Guy Miner
Master Loader
- Apr 6, 2006
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My old friend Lefty got me to thinking about maybe retiring my faithful Kimber... And today I ran into a deal I couldn't resist. The twenty year old Kimber, with roughly 85,000 rounds through it, has been officially retired. Cleaned, lubed, and set in a place of honor in my gun safe. Ready as ever.
In my holster, as I type this, is a lightly used .45 Kimber Eclipse Custom.
Twenty year old Kimber atop, and the new pistol below:
I put 75 rounds through the new Kimber today. This target was shot with my 185 grain handloads, from 7 yards, Weaver stance:
Equally impressive were the groups produced by Federal 230 grain FMJ "hardball" ammo:
And not just one target:
At this point, I'm extremely pleased with the new Kimber!
The torch has been passed.
Guy
In my holster, as I type this, is a lightly used .45 Kimber Eclipse Custom.
Twenty year old Kimber atop, and the new pistol below:
I put 75 rounds through the new Kimber today. This target was shot with my 185 grain handloads, from 7 yards, Weaver stance:
Equally impressive were the groups produced by Federal 230 grain FMJ "hardball" ammo:
And not just one target:
At this point, I'm extremely pleased with the new Kimber!
The torch has been passed.
Guy