Which kimber is 10mm

This gun is built to run. The extended aluminum trigger is stylishly skeletonized and has a serrated face. Trigger pull on my sample was a crisp five pounds. Every modern upgrade to the you can find on this pistol: ambidextrous extended thumb safety, beavertail grip safety, checkered slide release, checkered and slightly extended magazine release, and an extended oversize magazine well to speed your reloads. There are style cues all over the Rapide Black Ice , but they are all functional.

The rectangular texturing on the mainspring housing matches the cutouts in the slide, but they are sharp-edged and grip your palm. The same could be said of the interesting patterns on the black G10 grips. Kimber calls this their Stiplex texturing. The pistol comes with just one stainless 8-round magazine, which is about the only complaint I have with the gun. Pistols should come with a minimum two magazines.

However, finding quality magazines these days is easy; Kimber sells them, and you can find 8- and 9-round 10mm magazines everywhere. The 10mm cartridge was originally designed with input from guru Jeff Cooper to be the ultimate defensive cartridge; as powerful as possible while still being controllable for quick follow-up shots.

The standard modern load features a grain bullet heading downrange at roughly fps, although you can find specialized loads with light grain bullets all the way to super-heavy grain hard cast offerings. The 10mm has seen a huge resurgence in recent years, and there have never been more pistols chambered in 10mm, many of them s. These days, 10mm pistols are being recommended for handgun hunting or as a bear deterrent as much as they are for defense against two-legged predators.

There is no other gun on the market which looks like the Rapide Black Ice at anywhere near its price. Similarly stylish s from the Nighthawk Custom and Ed Brown custom shops retail for twice the cost of the Black Ice or more.

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The lens, generally a weak point with reflex sights, is surrounded by a tough steel housing that makes it more durable and able to withstand a beating. It only took me a few rounds to zero the pistol at the range. The sight comes with two exposed dials to adjust for elevation and windage, and I soon had the Super Jagare dead-on at 25 yards, printing nice, small groups. I quickly got bored shooting paper at that distance and transitioned to steel at longer ranges. I shot five different loads during the evaluation—all of them using grain bullets.

The pistol shot all of them well, though the best accuracy came from the Federal JSP, which turned in an average 5-shot group size of 1. The DeltaPoint is very forgiving, since it lets you keep your eyes on the target instead of focusing on a front sight. And, like other reflex sights, it can be very quick too, though you need to do a lot of dry-fire practice to develop that speed.

Another piece of advice if you plan to hunt with a pistol sporting a reflex sight is to take along a good supply of lens cleaners and wipes.

Even though the Super Jagare comes with a rubber cap for the Leupold, the lens still gets grungy quickly. After cleaning and lubricating the gun, for instance, the first couple of shots through the pistol splattered the sight with oil, rendering it almost useless. The trigger on the pistol was crisp, though a bit heavy at 5 pounds 3 ounces. My preference would be to lighten it up by a pound or so for better precision. Read Next: Gun Test: Henry. Mechanically, the pistol worked great.

The pistol also ejected the empties in a very consistent fashion, as I learned early on in the evaluation. It would spit the brass directly into the thumb of my left hand, which I normally keep in a high neutral position above the safety, with every pull of the trigger. By modifying my grip and stacking my thumbs along the frame I was able to avoid getting stung, but it took me a few minutes to fix the nice little flinch I had developed.

The charcoal-gray finish on the Super Jagare is as tough as nails, and the Micarta grips are nigh indestructible. Combined with the reliability of a well-built , which is an apt description of this Kimber, the Super Jagare is a hunting tool that can keep up with you no matter how rough the going gets.