I sent one of my 1911s back to Kimber customer service last year. The person I spoke to on the phone was rude but they did fix my gun. It was back to me within a week
WARNING! Many years ago, I purchased a Kimber K6s and it was one of those that ended up with a broken firing-pin. I returned it to Kimber and they replaced the pin. Recently I bought a Kimber K6xs and loved it until after 120 rounds of +p (and only dry-firing it using snap-caps) you guessed it, the firing-pin broke. Now, I was worried about using my original K6s with that pin Kimber replaced. I found a website (TK Custom) that makes upgraded replacement firing-pins for the Kimber K6s and purchased a replacement pin and had it installed by a gunsmith. I now have that gun working fine and stopped worrying on the reliability factor. Because of the broken pin in the K6xs, I will be returning to purchase another pin (I will not be returning the gun to Kimber) for the K6xs. I am not the only person with a broken firing-pin on my new K6xs, there is another firing-pin break with a K6xs talked about at Buds Guns in the “community” section. I feel safer buying a new well-made pin and paying a gunsmith to put it in.
Kimber supposedly resolved this issue a while ago by no longer using titanium pins from factory. How are recently purchased units breaking, old stock or the new pins break as well
@@anonymouse7074 "How are recently purchased units breaking, old stock or the new pins break as well"? You will have to ask Kimber that question and then determine if they are giving you an honest answer. I don't think the problem is the metal used but the design of the Firing Pin itself. Many break near the flair of the base so that they remain in the Firing Pin hole. Both my guns would function after breaking but would jam the cylinder and stop it from closing when the gun was tilted downward and the pin would slide forward. There have also been some problems with "light-strikes" reported. I had one with my K6xs.
