Kimber SIS fatigue

[gunman42782]

Has anyone else noticed that every stinking gun magazine in the country has run an article on the Kimber SIS 1911 in the last couple of months?  I mean, dang, I have never seen a pistol that each and every gun rag I subscribe to put out articles that close together on the same gun.  I am sure it is a fine gun, and I own a Kimber myself, but I am suffering from Kimber SIS fatique!   

[ericire12]

Yeah, I know what you mean. And other then it having a custom rear sight and a kinda new look, its not really big news - just another 1911 from Kimber.

I like the SIS look on the compact, but the full sized version is a little too much (I think they should have just had the SIS logo on the rear portion of the slide). I am also really surprised that the LCP has not made a cover story yet. 

[Rastus]

It's the business announcement PR thing I'd imagine.  A few months ago all you saw on the cover stories were the SR9's (I do with I'd get my shipping date for the recall....), next month it's gonna be the SLX Asteroid Blaster.....

I prefer this over what we had out there 35-40 years ago when I was a child/teenager.  Not enough different types of guns coming out to highlight a new model all the time.  Once a year you had a rimfire edition with the same old guns, then you had a shotgun edition with the same old guns...followed by the lever action edition with the same old guns.....

These are the good old days!!!

[tombogan03884]

 I have to agree with Rastus, there is more variety today, BUT I am getting sick of hearing about the SIS. 

[Bill Stryker]

I'm getting sick of hearing of yet another 1911 variant. At some level they are all the same. I still like my 1911s but I have moved on. I don't read the 1911 drivel. We have heard it all.

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[gunman1911]

Don't get me wrong I do on a Kimber and love the way it runs but the SIS is just cosmetic on the out side, I can plate in gold and silver douse it with holy water and put the Lord's name on it  but that does not make it shoot.

[tombogan03884]

Don't get me wrong I do on a Kimber and love the way it runs but the SIS is just cosmetic on the out side, I can plate in gold and silver douse it with holy water and put the Lord's name on it  but that does not make it shoot.

Reading this months copies of American Rifleman, and Shooting Times There has not been a "NEW" gun since the Glock, everything the gun industry is hyping are just modifications of things that have been around for years, Rugers 2 "NEW" .44 magnums are a 50th anniversary Super Blackhawk, and the Redhawk,which came out in the 80's but with a 4 inch barrel, NEF is advertising it's Handi Rifle, it used to be the H&R Handi Rifle, Mossbergs "NEW" rifle is a rifle and caliber combo (Lever action 30/30) thats more than 100 years old, Remington is hyping an AR, big deal, thats 40 years old. The only things TRULY "NEW" are calibers offered in the same old actions, and who is making those same old actions, for example, Remington has not been known for Semi Auto rifles, but now has an AR. about the only TRULY NEW thing on the market that I've seen is the Leverevolution ammo.
This doesn't mean I don't like any of these, it just means that there is alot of marketing BS in print.

[mnshooter]

Had a chance to try out a SIS on a misty, foggy day.  The little bit of moisture collecting on the slide made the swirly SIS grasping "grooves" (grasping letters?) very slippery.  I can't imagine anyone choosing those over standard serrations, or even the fish scales if you have to have something different.  I didn't say better, just different.  The square notch on the rear sight does make sense for single hand slide racking.  Oddly, Richard Heinie made the world's best rear sight that also featured a "racking" notch, and had to go to a smoother slanted style to keep the masses happy.  You could likely train yourself to use the SIS slide, but I can squeeze a hand strength meter off the scale, and still had some slips in quick TRB drills, something I have never had happen with the dozen or so 1911's (Colt, Para, Kimber, Les Baer, Springfield) I currently have on hand.  Michael wrote about the trend to create new cosmetic variations just to have something new for the market; this one does seem to fall into that group.
At the same time, new out of the box, it functioned 100%, printing right on top of the front sight at 25 yards with 230FMJ, just to give credit to the part that really matters.

[Neon Knight Anubis]

A month or so ago there was a magazine here that had the SIS as a cover story, if its a cover story here then I know it has to be bad back in the US. I it weren't for the SIS grooves I'd love the overall look of the pistol but those grooves scream mall ninja.

[Rastus]

A month or so ago there was a magazine here that had the SIS as a cover story, if its a cover story here then I know it has to be bad back in the US. I it weren't for the SIS grooves I'd love the overall look of the pistol but those grooves scream mall ninja.

OH man...I just noticed you were in Japan.  Not a lot for gun shops over there, eh?  I'd be having terrible withdrawals....might not make it past 2-3 weeks.