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KIMBER Custom Covert II Lthough Kimber Built Its Carry Empty Weight of 31 Ozs TECHNICAL DOPE BAG Kimber’s Custom Covert II comes from the factory with a set of Crimson Trace Lasergrips in a digital des- ert camouflage pattern. KIMBER CUSTOM COVERT II lthough Kimber built its carry empty weight of 31 ozs. It grip safety is employed with a reputation by offering offers the combined benefits of raised pad on its lower portion A factory-standard pistols comfortable carry and the pleas- to ensure that the grip safety is with custom features, the company ant shooting characteristics of a fully depressed when the pistol also recognizes that there will full-size pistol. is gripped. A Commander-style always be a demand for pistols Visually, the two-tone Cus- hammer mates with the pistol’s that exhibit greater attention to tom Covert II is quite appeal- beavertail grip safety. the finer details. In response, ing. Eschewing the conventional The seven-shot magazines Kimber created the Custom Shop, approach to metal finishing in supplied with the pistol feature which offers specialized prod- which crisp edges are preferred, a generous plastic bumper base ucts for just this type of customer. the Custom Covert II features a full pad. This will likely be greatly One of the Custom Shop’s newer “carry melt” treatment in which appreciated by anyone slamming offerings, the Custom Covert II, all hard edges are rounded off home a loaded magazine into the is a full-size .45 ACP duty gun. and blended. This is done to help beveled magazine well as it will Although it may seem counter- reduce the chances of the pistol prevent the lanyard loop on the intuitive, it has some unique quali- snagging on a holster or “printing” base of the mainspring housing ties and features that make it well under clothing. It is important to from impacting the palm of his or suited for the Right-To-Carry role note that, as is true with all Custom her support hand. beyond just its obvious defensive Shop offerings, the Custom Covert The carbon-steel slide and all and duty applications. II is hand-fit and -finished. controls have a matte-black oxide Specifically, the Custom The handling qualities of the finish, while the frame features Covert II (like the compact and Custom Covert II are also given a self-lubricating Desert Tan mid-size Coverts) has a frame proper attention, including a KimPro II-coated finish. The slide machined from a solid block of frontstrap with 30-line-per-inch includes the now seemingly stan- 7075-T7 aluminum that mates to checkering for increased pur- dard forward grasping grooves the pistol’s carbon-steel slide and chase. The flat, checkered main- in addition to traditional grasp- non-ramped stainless-steel barrel. spring housing has a unique ing grooves at the rear, while the The result is a full-size pistol that addition at its base—a lanyard aluminum, match-grade trigger weighs in at a light and easy-to- loop. A high-sweep beavertail has a black finish. 70 DECEMBER 2008 WWW .AMERICANRIFLEMAN .ORG SHOOTING RESULTS (25 YDS.) KIMBER CUSTOM COVERT II .45 ACP VEL . @ 15' ENERGY GROUP SIZE IN INCHE S MANUFACTURER : KIMBER (DEPT . AR), CALIBER (F.P.S.) (FT .-LB S .) SM ALLE S T LARGE S T AVERAGE 1 LA WTON STREET , YON K ER S , NY 10705; (800) 880-2418; FEDERAL PD 966 AVG . 383 1.23 3.97 2.67 WWW .K IMBER A MERIC A .COM NO. C45C 13 SD CALIBER : .45 ACP 185-GR . JHP ACTION TYPE : RECOI L -OPER A TE D , RE M INGTON 872 AVG . 388 0.98 1.73 1.45 CENTER -FIRE S EMI -A UTOM A TIC PI S TO L NO. GS45APB 18 SD FRA M E : 7075-T7 al UMINUM 230-GR . JHP BARREL : 5" RIFLING : S IX GROOVE S , 1:16" LH TWI S T WINCHE S TER 776 AVG . 308 2.21 4.03 2.93 MAGAZINE : S EVEN -ROUN D -C A P A CIT Y , NO. Q4170 14 SD D ET A C ha B L E BOX 230-GR . FMJ SIGHT S : T H REE -D OT TRITIUM , D RIFT -ad JU S T A B L E FOR WIN da GE ; AVERAGE EXTRE M E SPREAD 2.35 CRIM S ON TR A CE Las ERGRIP ME as URE D A VER A GE VE L OCIT Y FOR 10 ROUN ds FROM A 5" B A RRE L . RA NGE TEMPER A TURE : TRIGGER PULL : 4 L B S . 