Kimber K6S 3"

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My three word review: I love it.

The 3-dot sights are much easier to use than S&W or Ruger's sights, which matters when you have to wear reading glasses to see the sights at all. The trigger is bliss, no need for single action. It's like pulling an ice cube off a glass table top. And I can make much smaller groups, closer to the bullseye, than any of my other revolvers.

I've put a piece of bike inner tube around the wood grip to make it slip less and absorb a little recoil, but otherwise it's just about perfect. Don't get me wrong, the wood grips are beautiful and feel great, but they aren't the best to shoot with. I've read that J-frame grips fit it, but that's not correct. With some modification they might fit, but not perfectly. I may try it if Hogue or Pachmayr don't come out with some rubber grips for it that are the same size and shape as the wood grip.
 
Yep, love mine as well. (That's 5 words!)

I have put the Crimson Trace Laser Grips on mine, not sure if I like them enough to keep them since the original wood grip does fit my hand very well, and I haven't had a problem with recoil with them, even with stout .357's. For some reason the CT activation button doesn't seem to be well placed for my grip.
 
I heard a salesman bragging on the K6S at Cabela’s the other day. He pretty much said the same thing about the trigger and shooting one. I kind of figured he was pushing a sale.
Thanks for the info. Good to know.
 
George P said:
Without pics, YOU LIE!!!!!..... :rofl:;):p:D
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Here is mine, with original wood grips, at the 10 o'clock position:
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The K6S is excellent. I hope they make one with an alloy frame around 16 or 17 ounces.

The trigger is so easy to stage that many have said (and I agree) it doesn’t need a hammer. I personally don’t want a hammer on a defensive revolver at all.
 
I keep trying to save up from a K6, but I keep buying other things before I get enough cash. Maybe one day, maybe one day...
 
Sistema1927 said:
Have you shot one? This DA is so good, and the ability to stage is so precise, that you won't miss an external hammer.
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Exactly. The trigger on the K6S is really easy to stage. No hammer needed, or wanted in a carry gun for that matter.
 
Personally I think intentionally staging a DA hammer is not a good approach to training or to defensive shooting. The first thing to go with an adrenaline rush is manual dexterity. You get monkey hands and tunnel vision. If you depend on staging to be accurate then one might suggest you keep training with a dedicated DA pull.

That being said, beautiful piece that looks very capable.
 
Tony_the_tiger said:
Personally I think intentionally staging a DA hammer is not a good approach to training or to defensive shooting. The first thing to go with an adrenaline rush is manual dexterity. You get monkey hands and tunnel vision. If you depend on staging to be accurate then one might suggest you keep training with a dedicated DA pull.

That being said, beautiful piece that looks very capable.
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Personally I just shoot with a straight pull through in a standard DA manner of shooting. The staging is for someone wanting a single action that you would find on a model with exposed hammer. Perhaps for testing accuracy of various brands of ammo or something of that nature.
 
Tony_the_tiger said:
Personally I think intentionally staging a DA hammer is not a good approach to training or to defensive shooting. The first thing to go with an adrenaline rush is manual dexterity. You get monkey hands and tunnel vision. If you depend on staging to be accurate then one might suggest you keep training with a dedicated DA pull.

That being said, beautiful piece that looks very capable.
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I agree. When I first started shooting a DA revolver I tried and tried to "stage" in order to get the same accuracy as I could in SA. It worked, but I found it was inconsistent for me. Basically every time I shot I needed to do some dry-fire practice to retrain my fingers to stage, and even then I'd mess up shots here and there. After that I forced myself to instead focus on a consistent, smooth, straight pull. I found that after practice I was actually more accurate than trying to stage the trigger, and I don't need to "retrain" my fingers every time I shoot.
 
John_R said:
The 3-dot sights are much easier to use than S&W or Ruger's sights, which matters when you have to wear reading glasses to see the sights at all. The trigger is bliss, no need for single action. It's like pulling an ice cube off a glass table top. And I can make much smaller groups, closer to the bullseye, than any of my other revolvers.
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Just curious to know what the trigger weighs, can you give us a number?

Are not the sights on some other makes of revolver replaceable? If so, would you recommend that purchase decisions be made based on that particular preference? For instance, I personally do not like dots or white outlines on rear sights as they make the sight picture too busy and I place a FO front on all of my handguns. So should I not consider this Kimber based on the supplied sights with white dots?
 
thomas15 said:
Just curious to know what the trigger weighs, can you give us a number?

Are not the sights on some other makes of revolver replaceable? If so, would you recommend that purchase decisions be made based on that particular preference? For instance, I personally do not like dots or white outlines on rear sights as they make the sight picture too busy and I place a FO front on all of my handguns. So should I not consider this Kimber based on the supplied sights with white dots?
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Kimber offers a model with plain black rear sight and red fiber optic front.
 
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I don't have a trigger scale so I can't give a pull weight. Mine is also not "broken in" yet, so it may lighten up at some point. It feels lighter than a Smith or Ruger out of the box, though.

I like a hammer for bullseye or distant shooting. The K6S can be fired just as precisely as a DA revolver for those purposes (in my hands, at least; I'm not Jerry Miculek).

When it comes to self defense, one cannot predict the distance or the precision needed to hit the threat. Sure, the vast majority will be close range (average of 3 yards?) but one never really knows.
 
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