Kimber Pro Carry II .45 ACP
Model: 3200320
Kimber Pro Carry II .45 ACP
Model: 3200320
Full Specifications
About This Firearm
The Kimber Pro Carry II is a Commander-length single-action .45 ACP built for concealed carry. It has an MSRP of $980. The frame is aluminum instead of steel, which brings the gun to 28 oz, 10 oz under the all-steel Kimber Custom II, while the slide stays steel and the barrel stays match grade.
It arrives carry-ready, with a thumb safety, a beavertail grip safety and a firing pin safety, and a stainless match grade barrel in a match bushing. Nothing adjusts without tools, and the thumb safety is single-sided. At 7.7 inches overall on a 4-inch barrel it gives up an inch of length to a 5-inch gun while keeping a full-length grip, so the hand gets the same purchase and the holster gets shorter. The two-tone dress is a satin silver frame under a matte black slide, with smooth and checkered rosewood panels. There is no optic cut and no light rail.
If you're cross-shopping, the Kimber Custom II is the same action and trigger range in steel, at 38 oz and 8.7 inches, with an MSRP of $1,085. The Colt Defender goes shorter still, 24 oz and 6.75 inches on a 3-inch barrel with a Novak rear sight and two magazines, so it hides better and gives up sight radius and velocity to do it.
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Strengths & Limitations
- A stainless match grade barrel and bushing on a carry-length gun.
- The aluminum frame is anodized satin silver, so a scratch at the holster mouth shows as silver on silver instead of bare metal on black.
- Commander length keeps the full-size grip and magazine, so the magazines are the same seven-round pattern used in a 5-inch Kimber.
- Aluminum frame rails wear faster than steel ones.
- No rail and no optic cut, so a weapon light means a belt-mounted one.
- The brush-polished black slide over a satin frame shows carry wear at two different rates, and the slide loses its polish first.
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.45 ACP Ballistics →Frequently Asked Questions
Is the frame steel?
No. The frame is aluminum with a satin silver finish, and the slide is steel finished matte black and brush polished.
Which holsters fit it?
Anything cut for a Commander-length 1911 with no rail. The height and single-stack width are the same as a full-size Kimber, so nothing but the slide length changes.
Does it take standard 1911 magazines?
Yes, full-length single-stack .45 magazines of the seven-round pattern. The frame is not cut down, so Officer-length magazines are not needed.