77° F. HUMIDITY: 45%. ACCUR A C Y FOR FIVE , CON S ECUTIVE FIVE -sh OT GROUP S A T 25 yds . OVERALL LENGTH : 8¾" FROM A sa N D B A G . ABBREVI A TION S : FMJ (FU ll MET al J A C K ET ), JHP (J A C K ETE D H O ll OW WIDTH : 1¼" POINT ), PD (PER S ON al DEFEN S E ), SD (ST A N da R D D EVI A TION ). HEIGHT : 5¾" WEIGHT : 31 OZ S . ACCE ss ORIE S : P las TIC C as E , M A NU al SUGGE S TED RETAIL PRICE : $1,500 The Custom Covert II features a full “carry melt” treatment (far l.) in which all hard edges are rounded. It also has a non-ambidextrous, low-profile manual safety as well as a beavertail grip safety (l.). The Custom Covert II also has desert camouflage pattern on the malfunctions to the tightly fitted some design features that bring it bulk of their surface area with a nature of this custom pistol and that more in line with a traditionalist’s smaller portion of a wraparound it “broke in” soon thereafter. approach to the M1911, including panel in black. Accuracy was quite good, no a traditional recoil spring assem- This wraparound section, doubt due to its match-grade bly instead of a full-length guide located at the upper portion of barrel and bushing system. The rod. As with all Kimber’s M1911s, it the frontstrap and just below the pistol showed a preference for employs an internal extractor. trigger guard, features the unit’s the Remington Golden Saber The gun’s non-ambidextrous activation switch that is engaged 230-gr. ammunition in particular. low-profile thumb safety, in con- by simply squeezing in with the fir- Despite the lightweight frame, cert with the grip safety, offers no ing hand’s support fingers. A mas- recoil was reasonably mild and surprises to users familiar with the ter on/off switch is on the lower manageable. The laser unit was M1911’s operation. Internally, it rear section of the left grip panel. quite helpful during some fast- employs Kimber’s Series II firing- The actual laser unit is in a raised fire drills, and the tritium three- pin block system, which is an housing at the upper portion of the dot sights were effective and updated Swartz-type safety actu- right grip panel. easy to pick up. We also carried it ated by depressing the grip safety. For accuracy testing, we fired the in a Milt Sparks Summer Special Sighting and aiming is where pistol with three types of ammuni- II inside-the-waistband holster the Custom Covert II really shines. tion, ranging from basic “hardball” (www.miltsparks.com) for several Topping off the slide is a set of full-metal jacket loadings to high- days. The pistol’s lightweight alu- what Kimber terms “Tactical performance jacketed hollow-point minum frame was greatly appre- Wedge Tritium night sights”—a ammunition. The Custom Covert II ciated and made it quite pleasant three-dot sighting system with a experienced three failure-to-feed to carry. drift-adjustable rear unit. In addi- malfunctions in the first 50 rounds Although by no means inexpen- tion, the pistol has Crimson Trace of more than 400 rounds of test sive, the Kimber Custom Covert Lasergrips embossed with the ammunition fired. However, there II offers an outstanding pistol for Kimber logo. Complementing the were no malfunctions for the rest of those looking for a full-featured tan frame of the pistol, the Laser- the testing process. It would seem duty gun or a top-notch concealed grips have an exclusive digital reasonable to attribute the initial carry pistol. DECEMBER 2008 AMERICAN RIFLEMAN 71 DOPE BAG BENJAMIN DISCOVERY .22 AIR RIFLE opular in Europe but rela- option is using a high-pressure innovative take on the PCP design, tively uncommon in the air tank, which can be difficult to namely something referred to as PUnited States, the pre- locate or expensive to use. “dual fuel” capability. In addition charged-pneumatic (or PCP) rifle The new Benjamin Discovery to being powered by compressed has been given a boost in this PCP pellet rifle, however, aims to air through the use of either a hand country through the introduction change that. Available in either pump or a high-pressure air tank, of the new Benjamin Discovery. .177 or .22 caliber and made here the Benjamin Discovery can also Pre-charged-pneumatic rifles, in the United States by Crosman, be powered with CO2. Employing based on a system of operation the bolt-action single-shot Dis- an optional adapter, the Discovery that dates back to the 16th cen- covery sells for roughly one-third can be powered up from a standard tury, offer advantages over other less than a comparable European paintball tank, although only up more-common types of air rifles. PCP rifle. But the reasonable cost to 900 p.s.i. While velocities are As compared to spring-piston is not the only reason beginners reduced, it can shoot for roughly powered air rifles, which must be and young shooters may want to 100 shots before needing a refill.
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