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Article: Kimber's BP Ten II wideboy 1911.(Out Of The Box)
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- Guns Magazine
- Article date:
- September 1, 2004
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Over the years, the 1911 has carved a permanent niche in the hearts of Americans. However, we were rather under-whelmed with the initial high capacity polymer 1911, and I was one of those who shunned the ugly new child. But "Doctor" Kimber performed a face-lift, presented us with the new BP Ten II and I'm learning to love another kind of 1911.
The BP Ten is a high capacity, wide polymer frame 1911 with an insert machined from aluminum instead of steel to save weight. The test gun has a 5" barrel, a barrel bushing and slide serrations front and rear. The BP Ten wears Kimber's standard fixed rear sight, I think is the best fixed sight on the market. It's smooth and ...