Let's see... Straight trigger U-notch rear sight Tritium sights! You don't want to appendix carry that - the radiation would be too near the wedding tackle Lots of texture Potentially high bore axis Sold with a red dot (batteries!) The back of the mag release is flat, but the scallop it sits in is round. Looks like there's 7 rear serrations, while a mako shark has 5 gill slits. Also, mako sharks are more blue than black... What more can people not like?
I do find it interesting that the slide's not open on the top, but rather has the ejection port on the side (see photo). Some have said that will lessen the likelihood of stuff getting into the action when carried AIWB or IWB. That seems like it would be dubious. Kimber says it's to keep stuff from getting onto the optic, and that seems like a good idea.
So should I have included "It's a Kimber" to my list of things for people not to like?
I will say this: I've become less a fan of forward serrations on iron sight handguns, but with those running red dots, I can see where they're coming back into practicality.
Point well taken. Unfortunately it's all some of us can go by, to expensive to get stuck with junk.
I agree, a high expense doesn’t make a product necessarily good and a low cost doesn’t make something automatically crap.
There are lemons at the top and bottom of the tree.
Finding the good ones takes experience.
This is correct. I do not judge things by the price, I judge things by the value they bring to me, and I've found exceptional values all over the price spectrum. Folks laugh when I show them a nice gun stuck inside an Uncle Mikes soft fabric $12 IWB holster. Hey they work!
What I don't think is fair, and I find it curious when other do so I question it, is crap all over others choices AND question their intelligence/motives/common sense based on MY inability to afford the item in question, specially when I do not know them personally. A fellow might not have a checkbook that can sustain a Ferrari, but calling one overpriced junk because of that I think makes no sense.
I feel that doing the same here with guns is beneath the standard we try to maintain in this forum, no?
I will say this: I've become less a fan of forward serrations on iron sight handguns, but with those running red dots, I can see where they're coming back into practicality.
I've never had a strong opinion on them either way. Not really sure why they elicit one, is it aesthetics? I'm asking because of curiosity, I really have never given it much thought.
Aesthetics, they seem to accumulate more gunk than the rearward serrations, and I just really don't use them, so they're not needed, so why have them? I understand that I'm in the minority on that sort of thing, so unless I buy custom, off-the-rack stuff will have a few items I don't want or need.
I know some folks hate them because they put your hand too close to the muzzle. I guess they do if you're a smooth-brained manipulator, but if that's the case maybe you shouldn't be handling a firearm.
I would again ask you strongly to tone your attitude down.
Please act like an adult enough to agree or disagree with someone else's opinions, without attacking the person(s) you disagree with.
Having a mini-tantrum or trying to act like a bully won't work here.
We encourage strong debate with facts, but do so respecting the people you are engaging, or your time here will be short lived.
I get it that you may be an angry person, but when you combine that with immaturity and a lack of self-control you will not get far in real relationships or in a forum like this.
How about you just stop on this thread, and start a new one, and show us what you like to shoot (Pics and range reports are great) or what you like to hunt or collect.
If you ever want your voice to ever have a chance of being accepted here (Currently it is not IMO), show us what brings you enjoyment, lighten up and have some fun.
We might yet learn some cool things, and and maybe you will too.
I would again ask you strongly to tone your attitude down.
Having a mini-tantrum or trying to act like a bully won't work here.
Is this reverse psychology or something here ? The private messaging must be working over time. Rest assured Ernie I'm no bully. And the fake persecution complex gets old.
Aesthetics, they seem to accumulate more gunk than the rearward serrations, and I just really don't use them, so they're not needed, so why have them? I understand that I'm in the minority on that sort of thing, so unless I buy custom, off-the-rack stuff will have a few items I don't want or need.
I know some folks hate them because they put your hand too close to the muzzle. I guess they do if you're a smooth-brained manipulator, but if that's the case maybe you shouldn't be handling a firearm.
I like the way they look and they are handy for a from underneath press check. That’s about it for me. They are too far forward of my support hand for in use slide manipulation and they scrape the inside of every holster I use them in. Wearing the holster and finish on the gun, as well as collecting shavings and gunk, as you mentioned.
They aren’t a deal breaker. Just not a need to have. And they have more detraction a for me than benefits. Just the way I run a gun, at least.
"To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
Aesthetics, they seem to accumulate more gunk than the rearward serrations, and I just really don't use them, so they're not needed, so why have them? I understand that I'm in the minority on that sort of thing, so unless I buy custom, off-the-rack stuff will have a few items I don't want or need.
I know some folks hate them because they put your hand too close to the muzzle. I guess they do if you're a smooth-brained manipulator, but if that's the case maybe you shouldn't be handling a firearm.
