chaim
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Kimber fans, the title says it all. If I wait a month or two I can afford the Kimber Pro Carry II. Is it worth the wait to go a few months longer and get the CDP?
What will this gun be used for?
Mostly range use.
Carry isn't legal for most Marylanders (CCW is near impossible to get unless you own a business and carry large amounts of cash). It will be my carry gun when I'm out of state somewhere I can carry and it will be my primary carry gun if MD ever goes shall-issue (or a more realistic than now may-issue), or should I move (though now that I've found I job I actually love that may be a few years off).
G-d forbid, if I'm ever in a home-defense situation it may get use as well. Right now I mostly keep revolvers set up for that, and that won't change. However, if I get the CDP which comes with night sights it would probably stay loaded for home-defense as well (at least until I finally get night sights for my Benelli Nova 12ga).
I can afford to wait. I have a 1911 (a Charles Daly), I have other autos (one of which is a good carry gun, all could be carried/concealed if needed), I have plenty of revolvers (several of which are decent to good carry guns when that's an option), and I have several long-guns suitable for home defense (the previously mentioned Benelli, a Winchester 94 in .45LC and an AR) so there is no hurry. However, I am notorious for impulse buys so if I wait, it may be longer than the minimum wait (there are several guns about as high on my list as the carry sized 1911 so if it is 1-3 months I may get the 1911 next, if 4-6 I'll probably buy one of the other guns on my list first and the 1911 may become a significantly longer wait).
Another consideration...If I wait it is possible I won't be able to get a Kimber at all (the political situation being fluid). MD has had a built-in lock law for a while now. Kimber doesn't have a built-in lock. However, the legislature (or it may have been regulatory through the State Police, I'm not sure) recently approved one specific external lock as satisfying the requirements of the law. As long as that lock is approved I can buy any auto (it won't fit revolvers) that meets all other MD gun laws. So, as of now I can buy Kimbers again if I want to. However, this is MD so who knows when this situation will change. Of course, there is an election coming up and things might (one can hope) get better and not worse for MD gun owners, or the legal situation could stay as it is now (either way keeping Kimbers and other previously banned autos MD legal).
So is the CDP really worth the extra money over the Pro Carry? If so, is it worth the extra wait? If so, would you take the gamble on the political situation?
What will this gun be used for?
Mostly range use.
Carry isn't legal for most Marylanders (CCW is near impossible to get unless you own a business and carry large amounts of cash). It will be my carry gun when I'm out of state somewhere I can carry and it will be my primary carry gun if MD ever goes shall-issue (or a more realistic than now may-issue), or should I move (though now that I've found I job I actually love that may be a few years off).
G-d forbid, if I'm ever in a home-defense situation it may get use as well. Right now I mostly keep revolvers set up for that, and that won't change. However, if I get the CDP which comes with night sights it would probably stay loaded for home-defense as well (at least until I finally get night sights for my Benelli Nova 12ga).
I can afford to wait. I have a 1911 (a Charles Daly), I have other autos (one of which is a good carry gun, all could be carried/concealed if needed), I have plenty of revolvers (several of which are decent to good carry guns when that's an option), and I have several long-guns suitable for home defense (the previously mentioned Benelli, a Winchester 94 in .45LC and an AR) so there is no hurry. However, I am notorious for impulse buys so if I wait, it may be longer than the minimum wait (there are several guns about as high on my list as the carry sized 1911 so if it is 1-3 months I may get the 1911 next, if 4-6 I'll probably buy one of the other guns on my list first and the 1911 may become a significantly longer wait).
Another consideration...If I wait it is possible I won't be able to get a Kimber at all (the political situation being fluid). MD has had a built-in lock law for a while now. Kimber doesn't have a built-in lock. However, the legislature (or it may have been regulatory through the State Police, I'm not sure) recently approved one specific external lock as satisfying the requirements of the law. As long as that lock is approved I can buy any auto (it won't fit revolvers) that meets all other MD gun laws. So, as of now I can buy Kimbers again if I want to. However, this is MD so who knows when this situation will change. Of course, there is an election coming up and things might (one can hope) get better and not worse for MD gun owners, or the legal situation could stay as it is now (either way keeping Kimbers and other previously banned autos MD legal).
So is the CDP really worth the extra money over the Pro Carry? If so, is it worth the extra wait? If so, would you take the gamble on the political situation?