Alpha Carry: My Range Time with the Kimber 2K11 Pro Comp in 9mm

Alabama-based Kimber went double-stack 1911 in 2024 after at least a 30-year run in the field of making single-stacks. We have reviewed a couple of these excellent pistols since then and are past the 3K round mark on our original test gun with zero (0) hiccups to report, leaving us feeling good headed into the new Comp series. Released in January at the SHOT Show in either stainless (SST) or black in both 5-inch full-sized (Government) and 4.25-inch Pro (Commander) sizes, with flush-fit 20- and 19-round magazines, respectively, as the name would imply, the Comp models all sport a compensated barrel and slide. Meet the stainless 2K11 Pro Comp SST, our test gun: The 4.25 model has an overall length of 7.79 inches. (All photos: Chris Eger/Guns.com) Weight is 33.4 ounces, even with a full-length rail on the frame’s dustcover. This gun was a dream to shoot on the range. Full stop. We ran a bit over 1,000 rounds through it and should probably talk about how we ran them. Coming after our…