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How many rifles does Kimber make and sell a year, and of those, what percentage are returned because of an issue, and of those returned how many actually have an issue? Unless you know the numbers you're just voicing an opinion rather than stating fact as are most of the posts in this thread. I have five Kimber rifles that all shoot incredibly well and have zero issues.




Seriously ... those companies you mentioned have perfect products? I sold two Winchester Extreme Weather rifles last year because the machining was atrocious along with poor to average accuracy in addition to being heavy. Back in 2011 I bought a Savage Weather Warrior that had the front and rear bridges ground in such a way that it was impossible to mount a scope i.e. the bridges weren't in the same plane. Savage wouldn't pay for return shipping despite my paying $850 for a brand new rifle and despite my sending them detailed photographs. In addition, they had the dumbest 7mm-08 Rem twist rate on the planet so I bought a McGowen barrel for it and ended up paying a machine shop to fix the receiver. I'll eventually sell that POS at a significant loss when it's back together because it has the heaviest bolt lift of any rifle I've owned and it's a clunky piece of garbage. A neighbor had the same issue on his Weather Warrior chambered in .30-06 Sprg but because the action was longer he could actually mount a scope without damaging it. Despite my experiences with Winchester and Savage I've yet to make a post on a forum stating that all Winchester or all Savage rifles are garbage or that Savage CS is garbage. Does this one example of a defective extractor mean that all Kimber rifles or Kimber CS is garbage ... only if you can't figure out the cash register at McDonald's.

If you were to tell me that my life depended upon the function and accuracy of either a Kimber Hunter or a Ruger American. I'd go with the American 100% of the time. This from someone who has been a vocal critic of Ruger's QC of late. Most learned shooters would too.

It's clear to me that you're not data driven. You make a lot of noise to push your agenda but provide no data, just opinion. Take a few minutes to Google "Ruger American problems" and you'll find endless issues. I have a lot of Ruger products, mostly revolvers, so have a lot of confidence in the company and if I wanted a cheap rifle would consider an American. Unlike you I own multiple Kimber rifles and a couple of pistols. I've only had to deal with Kimber CS on one occasion and have no complaints. Rather than defer to the opinion of someone who doesn't actually have any personal experience with Kimber I'll rely upon my actual real-world experience.

As for the Savage, I was living in Hawaii at the time and that was the going rate for a relatively new and relatively hard to find Weather Warrior ordered and shipped from a US mainland online retailer. Of course you know better and even have an opinion on my purchase ... another experience you can pretend is your own.

I watched the video too. That rifle still has an extractor issue. It shouldn't matter what kind of brass he's using, the rifle should function 100% regardless. And obviously it is not. He lost at Kimber roulette... Plain and simple.. Oh, by the way RinB, Darcy isn't the only one out there with perfectly functioning rifles. I'd also have to point out that a "perfectly functioning" rifle will function with any fu cking brand of brass you put in it. Hint...

Rather than go down the path of too many other Kimber owners, I'll avoid them completely and happily steer as many prospective buyers toward threads like this where real owners have real quality and customer service issues.

Oh that's right ... a rifle with an extractor that needs tuning ... the horror! And don't forget your eagerness to jump on threads where people are reporting good things and then point them to this thread ... how pathetic! And roulette only has one L.

What's even more pathetic about you is you make comments like this on another forum ..

"My Savage lightweight hunter will out shoot the Kimber and they can be bought for $499."

... and yet you've never shot a Kimber Hunter. You're so desperate to be relevant but you're a hack. I hope you never buy a Kimber rifle because I very much doubt you would do it any justice.

It still amazes me that these [bleep] shows exist. Customer service is King and communication solves problems.

If it came from us, I'll refund your money in full.

If it didn't come from us, I'll give you store credit for our current retail price. You can select anything we have in stock and I'll ship it to your FFL. (+/- to be addressed). I'll send your rifle to Kimber addressing the issue and let them deal with us on replacement. We'll discuss QC and everybody learns from the experience. I'll send them a link to this thread as well.

Everybody involved wins...including Kimber. I'm a big believer in getting to the root of the problem. If this helps them address bottlenecks in QC, we all win.

Keep in mind, I'm a big Kimber fan...

Wow!

Very cool offer!

David

But even if your experience with Kimber was different, I can't see you making it your lifes work to jump on every kimber thread, and whine/threaten like a little bambino.....

If you were to tell me that my life depended upon the function and accuracy of either a Kimber Hunter or a Ruger American. I'd go with the American 100% of the time. This from someone who has been a vocal critic of Ruger's QC of late. Most learned shooters would too.

It still amazes me that these [bleep] shows exist. Customer service is King and communication solves problems.

If it came from us, I'll refund your money in full.

If it didn't come from us, I'll give you store credit for our current retail price. You can select anything we have in stock and I'll ship it to your FFL. (+/- to be addressed). I'll send your rifle to Kimber addressing the issue and let them deal with us on replacement. We'll discuss QC and everybody learns from the experience. I'll send them a link to this thread as well.

Everybody involved wins...including Kimber. I'm a big believer in getting to the root of the problem. If this helps them address bottlenecks in QC, we all win.

Keep in mind, I'm a big Kimber fan...

Shame it won't function at all. Kimber has the potential to have a unbeatable product. But they have to stop the bad ones from going out the door or gladly correct any issues with the ones that come back.