Bought Kimber .357 mag. 6 rnd. D/A revolver & range pics

[doddg]

Got the little bit larger Hogue grips yesterday & installed.
They allow pinky purchase.
Hope to go to the range tomorrow to see if any improvement in POI.
If not: wasted money, but I'll still be glad for a slightly bigger grip to allow pinky.

I would have liked a larger, more traditional bigger Hogue grip like I have bought for many other guns, but Hogue limited themselves with a minimal approach to honor the small concealed niche that the Kimber K6s addresses.

I remind you that this revolver is the same size as a Ruger LCR .357 that is only a 5 round, while the Kimber is a 6 round.
I love it & have stopped looking to improve my CC revolver after nearly 4 yrs.
This was after more than a dozen .38 specials or .347 magnums trials.
The only thing I didn't try out was a $1500ish lightweight revolver I wasn't familiar with
(on my schoolteacher salary ) & I don't remember the brand.
It is in my dreams, however.

old grip, no pinky purchase:


New grip with pinky:


View of butt extension:


View from back showing lower butt & new grips rubber over metal backstrap:

 

[hps]

Dodd, Is that a Kimber marker that you use!? lmao
must be a Glock marker,,, IT WORKS!!

 

[doddg]

Dodd, Is that a Kimber marker that you use!? lmao
must be a Glock marker,,, IT WORKS!!

Huh?

 

[hps]

hahah all that chicken scratching on your targets!!! holy smokes

 

[doddg]

hahah all that chicken scratching on your targets!!! holy smokes

I know: it's embarrassing!
It's my way of enjoying myself now that I don't have hours of paperwork to do.
Habits die hard.
Someone asked me at the Point Blank range last week what did with all the stats I write down.
I didn't have an answer for them other I love my paperwork.
Yes, I'm that boring.

 

[hANNAbONE]

Hangry...?

 

[hANNAbONE]

With this?

I've rubbed on this beauty....hubba hubba

 

[mcapo]

I've rubbed on this beauty....hubba hubba

Back into the archives for that post!

 

[WebSnyper]

I know: it's embarrassing!
It's my way of enjoying myself now that I don't have hours of paperwork to do.
Habits die hard.
Someone asked me at the Point Blank range last week what did with all the stats I write down.
I didn't have an answer for them other I love my paperwork.
Yes, I'm that boring.

I bet @T-DOGG would be happy to put them into a spreadsheet for you, and maybe even produce some pie charts and reports. I hear he loves a good spreadsheet.

 

[doddg]

I bet @T-DOGG would be happy to put them into a spreadsheet for you, and maybe even produce some pie charts and reports. I hear he loves a good spreadsheet.

He does make me look like an amateur.

 

[led4thehed2]

I'm intrigued by these Kimbers. Solid sights, which so many smaller revolvers lack, and a 6-shot capacity. I see they also manufacture 3" barrels - a personal favorite of mine for a small carry revolver. Thanks for the write-up and pics!

Man, now I've got a hankerin' to shoot some .44 Magnum

 

[doddg]

It's amazing how much difference the extra "inch", or pinky purchase, for a more confident access to the grip.
The Kimber's ride height in the holster was not adjustable & didn't let the minimal grip of the revolver clear the belt line fully.
The 2-finger grip was too minimal of a protrusion.
But now, with the extra "inch" of the new grips combined with some additional adjustment in the cant is helpful.

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[doddg]

I'm intrigued by these Kimbers. Solid sights, which so many smaller revolvers lack, and a 6-shot capacity. I see they also manufacture 3" barrels - a personal favorite of mine for a small carry revolver. Thanks for the write-up and pics!

Man, now I've got a hankerin' to shoot some .44 Magnum

Oh, how I would love to have the 3" DA/SA version!
There is one for sale in the Classifieds now for a $1000 but I can't justify it since I got mine Sept. 2019 for what seems to be a discounted price now.
The sights are a bonus for a diminutive CC.

 

[doddg]

I have posted range pics of other .357 magnums I've had before in this thread, so I'll do so again, haha!
I wanted a very light revolver, so I picked up this today:
Model 360 PD 357 Magnum, 38 S&W SPECIAL +P
• Lightweight scandium alloy frame for easy carry
• Titanium alloy cylinder
• Stainless steel barrel
• Lightweight – only 11.4 or 11.7 ozs (seen both listed)




1st target/practice


2nd target


3rd target

 

[Dean C.]

Nice range report! How did you think it shot recoil wise?

 

[JeepHammer]

OK here we go again. You bought what I would consider a stellar offering in .357 and you ran 38 special in it. Turn in your man card.
You guys kill me. If you want to run 38 buy a.........wait for it.......38.

If you buy a hand cannon use it as such.


Man cards are accepted for return at any man card drop box.

I disagree.

Those little hand cannons will beat you stupid with full weight/power rounds...
And no sense in smoking your self defense ammo into paper.

Not saying NEVER shoot full power rounds, but it's damned uncomfortable when you want to practice 50 or 100 times.

My wife practices with .38 spl and carries .357 man stoppers, NOT CHEAP.

After about a dozen 3 shot drills, it makes my hand, wrist hurt, I can only imagine what it does to hers...
There just isn't all that much to hold onto there.

