My honest opinion of Kimber is, they should have stayed with making rifles. I've seen a few nice, well made, good shooting Kimber pistols but over all I hear some pretty horrible reports of their pistols. Many of them being just what the guy said. FTF and FTE.
My Kimber "Tactical Ultra" runs like a champ, no problems at all with it. I never had a chance to shoulder a Kimber rifle but they look great. Maybe I just need to practice my grip technique with the Solo. That little gun jumps like mad in my hand.