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Re-Inventing The Pocket Pistol 52 WWW.AMERICANHANDGUNNER.COM • JULY/AUGUST <strong>2011</strong>
Dave Anderson Photos: Chuck Pittman, Inc. The Kimber Solo is a pockeTSize automatic piSTol intended for personal defense. In teSTing, it proved to be completely reliable and amazingly accurate. Comparable in size to a compact .380 blowback — yet it’s a locked breech 9mm! New Kimber’s Remarkable Some time ago, Kimber surveyed a number of its nearly 2,000 Master Dealers and asked: “What type of new firearm would you most like us to build?” Topping the list was a compact, lightweight auto. Armed with that information, Kimber went back to the dealers a second time, asking: “If we build a small auto, what features are most important?” The response was clear once again — a pistol capable of handling a full-power service cartridge. It had to be reliable with modern high-performance, personal defense ammunition. It had to be accurate, well made, affordable, durable and safe. It had to be shootable, with a decent trigger and good, high-visibility sights. Kimber designers and engineers said this was a dream opportunity. Kimber management gave them a free hand, and the resources to be innovative and creative. If you need time, they said, we’ll WWW.AMERICANHANDGUNNER.COM 53
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