When she's doing fundamentals to keep muscle memory, no reason what so ever to use target loads, in fact less likey to start a flinch reflex and jerking the trigger.

 

[churchmouse]

I disagree.

Those little hand cannons will beat you stupid with full weight/power rounds...
And no sense in smoking your self defense ammo into paper.

Not saying NEVER shoot full power rounds, but it's damned uncomfortable when you want to practice 50 or 100 times.

My wife practices with .38 spl and carries .357 man stoppers, NOT CHEAP.

After about a dozen 3 shot drills, it makes my hand, wrist hurt, I can only imagine what it does to hers...
There just isn't all that much to hold onto there.

When she's doing fundamentals to keep muscle memory, no reason what so ever to use target loads, in fact less likey to start a flinch reflex and jerking the trigger.

No one said full power loads just something the gun was made to run.
That’s just me.
If my 12 gauge is chambered in 3” that’s what it’s fed. Again just me but I don’t trap or skeet either.
One should run the loads they carry through the EDC every range trip with that gun. Not 100% but at least 1magazine so you are aware of the results. Yes it is not cheap but having ample rounds for all practice in the ammo locker is so I have strived for.
I know not everyone does this. And no knock to the budget minded I guess.

 

[JeepHammer]

No one said full power loads just something the gun was made to run.
That’s just me.
If my 12 gauge is chambered in 3” that’s what it’s fed. Again just me but I don’t trap or skeet either.
One should run the loads they carry through the EDC every range trip with that gun. Not 100% but at least 1magazine so you are aware of the results. Yes it is not cheap but having ample rounds for all practice in the ammo locker is so I have strived for.
I know not everyone does this. And no knock to the budget minded I guess.

Well...
I had a 'Turkey Special',
Marked 12 Ga, 2-3/4", 3", or 3-1/2" mag.

Increasing recoil by over 50% with less than 12% increase in pattern/energy at the muzzle, so it's gone.

Same way I've had rifles marked .22Short, .22Long, .22LR
See about any pump rifle, including the Winchester, Rossi copies of the Winchester, etc.

Charter Arms marked their short barrel pistols .38Spl, .38Spl+P, .357Mag.
Darned near didn't fit it all in on the barrel.
Not that I'm a Charter Arms fan, but I did have one at one time.

Ruger had a single action .38 that came with a 9mm cyclinder.

Ruger marked their .22 revolvers with .22LR, .22WMR.
Now you did have to change the cylinder to shoot one or the other, it's just how the battle was marked.

I'm not sure it's a valid argument to say .38Spl isn't safe/efficient for a .357 mag target load...
She does fire .357mags about every trip, just not when she's doing a lot of practice.

Its that getting old, smaller woman thing...
Lay a hand on her and she'll put one in your pelvis, next your guts, third in your chest using muzzle rise to her advantage.
She practices the 3 shot drills like she was taught.

When it's common targets with the Rangers, she shoots the crotch out of them! (Good groups!)

Always makes the guys cringe and the women giggle!
When they ask, she says "Warning Shots"...

She has to qualify with a .40cal, which she doesn't like, shoots once a year at qualification since we don't own a .40, and always qualifies the first pass.

She shoots MUCH better groups with her Browning 9mm or her .357mag.
Even does pretty good with her .380cal Colt Mustang...

Her favorite is her .22LR pump rifle, or her HK MP-5.
She just flat scares me with that MP-5, she can bump single shots on full auto, and can keep rapid semi fire in an 8" ring on 100 yard targets.
Freaky good natural carbine shooter...

Scares the crap out of the Rangers/Sheriff department guys that she has to qualify with, they flat told me so...

Can't shoot a magnified optic to save her life!
Tried everything, just can't swing it.
The way she shoots with iron sights, really doesn't need optics!

 

[churchmouse]

Well...
I had a 'Turkey Special',
Marked 12 Ga, 2-3/4", 3", or 3-1/2" mag.

Increasing recoil by over 50% with less than 12% increase in pattern/energy at the muzzle, so it's gone.

Same way I've had rifles marked .22Short, .22Long, .22LR
See about any pump rifle, including the Winchester, Rossi copies of the Winchester, etc.

Charter Arms marked their short barrel pistols .38Spl, .38Spl+P, .357Mag.
Darned near didn't fit it all in on the barrel.
Not that I'm a Charter Arms fan, but I did have one at one time.

Ruger had a single action .38 that came with a 9mm cyclinder.

Ruger marked their .22 revolvers with .22LR, .22WMR.
Now you did have to change the cylinder to shoot one or the other, it's just how the battle was marked.

I'm not sure it's a valid argument to say .38Spl isn't safe/efficient for a .357 mag target load...

It is safe. Just seems a waste of a good .357 thats all. I shoot for effect. Not just to shoot.
.357 does get painful after a few cylinders.

 

[TheJoker]

There’s a great looking Camaro? I mean the ‘67-69 was good, but the rest...

Guess the upside is the V6 and 4 cylinder are at home in the current gen, cause it isn’t what many would cal good looking.

Ahhhh, the Camaro. Firebird's ugly stepsister!