BUY MICRO AMETHYST ONLINE. The Custom is produced in a range of designs with various features and finishings. It is often chambered in.45 ACP and is a M1911-style pistol. It has also been made in the.38 Super, 10mm Auto, 9mm Luger, and.40 S&W calibers. When the slide is in battery, the caliber of each gun is visible on the top of the barrel (fully forward).
A full-sized model 1911 with a five-inch barrel is called the Custom. Steel makes up the slide and frame. The Custom has a single full-length guide rod, therefore press checks are made possible by the serrations on the front of the slide.
A shorter ejection port, a modified trigger, a beveled magazine well, an extended thumb safety, and a beavertail grip safety are among the characteristics of the Custom that were previously only found on customized model 1911s, despite the fact that it is considered Kimber’s base model. [1]
The Custom II model has replaced the first-generation Custom model. A firing pin safety is built into the Custom II. Due to the firing pin being prevented from contacting the chambered cartridge unless the grip safety is depressed, this feature is meant to provide users additional peace of mind that the gun won’t fire if dropped.
Other Custom models
Other models of Kimber Custom include the following:
- Stainless II, with a frame and slide made of stainless steel, and therefore silver in color instead of matte black.
- Custom Target II, with adjustable target sights.
- Stainless Target II, with adjustable target sights and a stainless steel frame and slide.[8]
- Royal II, with a polished blue finish and rosewood grips.
Related models
Kimber has also produced several higher-end full-sized model 1911 pistols that are closely based on the Custom, but are not considered part of the Custom line due to their additional features and higher price. These include the following:
- Eclipse Custom II, with bi-tone stainless and black finish and night sights.
- Tactical Custom II, with gray aluminum frame, black steel slide, night sights, ambidextrous thumb safety, and extended magazine well.
- Tactical Entry II, with gray stainless steel frame, black steel slide, night sights, ambidextrous thumb safety, extended magazine well and accessory mounting rail.
- Custom CDP II, with black aluminum frame, stainless steel slide, night sights, ambidextrous thumb safety, and “carry melt” rounded edges.
- Custom Covert II, with desert camouflage aluminum frame, black steel slide, laser light grips, standard length guide rod, night sights, lanyard loop, and “carry melt” rounded edges.
- SIS Custom, with gray finish, flat top slide, standard length guide rod, night sights with cocking shoulder, ambidextrous thumb safety, and “carry melt” rounded edges, and without a firing pin safety.
- Custom Crimson Carry II, with aluminum frame, matte black steel slide, and rosewood finish laser grips.
- Super Carry Custom, with aluminum frame, matte black steel slide, night sights with cocking shoulder, round heel frame, “carry melt” rounded edges, and without a firing pin safety.
SPECIFICATIONS
- Height (inches) 90° to barrel: 4
- Weight (ounces) with empty magazine: 13.4
- Length (inches): 5.6
- Magazine capacity: 7
- Recoil spring (pounds): 8
- Full-length guide rod
- Ball-milled front strap checkering
- Ambidextrous thumb safety
FRAME
- Material: Aluminum
- Finish: Satin Silver
- Width (inches): 1.08
SLIDE
- Material: Stainless Steel
- Finish: Amethyst purple PVD finsih
BARREL
- Length (inches): 2.75
- Material: Stainless Steel
- Twist rate (left hand): 16
- Ramped
SIGHTS
- Fixed low-profile 3-dot tritium night sights
- Radius (inches): 3.9
GRIPS
- G-10
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