I just purchased it two days ago. The new Kimber Rapide in 45 ACP
The Perfect 1911 Pistol!
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My latest 1911 is my favorite. I have many in the safe, but last summer I acquired a 2008 vintage colt gunsight model. I love the gun. I made it my picture on here.
My very experienced Gunsmith, who does work for all area federal agencies, and is considered the "Dean" around here, pointed-out that my Kimber UCDP has some CAST internal parts, which most reputable manufactures furnish in FORGED STEEL.
Sure is pretty, though. Just all those failure-to-load's. . . . . . .
leVieux
Have you ever owned an Ed Brown pistol? I compare any 1911 I may buy to the quality of the Ed Brown Kobra Carry & Executive Carry I used to own (lord I miss those pistols). All pretty much fall short but are serviceable.
Yeah but an Arkansas stone and some higher end parts from Brownells can fix that (IF you know what you are doing). I have had high end and low end 1911's but never had a failure to feed or any other malfunction if I was using my Wilson Combat Tactical Elite magazines.
The one that I let get away 45 years ago. A 70 series Colt Combat Commander in Satin Nickel and .38 Super. I tracked the gun down 5 years ago through the guy I sold it to (an infamous bounty hunter) but he had passed it along to his brother who went to Mexico and was never heard from again. Sigh!!
FireInTheWire
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For me, it’s the Staccato P Duo.
It has the correct mixture of quality, features and flexibility (competition, self defense, ability to add an optic). Of course the price tag is high and I had to save for a while to justify the cost, but now that I was able to get it, I have no regrets and I now own a gun for life made in Texas!
It has the correct mixture of quality, features and flexibility (competition, self defense, ability to add an optic). Of course the price tag is high and I had to save for a while to justify the cost, but now that I was able to get it, I have no regrets and I now own a gun for life made in Texas!
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Oh those original Kimbers were really nice guns.
Welcome to the Forum!
Amen brutha. I have shot Les Baers, Ed Browns, and many others. I really cannot see much differnce between those and my relatively low cost Remington R18. Hard for me to justify spending a couple of thousand more if the gun does not shoot significantly better. But that's why they make chocolate and vanilla.
My Kobra Carry would shoot a 5 shot group that all the holes were touching at 25 yards from a Pistol rest (only time I could get that tight a group was from a rest). I have never had another pistol that was that accurate.
You might really want to get a rope, it might be better than a 1911, needs less modifications to function properly.
This one is perfect, for me. Army-accurized service pistol (FT Benning AMU) groups superbly and is totally reliable. A 4 lb roll trigger completes the package. It does exactly what I need a 1911 to do...shoot small groups with total reliability. It, along with a couple of other 1911s, is in the running for "if I could only have one 1911" pistol.
Bob
Bob
