Although I see no need for a hammer on that great revolver, I do know that was the first request to come out of the mouths of people the minute after it was first introduced.
As for it being a carry gun, a few million S&W revolvers were carried for decades by LE all over the world so I suspect this will be a big seller for Kimber.
Here in the SW it is not at all unusual to find LEO's still carrying revolvers as their duty sidearm. In metros they don't but poke around smaller PD's & Sheriffs departments and you do still find them regularly. But that's as a duty sidearm, if you look at BUGs I think you might be surprised. I've got 40 years in law enforcement and to this day most cops I've known and worked with use a snubbie as their BUG.But LEOs no longer carry revolvers. This in itself has diminished the snubbie revolver market. Add to it, that most new folks to the world of SD buy pistols instead of revolvers. Then there is the substantially higher price point than many other SD revolver options.......with Kimber not being a familiar name in the revolver game. Had Colt stayed outta the DA revolver business, they probably would see more sales from those folks that want to carry a high end revolver for SD. I'm thinking Colt is gonna take away a big portion of that market. Only thing that is making production feasible on these types of guns is CNC machining. The investment is large, but the machines can quickly and easily move on to making a different model when one doesn't sell or demand is small. This is why one is seeing more and more niche type guns.
Here in the SW it is not at all unusual to find LEO's still carrying revolvers as their duty sidearm. In metros they don't but poke around smaller PD's & Sheriffs departments and you do still find them regularly. But that's as a duty sidearm, if you look at BUGs I think you might be surprised. I've got 40 years in law enforcement and to this day most cops I've known and worked with use a snubbie as their BUG.
That count grew even more after Ruger brought out their 38 LCR, it's the most common BUG I come across today followed by Airweights. In my experience I would WAG that it's about 3:1 wheelguns versus semi-autos used as BUGs.
Of course I don't think anyone is lugging around a 3" steel frame as a BUG, but wheel guns are far from gone in law enforcement.
Next thing they'll do is put adjustable sights on them.
Pretty good idea if you want to zero your loads and, contrary to popular culture, adj. sights do not move of alignment without gross abuse to them. But...this is a Kimber...who knows?Next thing they'll do is put adjustable sights on them. Carry gun
Doc's choice is far better in my opinion and with far better customer service if he needs it. But I'll say that I do prefer a 3" bbl., finding it far more accurate that Smith's 1-7/8", and also that the add'l length is no add'l burden for truly concealed carry. (It's the grip length, not the bbl. that prints, IMHO.)The 327 is better in all fields except the power of the 357 & cost/bullet. I'll take the 17.6 oz 327 mag any day and that's of course IMHO.