I have a Team Match II in .45acp with over 5,000rds through it. It has never let me down. They are a fantastic game pistol and very accurate. I got mine for $1,200 with 5 Wilson mags about a year and half ago.
A fellow on our team bought a Springfield 9mm on a 1911 frame and that is one shooting little pistol. If you like the 9mm I would go with the Springfield. I know they shoot good. I would take the extra money, and buy more mags, and ammo. :smt023
I have a Team Match II in .45acp with over 5,000rds through it. It has never let me down. They are a fantastic game pistol and very accurate. I got mine for $1,200 with 5 Wilson mags about a year and half ago.
I would buy the Springer ......Kimber makes very nice weapons but for 1500 I would seriously consider an STI 5.0 Trojan. I have shot it in 9mm the trigger is to die for and the gun is balanced great for me anyway. of the 3 I have shot the Springer and the STI .....I have handled the Kimber in the LGS and thought to myself.....wow that is niice but for the $$$$$$ I would certianly go STI.
If that is not an option I would go Springer, good gun shoots great and you could get a bunch of other goodies or a CZ 75B to boot!!!
I just bought a Springfield 1911 Loaded and I couldn't be happier. I have never had a Kimber or even held one for that matter so I can't comment on those.
Kimbers are great guns, but they cost so much I have a hard time shooting them.
Springfields are also great guns at half the price and I love shooting my 1911 in 45. Stainless and Black.
This was in Florida at the Gun Exchange in Port Orange. Like I said this was a year and a half ago. It was brand new. I ran about 20 WWB through it and it has run on a steady diet of my own LSWC's ever since. I just had the trigger tuned to a 2lb break. It was 3.9lbs from the factory. Other than a couple of recoil springs this is all that has been done to this gun.
The gunsmith that tore it down for a deep cleaning said it was clean inside and it looked like it had hardly been used. It runs like a Swiss clock, and I will never sell this one. :smt023
Is the Kimber Team Match II the only Kimber that you are considering? The reason I ask is that the Kimber Stainless Target II in 9mm has an MSRP of $1140 and the plain/non-Target Stainless II in 9mm has an MSRP of $983. That really narrows the price difference down, just at MSRP, and you might be able to negotiate a price lower than MSRP with your local shop. By the way, the Target II is equipped with adjustable sights if that's a must-have item to you.
I actually just put a deposit down on a Stainless II in 9mm today and heavily considered the Springfield Loaded, too. I don't think that you'll go wrong with either.
By the way, one of the 1911 gurus at the shop where I ordered my Kimber said that I should definitely pick up a few Wilson Combat ETM's (mags) for the Kimber. I don't know if the Springfield will function with the ETM's.
I own a Team Match in a .45 and a Springer Loaded in a 9mm. My personal opinion, the Team Match is a better gun. It is one of the best shooting guns I own, incredibly accurate. Much better build then the Loaded.
I bought the Loaded because I wanted a cheap 9mm. Since I now own a Fusion in a 9mm, The Loaded has not seen been out of the safe. It is a nice shooting gun, but nowhere as nice as the Team Match.
Springer is a better value and would serve you fine IMO.
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