I bought the 357 k6 maybe a year or so ago and it has been flawless. July 10th I bought the k6xs 38. Brought it home and went out in the backyard and shot 6 rounds through it, then it broke. Sent it back to Kimber and got it back today. They had replaced the firing pin. Loaded six rounds and shot it, then it broke again. I'm sending it back tomorrow along with the receipt for $575.00 I paid for it and asking for a refund. Don't know whats going on with it but I would never be able to trust it.
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Kimber k6xs woes
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You have no love for Rossi?
Charter Arms? Rock Island? Tisas?
It's a big family where stepchildren, cousins, and creepy uncles abound.
I can only speak for Kimber, Hi-Point, and Taurus. I have no personal knowledge of the cousins or creepy uncles. 😀
I ordered one and rejected it, sent it back for refund.
When you press the cylinder release the cylinder has vertical play on the rear end, and it was out of time.
They have some qc to sort out. Trigger felt nice and I liked it a lot, hope they sort out the issues!
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My wife owns a Ruger SP–101 with a 3 inch barrel in 357 Magnum. It's a, 'bear of a gun'. You can shoot full house loads through it all day long until it's, literally, too hot to handle without wearing gloves; and it just keeps on going, and going, and going!
It's got a very smooth trigger job by Chuck Lutz (a local gunsmith who used to maintain revolvers for the Philadelphia Police Department), a Hogue soft rubber Monogrip, and a (very useful) hammer spur.
On my less paranoid days, when I like to imagine that we still live in a better world where revolvers were 'enough gun', I'll take it away from her and carry it myself.
It's just an ultra-reliable, heavyweight, not-so-little, little gun. The 5 shot capacity doesn't bother me; I always carry it with 2 speed loaders, anyway; and, at close range (which is what it's designed for) I'm sure it'll keep me out of trouble.
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👍👍👍. With a SP-101 if I run out of ammo I can still beat them to death with it without any damage. It’s like Thor’s own hammer.
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Sure there is. Fails significantly three times in a row, each time just six rounds? Single out Kimber. They claim to be high end, but clearly aren’t.
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Twice. It broke twice.
I'd say on average I've returned 40% of the firearms I've bought after one range trip to have something fixed. The only outlier are the Glocks. Oh and neither my Kimber 1911 or my K6DASA but I only own those two examples. I'm talking about brands I have several examples of.
Ruger, Springfield, CZ, FN, S&W.
Absolutely no manufacturer has anywhere near a perfect record across the board. Especially not new products.
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They are near the same price as S&W revolvers. S&W has been basically making the same exact revolvers for several decades. Kimber been doing it only for a few years. They both have similar QA issues, but Kimber is bashed and held to a higher standard than both S&W and Colt/CZ. Colt/CZ also are hot or miss. That's my only point. There's a clear bias, and for the most part, Kimber revolvers have better quality, fit and finish, and QC than both S&W standard and Performance Center revolvers.
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Thank You!!!
Shortly after they came out, I wanted a small compact revolver.
I went to my local shop and tried the Colt Cobra. Was surprised how much stacking the trigger had and the pull got VERY difficult at the end of the travel. (Note: I picked up a King Cobra a number of months ago and it had a sweet trigger - none of the issues that the Cobra had.)
So, I checked out the Kimber K6s. A very nice revolver (the DAO version) and have to say the trigger pull was nice and the quality was excellent.
I'm more of a DA/SA revolver guy (never had a DAO revolver before), and even though I could 'stage' the trigger on that Kimber, I just preferred to have an external hammer.
So, I sold that Kimber (NOT due to any problems) and that's why I got my first Colt - the current King Cobra and have never looked back.
Just swapped out that gold/brass bead front sight for a red fiber optic (aging eyes that I have) and that King Cobra has been excellent.
So - apparently others in this thread have had Kimber quality issues, but I have to say that in the year that I had mine - I did not have any issues whatsoever...
I went to my local shop and tried the Colt Cobra. Was surprised how much stacking the trigger had and the pull got VERY difficult at the end of the travel. (Note: I picked up a King Cobra a number of months ago and it had a sweet trigger - none of the issues that the Cobra had.)
So, I checked out the Kimber K6s. A very nice revolver (the DAO version) and have to say the trigger pull was nice and the quality was excellent.
I'm more of a DA/SA revolver guy (never had a DAO revolver before), and even though I could 'stage' the trigger on that Kimber, I just preferred to have an external hammer.
So, I sold that Kimber (NOT due to any problems) and that's why I got my first Colt - the current King Cobra and have never looked back.
Just swapped out that gold/brass bead front sight for a red fiber optic (aging eyes that I have) and that King Cobra has been excellent.
So - apparently others in this thread have had Kimber quality issues, but I have to say that in the year that I had mine - I did not have any issues whatsoever...
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I wonder if part of that was caused by the move from Massachusetts to Tennessee. I'm beginning to think no one can make a reliable revolver anymore.
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Right on cue.
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