They do accumulate junk especially from leather holsters. Thanks for the explanation!
I would probably look at them more critically if offered a choice. I put together a faux 43X when I decided to try out the slide of the 43 I already owned on a 43X-48 frame I bought on GB before the 43X was widely available. Then later, after I decided I really liked the gun I bough a true 43X for myself and passed the original to the wife.
I do like the look of her FrankenGlock 43X better than my newer actual 43X because the regular 43 slide does not have the front serrations, but that is strictly aesthetics. I use I can't really find much of a difference so I carry them interchangeably.
I like the way they look and they are handy for a from underneath press check. That’s about it for me. They are too far forward of my support hand for in use slide manipulation and they scrape the inside of every holster I use them in. Wearing the holster and finish on the gun, as well as collecting shavings and gunk, as you mentioned.
They aren’t a deal breaker. Just not a need to have. And they have more detraction a for me than benefits. Just the way I run a gun, at least.
Pretty much exactly what I was going to post before getting to this comment. The only thing I use them for is for a press check, which I can do just fine without them.
A regular daddy war bucks uh. No doubt you are emotionally attached, how can one bad mouth something when they have that much money tied up into something right. The truth can even you smack you in the face.
I learn my lesson well of trying to own something high end on a shoe string budget, once own a vehicle made by Mercedes. It was $25 dollars just to shake the mechanic hand. And the entire organization top down is shady.
I have had enough of your crap...your constant crap-stirring and personal attacks are going to stop...NOW... We are not going to have this discussion again,
Sharps Model 1874 - "The rifle that made the west safe for Winchester"
I have had enough of your crap...your constant crap-stirring and personal attacks are going to stop...NOW... We are not going to have this discussion again,
Don't feel bad BMW's suck to. I'm out'a here, if I fart in the wrong direction you'll most likely band me. Nice meeting you.
I have had enough of your crap...your constant crap-stirring and personal attacks are going to stop...NOW... We are not going to have this discussion again,
Don't feel bad BMW's suck to. I'm out'a here, if I fart in the wrong direction you'll most likely band me. Nice meeting you.
I used to band calves...that ain't what I have in mind...
Sharps Model 1874 - "The rifle that made the west safe for Winchester"
I have had enough of your crap...your constant crap-stirring and personal attacks are going to stop...NOW... We are not going to have this discussion again,
Don't feel bad BMW's suck to. I'm out'a here, if I fart in the wrong direction you'll most likely band me. Nice meeting you.
Don’t be stupid. Be human. With a brain.
We like humans. With brains.
"To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
In this context, picture someone in a big full skirt with a ruffled hem, who - after chewing out all and sundry present - swirls the skirt dramatically and exits like a Drama Queen. S/he told us! The term refers to bottom trim/hem, a "Flounce".
I often add flounces to the bottom edge of my dance skirts to make them a few inches longer and add pizazz!
-Zorba, "The Veiled Male"
"If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
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Regurgitating information makes you a parrot, right?
Unfortunately it's all some of us can go by, to expensive to get stuck with junk.
It’s a °IIIII° thing 😎
What I don't think is fair, and I find it curious when other do so I question it, is crap all over others choices AND question their intelligence/motives/common sense based on MY inability to afford the item in question, specially when I do not know them personally. A fellow might not have a checkbook that can sustain a Ferrari, but calling one overpriced junk because of that I think makes no sense.
I feel that doing the same here with guns is beneath the standard we try to maintain in this forum, no?
It’s a °IIIII° thing 😎
It’s a °IIIII° thing 😎
I know some folks hate them because they put your hand too close to the muzzle. I guess they do if you're a smooth-brained manipulator, but if that's the case maybe you shouldn't be handling a firearm.
"The Un-Tactical"
Rest assured Ernie I'm no bully. And the fake persecution complex gets old.
They are too far forward of my support hand for in use slide manipulation and they scrape the inside of every holster I use them in. Wearing the holster and finish on the gun, as well as collecting shavings and gunk, as you mentioned.
I would probably look at them more critically if offered a choice. I put together a faux 43X when I decided to try out the slide of the 43 I already owned on a 43X-48 frame I bought on GB before the 43X was widely available. Then later, after I decided I really liked the gun I bough a true 43X for myself and passed the original to the wife.
I do like the look of her FrankenGlock 43X better than my newer actual 43X because the regular 43 slide does not have the front serrations, but that is strictly aesthetics. I use I can't really find much of a difference so I carry them interchangeably.
It’s a °IIIII° thing 😎
It’s a °IIIII° thing 😎
"The Un-Tactical"
Nice meeting you.
😁
to know what that word means.
"The Un-Tactical"