Guy Miner
Master Loader
- Apr 6, 2006
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Sorry guys, no photos.
A work buddy just picked up a neat Kimber .45 with the aluminum frame and the shorter, 4" barrel & slide. Neat pistol, despite being just the base model without a lot of bells & whistles. He's been carrying a full size, all steel 1911 Kimber for a while. Like mine, only a LOT newer.
Today we took the brand new pistol out, along with a few hundred rounds of 230 gr hardball ammo and had at it. Two minor hiccups, both likely caused by the low-budget ammo we were using. Other than that, the new gun functioned flawlessly. Accurate. Much lighter than the full size steel gun, it also had quite a bit more muzzle flip and thumped the hand a little harder. Not as easy to perform fast "controlled pairs" or "double taps" as with the full size gun.
When he mentioned that, I let him put a dozen rounds downrange from my .44 mag. He didn't talk about the new Kimber kicking much anymore! :grin:
Dang, I sure like shooting.
A work buddy just picked up a neat Kimber .45 with the aluminum frame and the shorter, 4" barrel & slide. Neat pistol, despite being just the base model without a lot of bells & whistles. He's been carrying a full size, all steel 1911 Kimber for a while. Like mine, only a LOT newer.
Today we took the brand new pistol out, along with a few hundred rounds of 230 gr hardball ammo and had at it. Two minor hiccups, both likely caused by the low-budget ammo we were using. Other than that, the new gun functioned flawlessly. Accurate. Much lighter than the full size steel gun, it also had quite a bit more muzzle flip and thumped the hand a little harder. Not as easy to perform fast "controlled pairs" or "double taps" as with the full size gun.
When he mentioned that, I let him put a dozen rounds downrange from my .44 mag. He didn't talk about the new Kimber kicking much anymore! :grin:
Dang, I sure like shooting.
