Kimber Ultra CDP II Range Report.

I just got back from the range. I took the CDP and my Classic Stainless, bought a box of American Eagle 230 grain hardball and had half a box of that already, and I brought about 350 of my favorite handload. That handload is the Speer 200 grain Gold Dot hollowpoint over 7.0 grains of Unique (use this load data at your own risk. It is a mild +P loading.)

The good news: The CDP worked perfectly and recoil was not unpleasant and easily manageable. The rounds went where I put them. Unfortunately I tended to put them low and left. Oh - and all that held true for the hardball ammo.

It didn't like my handloads at all. The feedramp is a bit steep and the rounds hung up on the mouth of the hollowpoint. Ah, well. I've got some of Speer's 230 grain hollowpoints for short barrels coming. We'll see if they feed any better.

The thing that surprised me most was that if I took my sweet time and really concentrated, that little 3" pistol is damned accurate. I probably shouldn't be so surprised, since it has a hand-fitted bushingless barrel, but still - I'd say that 3" groups at 25 yards should be attainable off the bench if the ammo is up to it.