Long time reader, first time thread-er.
While spending some quality "learning" time in Arizona, got the hankering to see what all this 1911 fuss was about. Ultimately, my buddy steered me towards the Kimber Crimson Carry line of pistols and somehow a Ultra Crimson Carry ended up on my doorstep.
Took the pistol out a couple of weekends ago, and it's a dream to shoot. I own a Sig P250, and a Taurus PT145 (I like both of 'em, but I'm not a pistolero by any stretch of the imagination, and I haven't quite gotten over the long pull on the P250.) Found out the PT145 is having either feed ramp or mag troubles (I suspect both). But...found out that the Kimber is a gorgeous little pistol to shoot. I'm hooked, I figure after my next round of mandatory anthropological adventures is done, I'll start looking at a longer barreled version that I can fiddle around with (more uh "in spec" as they say.)
So...two questions to the 1911 smart people who roam:
1.) Done a bit of reading on the Kimber alloy frame and mag issue (metal followers and gouging). I like the kimber mag that came with it, but I'm not committed, what else is everyone running with? I'm looking at getting one mag of each three types, and finding the one that the kimber is happiest with, and buying about 6-7 of that type. Figure that'll avoid the buying a bad-for-the-gun-mag in bulk.
2.) If you had a fair bit of coin to drop (hoping 800-1000) on a 5" 1911, which manufacturer would you start with, or would you go with a simpler model and adjust it to your personal desires?
Thanks in advance.
While spending some quality "learning" time in Arizona, got the hankering to see what all this 1911 fuss was about. Ultimately, my buddy steered me towards the Kimber Crimson Carry line of pistols and somehow a Ultra Crimson Carry ended up on my doorstep.
Took the pistol out a couple of weekends ago, and it's a dream to shoot. I own a Sig P250, and a Taurus PT145 (I like both of 'em, but I'm not a pistolero by any stretch of the imagination, and I haven't quite gotten over the long pull on the P250.) Found out the PT145 is having either feed ramp or mag troubles (I suspect both). But...found out that the Kimber is a gorgeous little pistol to shoot. I'm hooked, I figure after my next round of mandatory anthropological adventures is done, I'll start looking at a longer barreled version that I can fiddle around with (more uh "in spec" as they say.)
So...two questions to the 1911 smart people who roam:
1.) Done a bit of reading on the Kimber alloy frame and mag issue (metal followers and gouging). I like the kimber mag that came with it, but I'm not committed, what else is everyone running with? I'm looking at getting one mag of each three types, and finding the one that the kimber is happiest with, and buying about 6-7 of that type. Figure that'll avoid the buying a bad-for-the-gun-mag in bulk.
2.) If you had a fair bit of coin to drop (hoping 800-1000) on a 5" 1911, which manufacturer would you start with, or would you go with a simpler model and adjust it to your personal desires?
Thanks in advance.