Kimber 2K11 Target OR 9mm – Superb 20 Round Match Pistol

Description

The Kimber 2K11 Target OR 9mm is built for shooters who still want irons they can dial. Where the standard 2K11 uses a fixed notch in the cover plate, the Target model carries a fully adjustable rear sight in a stainless cover plate, so windage and elevation can be tuned to a specific load instead of accepted as delivered. Underneath it is the same full size double stack 1911: five inch barrel, steel slide, steel sub frame and an aluminum grip module holding twenty rounds of 9mm.

Adjustable Irons On A Double Stack 1911

The rear unit is an adjustable rear sight mounted in an SST cover plate, paired with a TAG FiberLok 2 red front. Red reads faster than green for some shooters against a dark target face, and the adjustment screws let you zero the gun to the load you actually shoot rather than holding off for the rest of its life. On a five inch sight radius, small corrections at the rear translate cleanly downrange.

The rest of the package is straight 2K11. The GT Match Grade trigger is an aluminum shoe breaking between three and four pounds with a short reset. A tapered magwell funnels reloads, an accessory rail up front takes a light, and the patent pending tool less guide rod means the gun comes apart without a bushing wrench. Ambidextrous safeties are standard.

At 42.3 ounces with an empty magazine this is a heavy 9mm, and that is the point. Weight plus a full length steel slide keeps the muzzle flat between shots, which is what makes a twenty round magazine worth having. Recoil in 9mm out of a gun this size is closer to a nudge than a push.

Finish, Optics And Magazines

The two tone look comes from a coyote PVD finish on the brush polished flats and small parts set against a DLC coated stainless frame. Both are hard, corrosion resistant coatings rather than cosmetic ones, and the aluminum grip module carries Type III hardcoat anodizing. It photographs well, but more to the point it survives holster wear and range grime without turning grey at the edges.

Optics ready here means the cover plate carrying the rear sight lifts off and an RMR adapter plate takes its place. That plate is included, so a Trijicon RMR or SRO, or anything else on that footprint, mounts without gunsmithing. The optic itself is not in the box. Worth noting: once the dot goes on, the adjustable rear sight goes with the plate, so decide early which setup you want to live with.

Magazines are the quiet win. Three ship with the gun, one seventeen round and two twenty round. Double stack 1911 magazines are not a commodity part the way 2011 pattern tubes have become, so starting with three means a full class or a match day without hunting down spares at distributor prices.

Kimber 2K11 Target OR 9mm Specifications

• Caliber: 9mm Luger
• Barrel length: 5 inches
• Overall length: 8.56 inches
• Height: 5.74 inches
• Width: 1.4 inches
• Weight: 42.3 ounces with empty magazine
• Magazine capacity: 20 rounds, one 17 round and two 20 round magazines included
• Trigger: GT Match Grade aluminum, 3 to 4 pound pull
• Front sight: TAG FiberLok 2 red fiber optic
• Rear sight: fully adjustable, SST cover plate
• Optic cut: RMR footprint via included adapter plate
• Slide: stainless steel, brush polished flats
• Finish: coyote PVD on slide and small parts, DLC on frame
• Frame: stainless steel with steel sub frame, ambidextrous safety
• Grip module: aluminum, Type III hardcoat anodized
• Other features: tapered magwell, accessory rail, tool less guide rod
• Manufacturer SKU: 3500053

The same Target frame is offered in .45 ACP under a different part number, holding thirteen rounds and weighing 40.1 ounces. If your listing shows a thirteen round count against this SKU, you are looking at the .45 gun, not this one.

Why Buyers Choose The Kimber 2K11 Target OR 9mm

Two things sell this gun. The first is the adjustable rear sight, which is unusual on a factory double stack 1911 at any price and lets a shooter zero precisely instead of compromising. The second is capacity: twenty rounds of 9mm in a 1911 trigger group is a combination that did not exist as a factory option for most of the platform history.

It also arrives finished. The Kimber 2K11 Target OR 9mm ships optics ready with the plate included, fiber front installed, magwell fitted, rail cut and three magazines packed. Compare that against a base gun plus a slide milling job plus sights plus spare magazines and the price starts making more sense than the sticker suggests.

Build quality backs it up. Steel slide on a steel sub frame, a match grade trigger and hard coatings on every wear surface put the Kimber 2K11 Target OR 9mm in the same conversation as guns that cost considerably more once the aftermarket work is added.

Who Should Buy The Kimber 2K11 Target OR 9mm

This is a range and competition pistol first. Bullseye and precision shooters get adjustable irons, USPSA and steel shooters get twenty rounds and a flat shooting full size gun, and 1911 loyalists get the trigger they already know. It is large and heavy, so anyone shopping for daily concealed carry is better served by the Micro 9 or the KDS9c. If you want the same layout in a bigger bore, the .45 ACP version of the Kimber 2K11 Target OR 9mm platform covers that ground.

Full manufacturer specifications for the Kimber 2K11 Target OR 9mm are published by Kimber on the official product page. Browse more Kimber pistols and 1911s in our handguns category.