I stopped at the Cabelas in Hamburg, PA today. I got to hold / inspect a Kimber Eclipse in 10mm and the Remington R1 Hunter.
I liked them both, but I really liked the feel of the Kimber. I like the grip feel, sights, and cosmetics.
The R1 was nice too. The slide was a little bit of a looser fit than the Kimber. But the 6 inch barrel and slide were nice.
All in all, I liked the Kimber better. But the Kimber was also more expensive.
Any thoughts, experiences with the two?
I owned an Eclipse in 10mm. Very nice shooter. The only problem with the gun was the slide stop was engaging about 1/2 way thru a mag. This actually seems to be a pretty common 1911 issue. I've read about the same thing here several times with different 1911's. Used a small file and the problem was fixed permanently in < 5 minutes.
Thanks for the information. I am taking a hard look at the Eclipse.
I have the Remington R1 LS hunter. Very well put together, and it's tack driver. Nothing wrong with the Kimber, but I prefer the 6 inch barrel of the Remington. The Kimber 6 inch barrel option is to rich for my blood. If you prefer the 5 inch barrel then the Eclipse would be fine choice as would the camp guard 10 which looks sweet too.
I also have a Kimber Eclipse in 10mm and love it!! I did have some issues with it at first and had to send it back in but, it runs fine now :)
Thanks guys.
GT what type of issues did you have with your Eclipse?
I have eclipse as well and I have an issue with it. Runs out of ammo faster than I can reload [emoji12]
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Well lets see, FTF, badly torn brass ,slide would not lock back, lot's of stove pipes, and up by the ejection port it looked like a Gold Wedding band from the brass hitting the port. Kimber fixed it but it took 7 weeks. The pistol shoots fine now however it's not as trusty as my Colt Delta. It's not a perfect 10 but darn close and a real great shooter!!