At my age, arthritis is slowing me down. Thumbs and wrists aren't able to rack the slide easily. I decided to do some trading from my .40 cal carry.
After checking the slide and recoil spring AND the different serrations on the slide, I bought the Kimber 9MM Raptor. I like the looks and workmanship, the serrations on the slide, AND the ambidextrous safety. Since I'm a leftie, that's a plus too. So far, 100 rounds of hard ball 124 gr. through three different mags that were fully loaded, no hiccups of any kind. I'll run an additional 200 rounds through it and then carry it with Gold dots or Hornady Critical defense. The Raptor is a sweet shooter and the recoil is not snappy as far as I'm concerned, no big deal. . The single action trigger pull of this mini 1911 is a little heavier than I prefer but hopefully, it will lessen.
On a similar note, I have a basketfull of left handed holsters, none of them work very well. For the Raptor, i decided to try the JM4 Tactical IWB magnetic. I'm going to like it! The strong magnet keeps the gun tight but I can shake it out of the holster when it's upside down, but no problem there either. It's also easy to slip the holster on the belt or pants, no clips!
I did find that the tab on the holster was showing outside of my short jacket so i got the idea of adding an old cover from a cell phone. It looks like I'm carrying a cell phone on my belt.
Overall, I think that this is going to work for me. So ends this long winded report, LOL.
After checking the slide and recoil spring AND the different serrations on the slide, I bought the Kimber 9MM Raptor. I like the looks and workmanship, the serrations on the slide, AND the ambidextrous safety. Since I'm a leftie, that's a plus too. So far, 100 rounds of hard ball 124 gr. through three different mags that were fully loaded, no hiccups of any kind. I'll run an additional 200 rounds through it and then carry it with Gold dots or Hornady Critical defense. The Raptor is a sweet shooter and the recoil is not snappy as far as I'm concerned, no big deal. . The single action trigger pull of this mini 1911 is a little heavier than I prefer but hopefully, it will lessen.
On a similar note, I have a basketfull of left handed holsters, none of them work very well. For the Raptor, i decided to try the JM4 Tactical IWB magnetic. I'm going to like it! The strong magnet keeps the gun tight but I can shake it out of the holster when it's upside down, but no problem there either. It's also easy to slip the holster on the belt or pants, no clips!
I did find that the tab on the holster was showing outside of my short jacket so i got the idea of adding an old cover from a cell phone. It looks like I'm carrying a cell phone on my belt.
Overall, I think that this is going to work for me. So ends this long winded report, LOL.
