I recently won a Kimber Ultra Carry II at the Southern Maryland Friends of NRA dinner and auction. It was one of several items I took home
Earlier this week I had the opportunity to take it to the range. I was pleasantly surprised by the felt recoil. This gun has an aluminum frame and I expected much more recoil then I experience from my all steel full size 1911's.
The trigger breaks at a clean 4.25 pounds, a little heavier then I am accustomed. The break was very consistent.
Accuracy was good (only fired it out to 7 yards) but shot a bit to the left. I inspected the sights and noticed that the rear sight is off center a little. Hopefully I will be able to center the rear sight and correct this problem. A few friends tried it out and had the same problem so I know it's the gun and not the shooter. I tried to change up my grip and made sure to use correct fundamentals.
No malfunctions failures except it won't load my handloads using Montana Gold bullets from a full magazine. I have to down load by one round to get it to load correctly. Hopefully this is a magazine break in issue and will correct itself after I get a few hundred rounds down range.
I doubt this gun will ever become my everyday carry gun. It did surprise me though and it will be making several trips to the range and my upcoming classes.
Earlier this week I had the opportunity to take it to the range. I was pleasantly surprised by the felt recoil. This gun has an aluminum frame and I expected much more recoil then I experience from my all steel full size 1911's.
The trigger breaks at a clean 4.25 pounds, a little heavier then I am accustomed. The break was very consistent.
Accuracy was good (only fired it out to 7 yards) but shot a bit to the left. I inspected the sights and noticed that the rear sight is off center a little. Hopefully I will be able to center the rear sight and correct this problem. A few friends tried it out and had the same problem so I know it's the gun and not the shooter. I tried to change up my grip and made sure to use correct fundamentals.
No malfunctions failures except it won't load my handloads using Montana Gold bullets from a full magazine. I have to down load by one round to get it to load correctly. Hopefully this is a magazine break in issue and will correct itself after I get a few hundred rounds down range.
I doubt this gun will ever become my everyday carry gun. It did surprise me though and it will be making several trips to the range and my upcoming classes.
