At no point did Iever try and covnince anyone that it was a majoritybecause Ihave no idea and neither do you.
IMO, a Google search by itself isn't a defining factor that Kimbers quality is suffering, but it is a starting point for someone to be able toinvestigate further.I know from my ow personal mobservations and what I have read, I would never buy a Kimber.
Generally, I would have no problem with someone saying to google what problems a product has before purchasing it. In fact, I would encourage it, and even do so myself. Even the best companies don’t produce everything perfectly, so if I do end up having problems, I like to know what those problems might be. However, when trying to shock people with the number of results that will come up, that’s where people are being misled. As I said earlier, nobody would have made that post if they had ran that search on other popular 1911 brands, or understood that by the vary nature of how forums work with who is doing the searching and responding, even if those problems occur in a vary small percentage of the products, you’re more likely to get negative responses than positive. So if you do a search for problems with any mass produced product, don’t be surprised when your search results are about problems, not a lack of problems.I missed this but Havok, there's some issues with your post. Keep in mind my objective is to not tear you down. It's to point these things out.
"I dismiss the idea that telling people to google “kimber 1911 problems” is any evidence of QC issues". Not sure why you posted this...Gun owners come in all experience levels, but all those people who do search for problems owners are sharing, tells a story to some level. To the new gun owner, It's more questions and maybe hesitation. To the experienced gun owner, who doesn't need to be a 1911 fanboy to know how they operate; I take that back...I'm using my self as an example. Because my interest in guns always had something to do with gunsmithing and fabrication, my view of what's important and not may be different from other long time gun owners. Still...Most long time gun owners do understand that some problems ARE indicators of poor QC. In the eyes of someone who's been in shops, it might make the opinion worse.
It feels like the hairs being split in these conversations is not having data collected and I acknowledge you're one to not need the data to understand everyone produces lemons. Still, somewhere in there, are things that shouldn't be going on with 1911 manufacturing, while other brands with a cheaper asking, are harder to search the same problems for.