Quick! Hit It With A Stick!

[StrikeEagle]

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

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'.

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

StrikeEagle

 

[MSgt B]

If my dog had a face like that....

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.

 

[psychophipps]

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

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...

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.

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

 

[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.)

 

[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.

 

[Flashpoint]

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


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]

I don't like Kimbers.

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

Scott

 

[mosbourn]

Got one, love it.

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.