Originally Posted by Idaho_Shooter
Thanks guys.

Bob got back to me and also said Wilson.

Then he pointed me to some new surplus Sig 5 inch 38 Super barrels on GB for $50. He is sure they fit the Kimber, and I have a friend who can chuck one up in the lathe and lop an inch off.

Way less invested than ordering a barrel built, and no waiting.



Whoa yourself up, for a minute.

The SIG barrel is for a bushing, and your slide isn't cut for a bushing, is it? Your factory 9mm barrel is a bull barrel, right? The SIG barrel is NOT a bull (I looked at them, too, before I ordered my Barsto), and there's no provision in the slide for a bushing, which you will need for a SIG pipe. That is why I provided the link above, because it's not exactly "plug and play", especially with the oddball barrel length Kimber uses (Colt Commanders are 4.25", not 4" like Kimber), and they are "different" as noted. I'm not dissing Kimber, as I have no real experience with them of my own), but they ain't a Colt, and things aren't cut and dried with ANY 1911.


You can roll a turd in peanuts, dip it in chocolate, and it still ain't no damn Baby Ruth.