STI Trojan and Kimber Target in 9mm

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Hi, I always see lots of great advice on various pistols here, so what better place to ask about these two. I see a lot of discussion about 1911's but not much on these particular pistols and in 9mm
Any thoughts, recommendations, experiences with these guns etc..

Thanks for you help
 
Had the Kimber and had lots of feeding and ejection issues.I probably will never buy Kimber again.I should have my STI Trojan in a couple of days:dancingbanana: Heard good things about this gun.Will see I guess;)
 
pc9 said:
Had the Kimber and had lots of feeding and ejection issues.I probably will never buy Kimber again.I should have my STI Trojan in a couple of days:dancingbanana: Heard good things about this gun.Will see I guess;)
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Gawd, I am looking at a Kimber in .45. Mostly positive feedback, and now this.....I hope it was an isolated case......no gun is perfect (my SP01 almost is...and I expected Kimber to be at least as good).
 
marlin60 said:
Gawd, I am looking at a Kimber in .45. Mostly positive feedback, and now this.....I hope it was an isolated case......no gun is perfect (my SP01 almost is...and I expected Kimber to be at least as good).
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I think with the 45 platform their shouldnt be any problems.Then again I thought I wouldnt have any problems with the 9mm either:)
 
I have a STI Trojan and never had a feeding or ejection problem. Out of the box it never did lock open on the last round however Freedom Ventures sent me a new lock open lever free and ever since I have been a happy camper.I'm looking to buy another STI in 45 ACP as soon as I can afford it.
I believe you get what you pay for.
 
The 9mm has only been made into a really accurate target pistol in the last few years. The problem was that the standard barrel twist for the rifling is 1:16 and this doesn't stabilize the bullet enough. Historically the 9mm was never known for target accuracy as a result. The U.S. military pistol shooting teams finally figured out that a twist of 1:32 made the 9mm exceptionally accurate. Now, we're talking bullseye pistols here, so it may not matter for your application, but the gun you're getting is advertised as a target pistol so maybe that's your intent -- or maybe it just means it has adjustable sights. I wonder what twist it comes with?
 
EdGCNM, Thanks for the lesson. That is something that would be good to know when purchasing. I'm having a hard enough time being accurate as it is with age and poor eyes sight (lol). Now It makes sense why some people have said to me that they don't find 9mm to be that accurate. Personally I would like a pistol to be as accurate as possible, and I would like to be able to hopefully try some of the shooting disciplines in the near future.

Again thanks for the info,,,Great site, great people in this forum
 
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