[StrikeEagle]

Man... have you seen the new Kimber Raptor? That thing is UGLY. :what:

http://www.kimberamerica.com/images/pistols/raptor/Kimber-Raptor-Scal-00L.jpg

http://www.kimberamerica.com/images/pistols/raptor/Kimber-Pro-Raptor-00L.jpg

http://www.kimberamerica.com/images/pistols/raptor/Kimber-Raptor-003.jpg

That's the 'deep lizard scale pattern'. :p

Is it me? Does this look good to you folks?

StrikeEagle

[MSgt B]

you know the rest.

[SpookyPistolero]

Well, you get a big high-five for having the only thread title to make me laugh out loud. Repeatedly.

[faustulus]

I like it. It is a nice change from the same old boring vertical lines.

[CajunBass]

Not long ago, I looked at a Kimber, that I really liked.

It was not one of those. :what:

[psychophipps]

Still trying to figure out why there is 'deep, lizard-scale patterning' on a pistol named for a type of bird... :rolleyes:

Martk(psycho)Phipps( HAHAHA! )

[MatthewVanitas]

Still trying to figure out why there is 'deep, lizard-scale patterning' on a pistol named for a type of bird... :rolleyes:

Martk(psycho)Phipps( HAHAHA! )

Velociraptor. It's a dinosaur.


I opine: ugly is better than boring.


-MV

[grimjaw]

I don't know if I like it. :scrutiny:

I will admit that the grip detail looks like quality work.

jmm

[Yukonstorm]

Its hard to mkae a 1911 ugly.......but they did it.

[Master Blaster]

they're feathers aren't they??????

Velociraptors are related to birds not lizards.

[Kruzr]

I handled and shot one two weeks ago. I think it's a nice looking pistol and was certainly a good shooter. The slide on the Gov't is blued like an old Colt.

Each to his own I guess.

[tranch]

Velociraptor. It's a dinosaur.


I opine: ugly is better than boring.


-MV


Pronunciation: 'rap-t&r, -"tor
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin Raptores, former order name, from Latin, plural of raptor plunderer, from rapere
: BIRD OF PREY

It's a bird, an ugly bird!

[progunner1957]

Its hard to mkae a 1911 ugly.......but they did it.Monkey-butt ugly:barf:

[RyanM]

Velociraptors had feathers too, so it's a moot point anyway.

They were also 6 feet long, not tall. Maybe 2 feet tall. Jurassic Park got them wrong.

In any case, that's really ugly. And it's not even that original. Ed Brown does an ugly scale pattern on the Kobra guns.

[torpid]

Enough with the velociraptor semantics already.

(Besides, it's common knowledge that velociraptors were actually .357.)

:p

[bgold]

Its hard to mkae a 1911 ugly.......but they did it.


That is exactly what I was thinking!

[Technosavant]

Ehhh, I've seen worse.

If you hate the way that looks, then whatever you do, DO NOT go to www.glock.com.

Oops, I just reignited the whole Glock vs. 1911 debate. I'm a bad man. :evil:

[Flashpoint]

They should make a special OD Green edition.
Now that would be something.:p


All joking aside, the only thing I see wrong with it is the scale running down the slide.

[treebeard]

That is heinous!! I have seen some ugly pictures but that is really bad.

[crt360]

I don't think it would look as bad if the grips were black - very dark black. I don't really like the cheese grater serrations, either. What does that have to do with raptors? It still looks better than some other pistols. I'd take one if I got a good deal on it.

[Shootcraps]

It's you. The Raptors are HOT!!! I almost bought one last week.

[Standing Wolf]

I'm not going to buy a Kimber II under any circumstances. I think the Raptor line is probably a smashing success: whether or not people buy Raptors, they're probably much more likely to buy Kimbers of some other kind. Bring them in to look at Corvettes, sell them Chevettes.

[rageofangels]

I'd buy two if I could afford it.

[gunfan]

Too much $ for too much MIM (as well as too many breakages). :barf:

Scott

[mosbourn]

I bought one of the Kimber Pro Raptors (4") about 9 months ago. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I love its looks and it is the most accurate 1911 I have ever shot.

[Leonardo]

I like it, especially the grips. :confused:

[Poul D'eau]

At the end of last summer I thougt it was UGLY. Add a $1300 price tag at Bass Pro did not help matters.. :what:

By the time Thanksgiving rolled around I had warmed up to it a bit and I picked it up a pro raptor II at my friendly gun shop for $1k with a couple of boxes of ammo thrown in. It follows me everywhere now.

[HPJeep]

Just a marketing ploy to get you to buy yet another 1911. After all you have to differentiate yours from the rest of the 1911 makers. My thinking is my Colt 1911 Series 70 in 9mm and my Springy in .45 are enough. There are others that looks nice, are fancy, different colors, different metals but my two are just fine. Rather spend the $1k on some other type of gun that I don't have. I do like Kimber's Desert Warrior though.

[Warren]

My wife saw one in a gun shop and loved it.

She may now buy the Ultra version of it. And this is a woman who up til now was not interested in the 1911 or the .45 round.

So making a different looking something does work at times.

