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Kimber now makes a Glock……like handgun. Just announced today.

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  • CHIRO1989CHIRO1989 Posts: 14,853 Senior Member
     Self banning? Where is the fun in that? 
    As to the OP, I really have not found much I do not like too shoot, but, only accurate guns are interesting 
    I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn away from their ways and live. Eze 33:11
  • JustsomedudeJustsomedude Posts: 1,471 Senior Member
    Handguns recently have been like phones. They keep varying in sizes. Big guns, mouse guns, in between, etc....
    We've been conditioned to believe that obedience is virtuous and voting is freedom- 
  • Wambli SkaWambli Ska Posts: 5,424 Senior Member
    zorba said:
    Zee said:
    zorba said:
    I think he just flounced out...
    I don’t what to know what that word means. 
    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!
    Zee said:
    Please. No videos of you as an example. 
    😁
    Disregard him!  I need to see this video 🤣

    It’s a °IIIII° thing 😎

  • ZeeZee Posts: 28,433 Senior Member
    No. 
    "To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
  • Wambli SkaWambli Ska Posts: 5,424 Senior Member
    Party pooper…

    It’s a °IIIII° thing 😎

  • ZeeZee Posts: 28,433 Senior Member
    Party pooper…
    You’re welcome. 
    "To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
  • BigslugBigslug Posts: 9,870 Senior Member
    I'm a bit puzzled by the roll pin above and behind the ejection port.  It does not appear to be the anchor point for one of those stupid shark-fin LCI's.

    I'm also curious as to what the trigger pivots on, since it does not seem to have a cross-pin for that in the usual location - nor to hold in a locking block, for that matter.

    I grew up running autos without loaded chamber indicators, and can live quite nicely without one, BUT if you're gonna copy Glock, their LCI extractor is one of the better features.

    Meh.  Answer to an unasked question at this point in time.
    WWJMBD?

    "Nothing is safe from stupid." - Zee
  • bullsi1911bullsi1911 Posts: 12,429 Senior Member
    Bigslug said:
    I'm a bit puzzled by the roll pin above and behind the ejection port.  It does not appear to be the anchor point for one of those stupid shark-fin LCI's.

    I'm also curious as to what the trigger pivots on, since it does not seem to have a cross-pin for that in the usual location - nor to hold in a locking block, for that matter.

    I grew up running autos without loaded chamber indicators, and can live quite nicely without one, BUT if you're gonna copy Glock, their LCI extractor is one of the better features.

    Meh.  Answer to an unasked question at this point in time.
    Maybe a pinned in breach face?
    To make something simple is a thousand times more difficult than to make something complex.
    -Mikhail Kalashnikov
  • Wambli SkaWambli Ska Posts: 5,424 Senior Member
    edited August 2021 #70
    Bigslug said:
    I'm a bit puzzled by the roll pin above and behind the ejection port.  It does not appear to be the anchor point for one of those stupid shark-fin LCI's.

    I'm also curious as to what the trigger pivots on, since it does not seem to have a cross-pin for that in the usual location - nor to hold in a locking block, for that matter.

    I grew up running autos without loaded chamber indicators, and can live quite nicely without one, BUT if you're gonna copy Glock, their LCI extractor is one of the better features.

    Meh.  Answer to an unasked question at this point in time.
    Makes me think the whole trigger mechanism is self contained and removable like the SIG?  I see no metal plate for a serial number in the frame.  The pin on the slide is probably to remove the firing pin like a SIG P series.

    I think this might be a Glock/SIG hybrid!

    Of course I’m only guessing.  The videos that are out don’t have enough detail.  One of them does field strip the gun and it does NOT look like a self contained trigger group but it’s not clear enough.  I’m going out today to see if anyone around here has one to play with.

    It’s a °IIIII° thing 😎

  • breamfisherbreamfisher Posts: 14,104 Senior Member
    Looks like the slide is tall because the locking lug is on the top rear of the barrel. It does look like there's a removable breech block.
    The chassis isn't removable. 
    https://www.gunsandammo.com/editorial/kimber-r7-mako-9mm-pistol-review-test/395922


    Meh.
  • breamfisherbreamfisher Posts: 14,104 Senior Member
    Update: less than a year out and there's a recall on this for a firing pin safety issue.  What strikes me is that the serial numbers listed aren't necessarily sequential.  

    https://www.kimberamerica.com/serial-r7-mako?utm_source=outdoorsg.com&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=k385-71155-r7makorecall&utm_content=970x250-ros-shooting-interest
    Meh.
  • Wambli SkaWambli Ska Posts: 5,424 Senior Member
    Update: less than a year out and there's a recall on this for a firing pin safety issue.  What strikes me is that the serial numbers listed aren't necessarily sequential.  

    https://www.kimberamerica.com/serial-r7-mako?utm_source=outdoorsg.com&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=k385-71155-r7makorecall&utm_content=970x250-ros-shooting-interest
    Could be they have multiple suppliers for the part.

    It’s a °IIIII° thing 😎

  • breamfisherbreamfisher Posts: 14,104 Senior Member
    Maybe.  Seems like a bear to track, though.

    "Number 147 has parts from company X, 148 from company Y, 149-152 company Z, 153-155 company X..."

    Meh.
  • Wambli SkaWambli Ska Posts: 5,424 Senior Member
    Maybe.  Seems like a bear to track, though.

    "Number 147 has parts from company X, 148 from company Y, 149-152 company Z, 153-155 company X..."

    A lot of companies are doing this nowadays and there’s software that makes it relatively easy.  Useful in cases like this.

    It’s a °IIIII° thing 😎

  • HappySquidHappySquid Posts: 461 Member
    So it only looks like a Glock, not the same QC  ;)
  • Wambli SkaWambli Ska Posts: 5,424 Senior Member
    edited May 2022 #77
    So it only looks like a Glock, not the same QC  ;)
    Apparently.  But hey even SIG has had some trips along their way lately.  A lot of fast production going on in the gun world and it seems just about every new model ends up in some sort of recall nowadays.  

    I almost wrote off the P365 for their firing pin issue and I must say I’m becoming rather fond of the little gun.

    It’s a °IIIII° thing 😎

  • bobbyrlf3bobbyrlf3 Posts: 2,614 Senior Member
    It still seems like a nice offering from Kimber.  I have purposely avoided the micro-9mm craze going on right now, but guns like that, and the Sig P365, and the Ruger Max9 aren't making it easy.  I told myself that once I went .45ACP, I was all-in, and I've been true to that edict so far.  But sometimes, I feel like I'm really depriving myself by being stubborn.  

    On an unrelated note, too bad the buster flamed out so quickly.  My popcorn wasn't even done popping yet......
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  • Wambli SkaWambli Ska Posts: 5,424 Senior Member
    bobbyrlf3 said:
    It still seems like a nice offering from Kimber.  I have purposely avoided the micro-9mm craze going on right now, but guns like that, and the Sig P365, and the Ruger Max9 aren't making it easy.  I told myself that once I went .45ACP, I was all-in, and I've been true to that edict so far.  But sometimes, I feel like I'm really depriving myself by being stubborn.  

    On an unrelated note, too bad the buster flamed out so quickly.  My popcorn wasn't even done popping yet......
    You are….  I was that hardheaded too.  Gave Zee some heartburn by ignoring his advise for years.  But now I want to kick myself for waiting this long.  The Glock 48 is now permanent EDC and the P365 is swiftly taking on backup work too.  

    I thought the 48 was the ultimate do it all but, on long drives with a gun AIWB that darn P365 is a joy to have on your belt.  And they are similar enough that training with one is the same as training with the other.

    It’s a °IIIII° thing 😎

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