1911 fans

[gemutlich]

Former Kimber CDP-II .45acp owner here.

Liked the looks (rosewood grips) and feel of it, cheap plastic backstrap insert though which for the price of the gun still bothers me today.

Cor-bon hollowpoints would NOT feed, rather they'd leave the mag and stop right at that point on the feed ramp.

I'm a cor-bon fan, and the only way to get past this problem was to buy their "pow-r-ball" hollow point ammo.

Last straw for me was the cheap way they cut down the bottow of the grips to allow for the shorter grip height. Bottom mounting screws relief in grips were cut through in such a way that the edges were sharp, shaped like the letter "C" and the edges of them cut into the meat of my hand with every shot.

Beautiful looking handgun, but there are much greater, more dependable carry options for me than the Kimber so I sold it.

From my personal experience only, I will not recommend the Kimber CDP-II to anyone.

 

[GaryM]

Thanks Greg for the reply. I will likely do the same thing. IWB when I "go to town", OWB on the back forty. Have you found a holster that would do both well? Maybe one I can tuck beside truck seat while driving?

I don't have one, but someone makes a mount to clip a holster into the seat belt latch on the passenger side of your vehicle. Supposed to hold it vertical and in a secure position. If course of there's a passenger it's not doable.

 

[FTG-05]

When I bought my 1911 last Dec., the Ruger SR1911 was on the short list (the commander sized 29 ox version. Kimber wasn't on the list - at all. Terrible reputation for reliability and customer service (excellent advertising program however).

I ended up with the S&W SW1911SC scandium framed commander sized 1911. It goes well with my S&W 329PD scandium framed .44 Mag.

I also think it is one of the most beautiful sidearms in the world:

Good luck with whatever you decide.

 

[The Chairman]

I bought a Springfield Armory that didn't work very well. Jammed often, and the trigger needed way too much pull. So, I learned the gun inside and out. I spent the time to figure out ejector tensions, how to set the trigger and even installed a guard to keep the hammer from biting me all the time. I love it. It's truly my pistol and I'm fairly accurate with it... at least the first shot. I've cured a lot of the flinch, but I feel I need to fire a 9mil a few hundred times to really get there.

 

[tjkubota93]

I have a ruger officer size 45. I swapped tge grips because i didnt like the factory ones. Beside that i love it, very nice gun. I don't carry it though. And even though I do like Rugers, I don't think I'm biased. It's a nice gun for the $.

 

[ch1ch2]

I personally would consider a nice S&W, or a Sig Sauer. I have a Kimber .45 1911, but like my Smith and Sig Sauer's better.

I agree! I have several 1911's and my Kimber is no where close to the top of my list of favorites.

 

[Garandman]

Garandman, thanks for the replys. How is an external extractor an upgrade from internal extractor unless I would regularly load from the ejection port? The availability of internal extractor parts vs external outweighs that option.

Itç—´ more reliable. You have a spring providing consistent tension versus torquing the extractor. Not sure if those are in your budget range, though.

The first Browning Hi Powers also had an internal extractor. The design was changed to an external extractor, presumably by Browning himself or with his blessing. It is considered a product improvement, much the way the M1911A1 was an improvement over the M1911. Virtually all pistols designed in the last 50 years have them.

As an aside, we found an M1911 in our Arms Room in 1984.

Lots of YouTube comparos.