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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: GRUNHERZ on July 18, 2005, 11:48:42 PM
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Which opne do you have? How much do they cost?
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Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
Which opne do you have? How much do they cost?
$650 and up.
The Gold Cup model is...............nice.
Karaya
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I have the eclipse custom II in .45 acp Bout $1000-1100 out the door.
It is stainless steel but blackened and has tritium glow in the dark night sights that are melted and fixed.
I have shot about 10,000 rounds through the gun and it is totally reliable. Extremely accurate at short range (out to 100 yards) mild recoil and I ran into about 12,000 once fired cases so it is cheap for me to reload bout $4 a box. for 230 clrn at about 850 fps It will shoot into 1" or so at 25 yards when I am at my very best.
Everyone who shoots it really loves it. It is one of my favorites next to my 44's for shooting and it is my nightstand gun and traveling gun most of the time.
The gun feels and looks like quality... OOOOH an AWWW is the typical reaction when people handle it. Nothing rattles and it is an extremely tight gun that simply exudes quality and pride of ownership.
This last is a subjective thing and may not be important if you like plastic guns say but... for me, it is a big part of firearms ownership.
lazs
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Diehard Glockies would say that their idea of an $1100 dollar .45 handgun is a used Volkswagen with a tupperware Glock 30 in the glove box ...;)
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Originally posted by Gunthr
Diehard Glockies would say that their idea of an $1100 dollar .45 handgun is a used Volkswagen with a tupperware Glock 30 in the glove box ...;)
Is that what they drive to the transvestite conventions?
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lol! :D
Glock is just fine. Bullets go in at one end, and alot faster at the other. If you are in the way you are screwed. Sounds good enough for me.
Back on topic..
What is a Kimber (i get it, its a gun), but what does it look like? and why so expencive?
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Originally posted by Nilsen
lol! :D
Glock is just fine. Bullets go in at one end, and alot faster at the other. If you are in the way you are screwed. Sounds good enough for me.
Back on topic..
What is a Kimber (i get it, its a gun), but what does it look like? and why so expencive?
Essentially Kimber (http://www.kimberamerica.com/index2.php) is a firearms manufacturer. They make some of the most popular 1911 frame handguns.
Terror
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ahh i see. A Brand not a model.
thx :)
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I have a Kimber Ultra Carry II .40 cal, and I have to say I'm disapointed in the gun. I've heard positive things about them. As I think it's a flaw with mine as it constiantly jams. The range I go to tells me I need to put more rounds though it. But at this point I have to disagree. My Colt didn't ever jam.. So I think in a few more months if it doesn't get better I'm going back to a Colt.
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I have shot ultra carry's in .45 and they were flawless.. the owners didn't even know what a jam was.
If I had a Kimber that jammed... I would be telling Kimber all about it. I would either get the gun in the guiuness book of records as "Kimber that jammed" or get Kimber to buy it back for triple what I paid for it in order to do an autopsy on it.
lazs
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Dangit, now I want one.
Thanks alot....
g00b
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Originally posted by lazs2
I have the eclipse custom II in .45 acp Bout $1000-1100 out the door.
It is stainless steel but blackened and has tritium glow in the dark night sights that are melted and fixed.
I have shot about 10,000 rounds through the gun and it is totally reliable. Extremely accurate at short range (out to 100 yards) mild recoil and I ran into about 12,000 once fired cases so it is cheap for me to reload bout $4 a box. for 230 clrn at about 850 fps It will shoot into 1" or so at 25 yards when I am at my very best.
Everyone who shoots it really loves it. It is one of my favorites next to my 44's for shooting and it is my nightstand gun and traveling gun most of the time.
The gun feels and looks like quality... OOOOH an AWWW is the typical reaction when people handle it. Nothing rattles and it is an extremely tight gun that simply exudes quality and pride of ownership.
This last is a subjective thing and may not be important if you like plastic guns say but... for me, it is a big part of firearms ownership.
lazs
Nice weapon Laz......And a OOOH and a AWWWW is a good thing:)
Do you shoot competitively?
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if somebody shoots back, I guess that would be 'competitvely'.
:D
Finest handgun I ever handled is what Laz is describing... ooohhh and ahhhhh is an understatement.
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Originally posted by Nilsen
What is a Kimber (i get it, its a gun), but what does it look like? and why so expencive?
This is the model Lazs is talking about.
(http://www.gunshopfinder.com/Kimber/eclipsetarget2.jpg)
Performs fantastically and looks even better.
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Originally posted by Gunthr
Diehard Glockies would say that their idea of an $1100 dollar .45 handgun is a used Volkswagen with a tupperware Glock 30 in the glove box ...;)
Wow. I own a USP .45 and support Glocks, but really, if I go 1911, it's be Les Baer or Wilson Combat.
Karaya
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Not worth the money according to most recent owners... apparently quality has dropped somewhat and the price is no longer justified on both fronts. (LB and WC)
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And a Mercedes ain't worth any more than a Chrysler.
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Hehehe I just a 100 more rounds of, and tried a new gun - the XD40. Shot rapid fire for the first time too. :)
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sour... mine is the one just like that but with the fixed night sights.
Every time I shoot and I am not alone it is competitive.
I am not the kind of guy who competes in any organized sport. even when I raced/race it was at grudge night or the street or a parking lot (loosly organized) autocross.
I generally do not want to spend the money or own very special purpose objects (guns and cars)... to have a competitive car it is no longer much of a street car or all around car for instance. I want to know how fast it will go through the mufflers say... where it spends 99.9% of it's and my time.
same for guns. I want guns that will function well in a number of situations not some full race thing that only shoots one type of ammo. I don't care how good I am or not with low powered ammo say.
I used to be a really good shot... now... I am ok.
the kimber is not my favorite gun... my 44's are. They are more versitile. I won't be winning any "see how fast you can shoot seven plates" competitions with em tho.
lazs
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Originally posted by lazs2
If I had a Kimber that jammed... I would be telling Kimber all about it. I would either get the gun in the guiuness book of records as "Kimber that jammed" or get Kimber to buy it back for triple what I paid for it in order to do an autopsy on it.
lazs
In that case you better start looking for that number to Guinness book and expect to make 2000$ profit from Kimber’s 1000$ gun. IIRC it did jam in my little commi hands. :p
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yep.. I forgot.. in russians limp wrists the kimber didn't go all the way into battery on one round. I had to tap the back of the slide ito get it the round to chamber the rest of the way.. it was one of my reloads in my gun so who knows? never happened before or since..
same day... I was shooting his makarov (I own three and they are reliable in the extreme) and... it failed to lock open on the last round.. I was pulling on the trigger double action trying to hit the nonexistent primer just "one more time"
I am actually surprised that with the thousands of 45 acp reloads that I put through the gun that the only one that didn't quite "chamber" was that one. I have never had it happen with new or once loaded brass tho...
I am "thrifty" tho.. when I go to the range... I don't pick up brass so... I generaly take the reloads I have marked "for the range" they are ones in 3 times fired cases or military cases from WWII.
lazs