Kimber Pro Crimson Carry II

[Harleyrider]

... However, my boss bought it and told me that if I wanted it in a few months he'd sell it to me for what he paid...

I'm always wary about buying something from someone I know, especially someone I have to see on a daily basis. Right now, your boss is a great guy for offering you a deal. If you buy the gun and anything goes wrong with it, he changes from a great guy to the SOB who sold you that POS. JMO, YMMV.

[yqtszhj]

Well, I decided NOT to buy the Kimber from my buddy. Nice gun and all, but I just couldn't fit it into my budget at this time.

However, my boss bought it and told me that if I wanted it in a few months he'd sell it to me for what he paid. Nice...huh? I'm gonna seriously think about it.

I'd like to own it, but sometimes things are better left alone for now. I appreciate all the input from you folks, and I'll be sure to let you know if I get it from my boss later this summer....

I want to work where you do. Buddy has gun, boss buys it, boss will sell it to you for cost, I can't even carry where I work

[yqtszhj]

Well, I decided NOT to buy the Kimber from my buddy. Nice gun and all, but I just couldn't fit it into my budget at this time.

However, my boss bought it and told me that if I wanted it in a few months he'd sell it to me for what he paid. Nice...huh? I'm gonna seriously think about it.

I'd like to own it, but sometimes things are better left alone for now. I appreciate all the input from you folks, and I'll be sure to let you know if I get it from my boss later this summer....

I want to work where you do. Buddy has gun, boss buys it, boss will sell it to you for cost, I can't even carry where I work and if someone says G * U * N they call security.

[Barth]

Well, I decided NOT to buy the Kimber from my buddy. Nice gun and all, but I just couldn't fit it into my budget at this time.

However, my boss bought it and told me that if I wanted it in a few months he'd sell it to me for what he paid. Nice...huh? I'm gonna seriously think about it.

I'd like to own it, but sometimes things are better left alone for now. I appreciate all the input from you folks, and I'll be sure to let you know if I get it from my boss later this summer....

I really believe there is a time and place for things.
This wasn't the time.
That's OK

When you finally get something, it will be that right something.

[CarlCyrus]

My buddy has one, it will not feed hollow points reliably. But he hasn't put the 800-1000 rounds through it yet, that the gunsmith at the shop told him to do before trying the hollow points again. With hardball, it is deadly accurate though. Has the looks and feel of a top notch pistol. He paid just under $1k for it NIB. He was taking his CC class there, and got a discount on it. I think he said they had it priced at around $1,100 or $1,200. Bud's has them at around $1050.

Have your buddy try several different types of HPs. I have three Commander sized 1911s, (two Colt, and one Kimber Pro II) and each has its favorite flavor. The old Colt (1970 era) will shoot about anything. The Kimber prefers Gold Dots. The new Colt I'm still trying to find its preference, but it is leaning toward Golden Sabers.

Bottom Line: Don't give up on a gun because it won't shoot what you/others think is the best-ever-made PD round. A decent PD round that goes bang each and every time is better than the best-rated PD round that is unreliable out of your gun.

Carl

[Barth]

Have your buddy try several different types of HPs. I have three Commander sized 1911s, (two Colt, and one Kimber Pro II) and each has its favorite flavor. The old Colt (1970 era) will shoot about anything. The Kimber prefers Gold Dots. The new Colt I'm still trying to find its preference, but it is leaning toward Golden Sabers.

Bottom Line: Don't give up on a gun because it won't shoot what you/others think is the best-ever-made PD round. A decent PD round that goes bang each and every time is better than the best-rated PD round that is unreliable out of your gun.

Carl

I really like my SD guns to feed anything.
But if one particular round is an issue I can live with that.
My Mk40 had trouble with GDHP Short Barrel rounds during break in.
I haven't went back to verify since it's broke in.
As I prefer Speer GDHP 155 1150 fps rounds anyway.
And have run box after box through the gun flawlessly.
Plus it will run day and night on Winchester Ranger HPs too.

I have found that my guns often seem to group better with particular brands and weight of ammo.
That's an experiment worth the investment for me.

Speer GDHP and Winchester Rangers all seem to perform at near match accuracy in my guns.

I must say though, for my 357 magnums, I'm really starting to favor
Remington Golden Sabers.
Winchesters PDX1 is just as accurate.
But the Sabers give me that tactical followup shot advantage.

Plus the 1220 fps 4" round still runs ~1200 fps from a 3" barrel Woo Hoo!
1450 fps 4" hot 357s only get about ~1200 from a 2".
So I'm really happy with that performance from my FBI 3" Smith.