Kimber 1911 DS Warrior LW 9mm – Superb Lightweight Double Stack Pistol

Description

The Kimber 1911 DS Warrior LW 9mm is the answer to a complaint 1911 shooters have made for a century. It holds seventeen or twenty rounds instead of eight, it weighs twenty eight ounces instead of thirty eight, and the slide arrives ready for a red dot. The trigger, the grip angle and the manual of arms are unchanged. MAG5 Firearms stocks the Kimber 1911 DS Warrior LW 9mm for shooters who want the platform without its two traditional drawbacks.

Lighter And Higher Capacity

A Kimber 1911 DS Warrior LW 9mm aluminum sub frame brings the weight down to twenty eight ounces, roughly ten less than a steel double stack of the same size. On a pistol this large that difference is felt immediately, both on the belt and in how quickly the gun comes onto target from a draw.

Kimber 1911 DS Warrior LW 9mm capacity is the other change. Seventeen rounds standard and twenty with the extended magazine puts this in line with modern service pistols rather than behind them, which removes the argument that has kept many shooters away from the 1911 for decades.

Grip circumference grows with a double stack, as it must, but the carbon fiber grip module keeps the increase reasonable and saves weight at the same time. The pistol still indexes like a 1911 rather than feeling like a different gun wearing a familiar slide.

Optic Mounting, Sights And Trigger

A TAG cover plate sits over the Kimber 1911 DS Warrior LW 9mm optic cut and a standard C and H RMR mounting plate ships in the box. Mounting a red dot is therefore a matter of swapping plates and torquing the sight down, with no slide milling, no shipping delay and no warranty question.

Kimber 1911 DS Warrior LW 9mm iron sights use a night sight front against a fixed rear. A tritium front is the correct choice on a defensive pistol, because a glowing front sight is far faster to locate in poor light than a plain post, and it remains usable if an optic fails or its battery dies.

The Kimber 1911 DS Warrior LW 9mm trigger breaks between four and five pounds and travels straight back rather than pivoting through an arc. That geometry is the reason 1911 shooters have stayed loyal to the platform, and it works the same way on a double stack frame as it does on a single stack.

Kimber 1911 DS Warrior LW 9mm Specifications

• Caliber: 9mm Luger
• Barrel Length: 5 inches, stainless with bushing and deep crown
• Capacity: 17 or 20 rounds depending on magazine
• Action: Single action, hammer fired, double stack 1911 pattern
• Frame: Anodized aluminum sub frame
• Slide: Stainless steel with KimPro Black finish, front and rear serrations
• Optic: TAG cover plate, ships with C and H RMR mounting plate
• Sights: Night sight front, fixed rear
• Trigger: GT Performance Trigger, approximately 4 to 5 pounds
• Grips: Carbon fiber grip module
• Safety: Ambidextrous thumb safety, Picatinny rail
• Weight: Approximately 28 ounces with empty magazine

Compare this against both of its neighbours honestly. Against a traditional single stack, a double stack 1911 pistol more than doubles capacity while keeping the trigger that made the platform famous. Against a polymer service pistol, a lightweight 9mm pistol built this way offers a better trigger and metal construction at a higher price. Anyone choosing between a double stack 1911 pistol and a modern striker gun is really choosing between trigger quality and cost, and a lightweight 9mm pistol on this frame is the most persuasive version of that argument.

Why Buyers Choose The Kimber 1911 DS Warrior LW 9mm

Magazines are Kimber units specific to this platform in seventeen and twenty round capacities. They do not interchange with single stack 1911 magazines or with other double stack designs, so plan on ordering spares directly rather than picking them up at a gun show.

Kimber 1911 DS Warrior LW 9mm running costs stay reasonable. Compared with a 45 ACP 1911, the same practice budget buys roughly twice the rounds, and recoil in a twenty eight ounce pistol stays mild enough for long training sessions.

An honest caveat: an aluminum sub frame saves weight but is less tolerant of very high round counts than steel over the long term. This is a defensive and range pistol rather than a fifty thousand round competition gun, and buyers planning that kind of volume should look at a steel framed model.

Who Should Buy The Kimber 1911 DS Warrior LW 9mm

This pistol suits shooters who love the 1911 trigger but have been unwilling to accept eight rounds, concealed carriers who want a duty capacity pistol they can actually wear, and anyone moving to a red dot on a metal framed gun. Between the aluminum sub frame and the double stack magazine, the Kimber 1911 DS Warrior LW 9mm removes both objections people have raised about the platform for a century.

Learn more about this pistol from the manufacturer, or see more firearms available at MAG5 Firearms.