Kimber KDS9c 9mm
Model: 3100012
Kimber KDS9c 9mm
Model: 3100012
Full Specifications
About This Firearm
The Kimber KDS9c is a single-action 1911-pattern 9mm built for concealed carry. It has an MSRP of $1,345. Its frame is 7075 aluminum, so a double-stack 1911 trigger and 15 rounds arrive at 25.3 oz instead of steel-frame weight.
Two 15-round magazines come in the box. The rear sight is serrated and adjustable, the front is green fiber optic, and the slide has a removable cover plate over the optic cut, with micro optic plates sold separately. Kimber sets the single-action trigger at 3.5 to 4.5 lbs. The grips are gray and black G10 with a crosshatch texture, and the same crosshatch is machined into the front and back straps of the frame.
If you're cross-shopping, the Staccato C2 has an MSRP of $2,299 and holds 16 rounds at 25.0 oz on a shorter 3.9-inch barrel, so it matches the Kimber on weight while its MSRP sits $954 above it. The Springfield Armory Prodigy has an MSRP of $1,530, holds 17 rounds behind a 5.0-inch barrel at 33.0 oz, which is 7.7 oz heavier and a competition-length pistol. Of the three, the Kimber is the carry-sized one on an aluminum frame.
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Strengths & Limitations
- The thumb safety is ambidextrous and the magazine release reverses, so a left-handed shooter needs no parts.
- Kimber lists shorter and longer magazines for it alongside the 15-round pair in the box.
- Frame and slide both carry the KimPro Silver finish, over 7075 aluminum and stainless steel.
- The optic plates are sold separately, so a dot means ordering the plate and the sight.
- A single-action 1911 is carried with the thumb safety on, which is a training step a striker-fired pistol skips.
- Kimber gives the trigger as a 3.5 to 4.5 lb range, so the pull is not set to one weight.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which optics fit the KDS9c?
The slide has a removable cover plate over the cut, and Kimber lists micro optic mounting plates on the RMSc and Holosun-K patterns as available separately. An optic outside those two patterns is not covered.
What magazines does Kimber list for it?
Three lengths, the middle one being the 15-round magazine that comes in the box as a pair. The shorter and longer magazines are listed as separate parts.
What does Kimber say about the barrel?
It is stainless, fully fluted, ramped and crowned with a 20-degree flush cut on a 1:10 left-hand twist, and Kimber credits its own bore sizing process for match grade accuracy.
