After trying several different semi-auto handguns in an effort to move up the CCW scale a bit, my wife finally found one that she liked and so she bought this pistol to be her carry gun in the latter part of last year. She has been to the range exactly once since that day. For some odd reason, she doesn't see the thrill and joy in recoil, the concentration required to stack them boolets on top of each other, or the strange attraction many of us have to the smell of Hoppes #9 when cleaning our guns afterwards. She walked in and handed it to me the other day and said she doesn't want a semi auto anymore, so it's back to a revolver for her. But hey, that's another story. This baby Kimber is a cute little thing, it looks like a miniature 1911, on the outside anyway, not so much *innardly.
The Kimber Micro Carry Series is chambered in .380, with a Micro 9mm now available as well, although the 9 is a little bigger specifications-wise than the .380 of course. This particular one is called the "Advocate Model", it comes with a groovy set of VZ G-10 grips and Kimber Factory Night Sites, as well as an extended 7-round mag so you can have 7+1 of hot little .380 boolets at your disposal. I like the extended mag better too in terms of ergonomics; it does give one a proper pinky placement. The baby Kimber is a real close cousin to the Sig P238 and the Colt Mustang pistolas. I personally dig the Kimber's looks best of all though. Wifey put maybe 100 rounds total through it; and I took it to the range once late last year and put a few more (hundred) down range. And then again the other day after she gave it to me and said, "Here. I don't want to carry this anymore, the safety is too hard on my fingernails. And it's dirty". All told, the gun now sports a solid 700-round count on the round-count-o-meter with absolutely zero (0) failures or hiccups. Pretty impressive if you ask me, and I have been called The Hater of Mouse Guns. Back up a few years, and I had a Ruger LCP that I couldn't get through a dang single mag without a hang up of some sort. Plus, I couldn't hit the floor with the damned thing unless I dropped it. Not so with the Kimber; the little mousey gun is very accurate; very accurate indeed! Maybe it is the SA trigger, the gun's 1911'ish style, the locked breech....I dunno, it just plain shoots boolets in a straight line really good.
So I had to decide if I was gonna keep it, sell it, or trade it off...my normal EDC is a well worn and much trusted Glock 43. It is significantly bigger than the Kimber but it doesn't matter IWB. The Kimber excels in the pocket, if one doesn't mind pocket carrying a SA gun that is. I'm okay with it; you might not be and that's cool too. I carried it around over the last few days and still, no firm decision...but I am leaning towards just keeping it. It shoots very nice, is tiny as all get-out, and sure is a sharp looking gun IMO. The only thing that really bugs me is that darn .380 ammo is expensive, compared to regular 9mm.
So here's a few pics to look at while I decide what to do with it. The first couple are with the stock VZ Grips, the next ones are with a set of black duragrips I got for it. Like I said; I'm leaning towards keeping it...it is fun as hell to shoot, it serves a purpose for me, and I like the way she looks.
*(Innardly: A new word I invented for use by us peeps here on OSA. It means what makes up the innards and what them dang innards look like).
The Kimber Micro Carry Series is chambered in .380, with a Micro 9mm now available as well, although the 9 is a little bigger specifications-wise than the .380 of course. This particular one is called the "Advocate Model", it comes with a groovy set of VZ G-10 grips and Kimber Factory Night Sites, as well as an extended 7-round mag so you can have 7+1 of hot little .380 boolets at your disposal. I like the extended mag better too in terms of ergonomics; it does give one a proper pinky placement. The baby Kimber is a real close cousin to the Sig P238 and the Colt Mustang pistolas. I personally dig the Kimber's looks best of all though. Wifey put maybe 100 rounds total through it; and I took it to the range once late last year and put a few more (hundred) down range. And then again the other day after she gave it to me and said, "Here. I don't want to carry this anymore, the safety is too hard on my fingernails. And it's dirty". All told, the gun now sports a solid 700-round count on the round-count-o-meter with absolutely zero (0) failures or hiccups. Pretty impressive if you ask me, and I have been called The Hater of Mouse Guns. Back up a few years, and I had a Ruger LCP that I couldn't get through a dang single mag without a hang up of some sort. Plus, I couldn't hit the floor with the damned thing unless I dropped it. Not so with the Kimber; the little mousey gun is very accurate; very accurate indeed! Maybe it is the SA trigger, the gun's 1911'ish style, the locked breech....I dunno, it just plain shoots boolets in a straight line really good.
So I had to decide if I was gonna keep it, sell it, or trade it off...my normal EDC is a well worn and much trusted Glock 43. It is significantly bigger than the Kimber but it doesn't matter IWB. The Kimber excels in the pocket, if one doesn't mind pocket carrying a SA gun that is. I'm okay with it; you might not be and that's cool too. I carried it around over the last few days and still, no firm decision...but I am leaning towards just keeping it. It shoots very nice, is tiny as all get-out, and sure is a sharp looking gun IMO. The only thing that really bugs me is that darn .380 ammo is expensive, compared to regular 9mm.
So here's a few pics to look at while I decide what to do with it. The first couple are with the stock VZ Grips, the next ones are with a set of black duragrips I got for it. Like I said; I'm leaning towards keeping it...it is fun as hell to shoot, it serves a purpose for me, and I like the way she looks.
*(Innardly: A new word I invented for use by us peeps here on OSA. It means what makes up the innards and what them dang innards look like).
