I actually agree with this. It is good for professional pistolsmiths to get a quote on making a Kimber MIM free and “fixing” all the mistakes they made.
What the OP will most likely find out though is that the cost of the gun + having a well known “smith” to remove parts, fit non-MIM parts and do reliability work on the gun would cost as much as it costs to get a WC CQB.
Try not describing anyone as a “wannabe” on this forum as you might be actually talking about yourself. 
C4
Because I don’t have one. If I were the op/for the op, that is a great idea.
Or trade it in toward a Colt or SA 
this,I was warned once and didn’t listen.:fie:
agreed. But good luck OP. Looking at my old logbook though, the Kimber was more reliable than my late gen3 Glock 19 (1-1,000 rounds) :suicide2:
so in the mean time while im waiting on this obomination to finally arive. still no idea of when it will arive. i picked up a gen 4 glock 21. went down to the local indoor range put 600 rounds through here. that wa a expensive bill i might add. loven it. the new dual recoil spring is a nice improvement. didnt even want to touchh my glock 30, 21 was to nice of a shooter to put down. did shoot my desert worrior a bit. 1911 triggers are second to none. i hope this gun comes in soon or ill say screw it. sell it as soon as it comes in and by another ar
edited because he already talked about this in the first post but I missed it.
Couldn’t you contact your LGS and see if the distributor has the gun right now and if not cancel the order. Then just order a TRP or something similar. LGS will still be getting your money.
i thought the same exact thing. i asked them if i could change the order or cancel it. they said no. when i first bought the gun they said a couple weeks wich was no big deal. then a month later i went back in, i have a really good buy sell relationship with them. known them for a long time so i wasnt in a rush to worry about the gun. but when i went back in i asked what was the deal and they said it would be up to six months. and that is coming up in one week. id rather go with the trp now, same feachers but without the bad rap. this hole thing has me kinda pissed off. and now too boot i waited a extra month to buy my ddm4v7 just to make sure that was the one i wanted. debated on a bunch and now there back ordered and i cant get those for a couple months either. i need a easy button.
I know I’ve cancelled orders for backordered firearms before. And I never got any grief about it. I’m thinking if you went in and had a nice talk with the owner about your expected wait time, and your actual wait time you might be able to get a refund. The only reason I could see them saying no is if they’ve already paid the distributor for the Kimber. You’d have to ask one of the dealers on here if that’s how it works, because I never pay the weapon off until it’s time to walk out the door with it.
Depending on how you want to keep your relationship with that dealer I’m sure if you raise a big enough stink you could get out of it.
I honestly think your wait for a TRP will be as long as your wait for the Kimber if not longer. My dealer said the TRP’s were an “allocated” item, and he wasn’t sure how or when he’d be able to get one in.