Say what you may but I have a Kimber 191A1 stainless target. Bought in 1997 when Kimber first started making hand fitted, semi custom 1911’s. At present it has close to 10K thru it. Never a FTF, FTE, or any other mishaps. Accurate as hell too. Carried for 10 years while I hunted in Alaska along with my Ruger Alaskan 454 Casull. These days Kimber quality has fallen off though.....S.A. RO is a great firearm as well. Very happy with mine....
The last time I went to the range in NC, I noticed in the rental display case a really old looking Kimber. The guy told me that gun has had a verified 1 million rounds plus fired through it, and only 1 spring ever needed changing. Original barrel, slide, frame, trigger, etc.
He said Guinness Book would have the gun listed, but there's no existing category for that, and anyone else would have a tough time verifying the round counts. Since the gun has always been a rental there, they know how many boxes of ammo were fired.
Several have asked to buy it, but they want to keep it as a working rental for as long as possible.
When I got back into shooting about 2012, Kimber was on my list of guns to consider. But, as you said, the reviews had fallen way off. Kimber just isn't the quality 1911 people came to trust and love decades before. The expectations just aren't there for me anymore compared to price.
My friend bought a Ed Brown 1911 that a member here was selling about the 2013-2014. So far, he's still in love with it. I think it was in the $2,000 neighborhood, which was a bargain when you looked at the price new.