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Jun 23, 2010 Summary: Mike Boyle’s review of and rating for the Kimber Pro Aegis II pistol, plus specs, a photo, pricing, user ratings and user comments. (Click here to see all of Boyle’s gun reviews.) Editor’s Review. For more than a decade, Kimber has been building high-quality 1911s in a mind-boggling number of variations, including the introduction of Aegis II family of pistols in 2007.
Congrats on your new shooter. I have a DW Pointman 9 as well as a new Kimber KHX OR 9mm. The Kimber trigger was heavy with a little creep. I adjusted the sear spring and got it a bit lower. If you’re handy you can watch some vids and adjust the pretravel, overtravel and the sear spring yourself. Just make sure you safety check it after these mods. Don’t count on any 1911 parts being “drop in”. Ever. If you don’t want to do it yourself find a gunsmith who knows how to work on 1911s. Good luck with that.
Many here will tell you that you need to buy ignition components and have them installed. This will run you from $200 to $400 depending on who does it. Yes, my DW is “nicer” than my Kimber and has a “better” trigger. However, I shoot them about the same. Shoot it a bit and see how it performs. Dropping a bunch of money into it until it equals the price of a DW defeats your purpose of saving money.
Kimber gets a really bad rap on this site. I think they make a great gun for the money. Over 200,000 Kimber pistols are built and sold every year. That’s more than the rest of the entire 1911 world put together. Only Smith & Wesson, Sig and Ruger make more total handguns, and not many of those are 1911s.
Do whatever makes you comfortable.
Jeff
Many here will tell you that you need to buy ignition components and have them installed. This will run you from $200 to $400 depending on who does it. Yes, my DW is “nicer” than my Kimber and has a “better” trigger. However, I shoot them about the same. Shoot it a bit and see how it performs. Dropping a bunch of money into it until it equals the price of a DW defeats your purpose of saving money.
Kimber gets a really bad rap on this site. I think they make a great gun for the money. Over 200,000 Kimber pistols are built and sold every year. That’s more than the rest of the entire 1911 world put together. Only Smith & Wesson, Sig and Ruger make more total handguns, and not many of those are 1911s.
Do whatever makes you comfortable.
Jeff