Kimber Micro 9 RTC Two Tone – Superb Ready To Carry Bundle

Description

Buying a carry gun is rarely a single purchase. By the time you have added a holster and a second magazine you are often another two hundred dollars deep. The Kimber Micro 9 RTC Two Tone takes that shopping list off the table. RTC stands for Ready To Carry, and the box holds the pistol, two spare magazines and a holster that works inside or outside the waistband. You leave the counter with a working carry setup instead of a starting point.

What Ready To Carry Actually Includes

The pistol is the Micro 9 Two-Tone. Matte black serrated steel slide, satin silver machined aluminum frame, rosewood grips and a 3.15 inch ramped stainless barrel. It weighs 15.6 ounces with an empty magazine, runs 6.1 inches end to end and stands 4.07 inches tall, which puts it firmly in pocket and appendix territory.

Alongside it sit two 7 round Tac-Mags. These are factory Micro 9 magazines, so between the one in the gun and the pair in the box you are carrying twenty two rounds without buying anything extra. Spare magazines for this platform usually run thirty five to fifty dollars each, which is a real part of the value here.

The holster is a UM Tactical ambidextrous rig that converts between inside the waistband and outside the waistband carry. Being ambidextrous means it works for left or right hand carry out of the box, and the convertible design lets you test appendix, strong side and belt carry before committing money to a custom kydex order.

Shooting And Carrying The Micro 9

The Micro 9 uses a single action trigger with a 1911 style thumb safety rather than a striker fired system. The solid aluminum match grade trigger breaks at around seven pounds, heavy for a 1911 but short and clean, and the press is noticeably better than most subcompacts in this size class. Anyone who already carries a 1911 will find the manual of arms identical.

Sights are fixed white dot sights on a 4.3 inch radius. They are steel, mounted in machined dovetails rather than pressed into plastic, so they hold zero and can be drifted if you need to correct windage. White dots are fast in daylight; if you want tritium the Micro 9 family offers night sight models.

Recoil is honest. This is a 15.6 ounce gun firing 9mm, so it moves, and a full length guide rod plus an 11.5 pound recoil spring do what they can to keep the cycle smooth. The rosewood grips give a warmer, less abrasive purchase than aggressive polymer, which is exactly what you want against bare skin in an appendix rig.

Kimber Micro 9 RTC Two Tone Specifications

• Caliber: 9mm Luger
• Capacity: 7 rounds per magazine, 7+1 with one chambered
• Magazines included: two 7 round Tac-Mags
• Holster included: UM Tactical ambidextrous IWB and OWB convertible
• Barrel length: 3.15 inches, ramped stainless steel
• Barrel twist: 1 in 16 inches, left hand
• Overall length: 6.1 inches
• Height: 4.07 inches
• Width: 1.06 inches
• Weight: 15.6 ounces with empty magazine
• Sight radius: 4.3 inches
• Sights: fixed white dot sights, steel, dovetail mounted
• Trigger: solid aluminum match grade, approximately 7 pound pull
• Slide: steel, matte black finish, serrated
• Frame: machined aluminum, satin silver
• Grips: rosewood
• Recoil spring: 11.5 pounds with full length guide rod
• Manufacturer SKU: 3300256

Kimber lists the same RTC package in other finishes, including a stainless and rosewood version. The pistol inside is the difference; the two Tac-Mags and the UM Tactical holster are the same across the bundles, so pick the gun you want to look at every day.

Why Buyers Choose The Kimber Micro 9 RTC Two Tone

The value math is the plain reason. Price the pistol, two factory magazines and a convertible ambidextrous holster separately and the bundle is difficult to beat. More to the point, it removes the gap where a new carrier owns a gun but no holster and ends up carrying badly or not at all.

It also happens to be a good looking pistol. The Kimber Micro 9 RTC Two Tone pairs a matte black slide against a satin silver frame with rosewood grips, which is a classic combination that has aged better than most carry gun finishes. Steel slide on an aluminum frame keeps weight sensible without feeling hollow.

And it is a 1911 in miniature where it counts. Single action trigger, thumb safety, familiar grip angle and real steel sights in dovetails. Shooters coming off a full size 1911 do not have to relearn anything to carry the Kimber Micro 9 RTC Two Tone every day.

Who Should Buy The Kimber Micro 9 RTC Two Tone

This is the right buy for someone setting up a concealed carry rig from scratch, and for the 1911 shooter who wants the same controls in a pocketable gun without assembling the kit piece by piece. Seven plus one is a modest capacity, so shooters who want a double stack should look elsewhere in the catalog. The thumb safety also takes deliberate practice, so plan on range time rather than assuming it will work under stress.

Full manufacturer specifications for the Kimber Micro 9 RTC Two Tone are published by Kimber on the official product page. Browse more Kimber pistols and 1911s in our handguns category.