Finally received my Kimber compact CDP after a month 1/2 wait-when I called Kimber to complain about it the guy was very apologetic and told me he would personally go rip one off the rack in the next couple of days and send it-he kept his word, I got it a few days later.
I originally was quoted 1050.00 by the gunshop, but since I was paying cash Firarms Plus in Ft. Lauderdale FL gave it to me for 925.00 which I thought was a fair price. Good guys, I went there on a suggestion from a TFL'er and was happy.
Pros & Cons: LOVED the satin finish on the slide and the "meltdown treatment" man it feels good. The size is perfect for me and I can get three fingers around the butt. The gun was tight but functional. Didn't like the plastic MS housing of course, and the sights are probably going to be the first thing to go. Got a Rosen 5G and Rosen double mag carrier the thing dissapears underneath a light T-shirt. Ripped it apart last night to clean it and shot it today.
Shot PMC roundball primarily (250rnds), which was very controllable and accurate, I bought two 7rnd and 2 8rnd wilson mags with the Kimber, had absolutly no hiccups with the PMC ammo, even with the little mag that comes with the kimber. The kimber was dead-on accurate and ragged holes @ 10 yrds were the norm.
Hornady custom 230 grn +P JHP: OUCH!! These thing were blazers!! But even more accurate than PMC. No failures.
Federal Hydra-shok 165 grn PD JHP: These made the kimber sound like a deer rifle and the flash was ridiculous!! I am not going to use these to carry-I was blinded after the first shot-they shot a bit to the right (probably just me).
Cor-Bon 200gr +P JHP-Another kick in the teeth-the +p's in the alum, Kimber really kick-these turned in my best group of the day: 5 rounds could be covered by a quarter @ 15 yrds. That brought a smile to my face!!
Golden Saber 230gr JHP: No big deal shot well similar to PMC.
All in all I had three lockbacks with the kimber mag only: one with the COR-BON, one with Hornady, and Federals. Thats it. The little Kimber ran beautifully, and in the semi-dim gun range, the trituim front sight glowed just enough to attract my eyes to it.
The checkering on the front strap is plenty sharp, and after the +p loads my hands felt it and my bad left shoulder also. They also induced a flinch after a while which degraded my range performance after a while-blame it on me-cuz the Kimber was piont-of aim accurate from 7 to 25 yards.
I only shot the +P's for reliability and will not make a practice of that-I am giong with the Hornady's/COR-BON as these were the most controllable.
All in all what a gun!!!
I originally was quoted 1050.00 by the gunshop, but since I was paying cash Firarms Plus in Ft. Lauderdale FL gave it to me for 925.00 which I thought was a fair price. Good guys, I went there on a suggestion from a TFL'er and was happy.
Pros & Cons: LOVED the satin finish on the slide and the "meltdown treatment" man it feels good. The size is perfect for me and I can get three fingers around the butt. The gun was tight but functional. Didn't like the plastic MS housing of course, and the sights are probably going to be the first thing to go. Got a Rosen 5G and Rosen double mag carrier the thing dissapears underneath a light T-shirt. Ripped it apart last night to clean it and shot it today.
Shot PMC roundball primarily (250rnds), which was very controllable and accurate, I bought two 7rnd and 2 8rnd wilson mags with the Kimber, had absolutly no hiccups with the PMC ammo, even with the little mag that comes with the kimber. The kimber was dead-on accurate and ragged holes @ 10 yrds were the norm.
Hornady custom 230 grn +P JHP: OUCH!! These thing were blazers!! But even more accurate than PMC. No failures.
Federal Hydra-shok 165 grn PD JHP: These made the kimber sound like a deer rifle and the flash was ridiculous!! I am not going to use these to carry-I was blinded after the first shot-they shot a bit to the right (probably just me).
Cor-Bon 200gr +P JHP-Another kick in the teeth-the +p's in the alum, Kimber really kick-these turned in my best group of the day: 5 rounds could be covered by a quarter @ 15 yrds. That brought a smile to my face!!
Golden Saber 230gr JHP: No big deal shot well similar to PMC.
All in all I had three lockbacks with the kimber mag only: one with the COR-BON, one with Hornady, and Federals. Thats it. The little Kimber ran beautifully, and in the semi-dim gun range, the trituim front sight glowed just enough to attract my eyes to it.
The checkering on the front strap is plenty sharp, and after the +p loads my hands felt it and my bad left shoulder also. They also induced a flinch after a while which degraded my range performance after a while-blame it on me-cuz the Kimber was piont-of aim accurate from 7 to 25 yards.
I only shot the +P's for reliability and will not make a practice of that-I am giong with the Hornady's/COR-BON as these were the most controllable.
All in all what a gun!!!
so I've been giving them a lot of business lately which might have something to do with their "friendliness". Regards,