecting too much from a 1911??? Or maybe I've made poor choices in the manufacturer???
I don't trust my GM now and I'm suspicious about my GM SE II .38 super since it has the same "parts".
Guess I'll leave the .45 alone and see what else breaks prior to sending it to Kimber to be fixed (the safety functions as long as I use the "ambi" lever). I feel like getting it fixed and selling it even though I would take a huge loss....I am just so disappointed. I know it's just a MIM thing but having to pay to send a new gun back because a lever snapped off during a range session (from just the action of the slide moving back and forth) is pathetic.
It's bad to go from such a high to such a low, all within a few days!!!!
Sorry but I just had to vent.
I am astounded, dumbfounded, and saddened by this event. It's making me question my recent two Kimber purchases just like I questioned my Colt Gold Cup Trophy when it's thumb safety broke (with thumb safety engaged, pull the trigger and the gun would fire...gun has since been fixed and sold in a fit of anger/disgust).
What is it with me and thumb safeties? These Kimbers cost me over $1000 each and I am just perplexed. I have NEVER had a Beretta, HK, or Glock break...NEVER. Am I expecting too much from a 1911??? Or maybe I've made poor choices in the manufacturer???
I don't trust my GM now and I'm suspicious about my GM SE II .38 super since it has the same "parts".
Guess I'll leave the .45 alone and see what else breaks prior to sending it to Kimber to be fixed (the safety functions as long as I use the "ambi" lever). I feel like getting it fixed and selling it even though I would take a huge loss....I am just so disappointed. I know it's just a MIM thing but having to pay to send a new gun back because a lever snapped off during a range session (from just the action of the slide moving back and forth) is pathetic.
It's bad to go from such a high to such a low, all within a few days!!!!
Sorry but I just had to vent.