Choosing a Rimfire Pistol (ruger vs kimber)
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Georgezilla, I have 3 1911's all by Springfield Armory. A Micro Compact in Green nad a V-10, blued these are my basic carry guns. Mostly the Micro as it is only 2 pounds loaded and the V-10 is a 1/2 pound more. Also have a full size Loaded Parkerized for range use only. Has an Aimrtech mount with a Tasco PDP-4 red dot. Using a 14# spring, a shok buff and a firing pin with the original JMB small radius and it is a sweet shooter.
You have great day and shoot straight and may the Good Lord smile on you.
Not a great deal of experience here, but, I have a Ruger Mark lll Hunter. It shoots with great reliability, and it's accuracy is beyond me. The "only" bad about the Ruger, (if it's a bad at all?), is the tear down and full cleaning. Even a good cleaning is very simple though, because I think it is unnecessary to fully disassemble it to clean it properly. I think I could clean it in about an hour, leisurely, if I needed to.
I just put a Browning Buckmark Contour "Lite" on order the other day, and its weight is only 30 oz.
Description: • Receiver - Alloy, Matte blued finish • Barrel - Special contour, Matte blued finish, Full-length scope base • Action - Blowback, Single-action trigger • Grips -Ultragrip RX™ ambidextrous • Features - Adjustable sights
Caliber Barrel Length Overall Length Nom. Weight
22 L.R. 7 1/4" 11 5/16" 1 lbs. 14 oz.
http://www.onlinegundeals.com/ItemDetai ... AL_NEW.htm
If I were going to spend my money on a Kimber, it would be for a 9mm or 45acp, but that is me. I vote for the Ruger! (or maybe a Browning? I'll have to check my new one out to see)
haka
I just put a Browning Buckmark Contour "Lite" on order the other day, and its weight is only 30 oz.
Description: • Receiver - Alloy, Matte blued finish • Barrel - Special contour, Matte blued finish, Full-length scope base • Action - Blowback, Single-action trigger • Grips -Ultragrip RX™ ambidextrous • Features - Adjustable sights
Caliber Barrel Length Overall Length Nom. Weight
22 L.R. 7 1/4" 11 5/16" 1 lbs. 14 oz.
http://www.onlinegundeals.com/ItemDetai ... AL_NEW.htm
If I were going to spend my money on a Kimber, it would be for a 9mm or 45acp, but that is me. I vote for the Ruger! (or maybe a Browning? I'll have to check my new one out to see)
haka
Hi Lucam, I'm a new owner of Ruger's target model with the tapered barrell. It's a sweet-shooting pistol, it's built like a tank, after-market upgrades are available for it to make it function even better, it was reasonably priced. And you have a fount of information on this wonderful site to help you optimize these guns' performance.
The down side? It weights 41 ounces. Learning to field strip it so it can be cleaned thoroughly is a nightmare you must be willing to endure. And Ruger doesn't help, as they've omited an essential step or two of the process in their owner's manual. That missing information can be read right here on Bullseye's generous site, but you'll still have some figuring and fooling around to do. Hopefully not nearly as much as I've just been through. I've read other Ruger owner's posts here in which they haven't had so much trouble figuring out the process. Hopefully you'd be one of those people. Oh, and after you've taken it apart, it takes a long time to clean all it's machined surfaces.
Another bad mark I must give Ruger is for their service, at least lately. I was convinced my gun was out of spec, so I had to deal with the company. The service department asks you to leave a message so they can call you back. But they don't, over and over again.
I'm not into serious competitive shooting, I just enjoy challenging myself at the range. If I had it to do again, I'd buy a Browning Buckmark. They're lighter, they fit my hand nicely, they're easier to strip, and I doubt if their service is worse than Ruger's.
The down side? It weights 41 ounces. Learning to field strip it so it can be cleaned thoroughly is a nightmare you must be willing to endure. And Ruger doesn't help, as they've omited an essential step or two of the process in their owner's manual. That missing information can be read right here on Bullseye's generous site, but you'll still have some figuring and fooling around to do. Hopefully not nearly as much as I've just been through. I've read other Ruger owner's posts here in which they haven't had so much trouble figuring out the process. Hopefully you'd be one of those people. Oh, and after you've taken it apart, it takes a long time to clean all it's machined surfaces.
Another bad mark I must give Ruger is for their service, at least lately. I was convinced my gun was out of spec, so I had to deal with the company. The service department asks you to leave a message so they can call you back. But they don't, over and over again.
I'm not into serious competitive shooting, I just enjoy challenging myself at the range. If I had it to do again, I'd buy a Browning Buckmark. They're lighter, they fit my hand nicely, they're easier to strip, and I doubt if their service is worse than Ruger's.