So who knows, thanks to this ugly uberduckling she may become a committed member of the 1911 carrying tribe.

I just hope the thing is reliable.

[varoadking]

You want ugly:

http://sigforum.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/430601935/m/861108984

http://sigforum.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/430601935/m/493101984

[IZinterrogator]

Those Sigs make me want to cry. Not only have they destroyed the 1911 lines by using the P-series profile slide, but then they put those dimples in it? And what is with the blue (not blued, blue) P226??? :what: :confused:

[Sistema1927]

I saw one of those Raptors in person today. I didn't think that the pictures looked "that" bad, but that Kimber, in person, is downright ugly.

[Coronach]

I don't dislike that second Sig-1911, the Piranah, except for the "Here, Jimbob, hold mah beer while I use the Dremel" serrations (and I use that term loosely) on the slide. I mean, it really looks like what happens if you let a 6th grade Shop class loose on a 1911 slide with power tools.

What is the point on serrations/scallops/divots on TOP of the slide, anyway?

Mike

PS As to the raptor, it is marketing. Its different. I wouldn't buy it, but that's just me.

[StrikeEagle]

I wouldn't buy it, but that's just me.


It's me too! And I LOVE 1911's! :eek:

[Manedwolf]

It looks like it belongs with a pimp wearing gold lizardskin boots. :barf:

[LynnMassGuy]

I like it.

[SgtGunner]

I thought the Raptor was "odd" at first glance. Then I picked it up.......it's my EDC now. Feels absoultely perfect in the hand.I did change the grips though, didnt want to gouge the factory grips up. I ordered a set of the Factory G10 grips that come on the desert warrior. I dig those grips, and the coyote brown is great with the polished blue.

[faustulus]

What is the point on serrations/scallops/divots on TOP of the slide, anyway?

To cut down glare. serrations work even better as the eye follows the line to the front sight.
Does everyone here own a black model T?
Is everyone's house just four walls and a roof?
What we are really talking about here is putting some style into our toys. I don't understand the mindset where anything different is bad.

[Candiru]

At least it doesn't have forward slide serrations.

[dsk]

Just my opinion, and no offense to those who like it, but I think the manufacturers have finally run out of ideas on how to, ahem, "improve" the 1911 design. It's high time people stop looking at these things like toys. The 1911 is supposed to be the ultimate combat weapon, and when I see things like this I can't help but think we're degrading and insulting John Browning's design. It's sort of like seeing Joe Lewis or Bruce Lee being forced to wear pink women's underwear.

[TimboKhan]

whether I like it or not, I am not paying what they are asking for that pistol. Still, gotta applaud them for doing something different, even if it does kind of suck.

[tlish]

i love the raptor, think it is absolutely beautiful, and drool over it whenever i see one!:)

[tlish]

that piranha is ugly, though! too many colors... they should've kept the frame and slide the same color or put black grips on it, not brown. also, the grips look too small - there's too much gun left over behind the grips. boo!

[hpg]

I think you guys are jealous because you don't own one.:D It's different, looks more like a collector gun than a usable gun. I always thought of Kimber as a way overpriced 1911, no better than SA, but definately better than a Colt. hpg

[BloodyRAzorBlades]

ewwwwwwwww:what: :cuss:

[faustulus]

Bruce Lee being forced to wear pink women's underwear.
Yeah cause that yellow jump suit was sooo manly. :rolleyes:

[Marshall]

I realize beauty is only skin deep but, that's some damned ugly skin.

[Missouri Mule]

I don't care for it.
But, they seem to be selling!

[U.S.SFC_RET]

Maybe the idea they had in mind was another concept of old ugly.

[stevelyn]

I think it looks cool, although I'm partial to the Eclipse series.;)

I realize beauty is only skin deep, but that is some damned ugly skin.

Beauty is skin deep. Ugly goes all the way to the bone.:evil:

[trickyasafox]

i didnt think it looked bad at all :)

[Kruzr]

Just my opinion, and no offense to those who like it, but I think the manufacturers have finally run out of ideas on how to, ahem, "improve" the 1911 design. It's high time people stop looking at these things like toys. The 1911 is supposed to be the ultimate combat weapon, and when I see things like this I can't help but think we're degrading and insulting John Browning's design. It's sort of like seeing Joe Lewis or Bruce Lee being forced to wear pink women's underwear.
To me, this is like saying Enzo Ferrari is insulting Henry Ford or Karl Benz.

While the 1911 is a combat weapon, in my 55 years I've never used one in combat and don't intend to start now. Many of us like the guns for what they can do, not what they used to do.

Just like when I buy a car, I consider the looks as well as the performance.

[Highland Ranger]

Like the Kimber - it's different. If I didn't have so many I'd get another.

The SIG on the other hand crosses over into ugly and leaves me wanting to shout - WHY!?

[k_dawg]

the issue with the SIG is it is very unprofessional, and poorly done. I mean, their is no consistency to the "swirl" cuts!

The Raptor does look better in real life, but not my "cup of tea".

Now, I thought the Warrior's grips looked like ass in the photo's, but are really nice in real life.