I ran across two nearly new Kimber SIS 1911's today. One is a full size with a rail and the other is a Commander w/o a rail. The full size supposedly had less than 10 rounds thru it & the Commander less than 5. They're absolutely mint and have all of the accessories including extended base plates, unopened tubes of oil, etc.
The guy who's selling them said in about 2008 the LAPD SIS (Special Investigative Services) Unit had Kimber built them unique pistols and after reading a number of articles online this appears to be true. What I'm curious about is what he's claiming - that Kimber sold a few SIS guns to the public and the LAPD threatened to cancel their contract so the SIS was removed from retail sale. If true, would there be enough rarity to these guns that they'd have collector value? I apologize for the crappy cell phone photos because they don't do justice to the quality of what I saw.
They're $1200 each and if I bought one or both they'd be investments & safe queens. I have so many guns now I'm concentrating on purchases that will (hopefully) appreciate significantly over the next 5 - 10 years.
I'm relatively new to the 1911 arena but have purchased six since Dec. 1st '15. Nothing against Glocks but the reason I bought my first 1911 in Dec. was because I couldn't get a decent trigger on my EDC Glock 26. Now I rotate between a 9mm SA Range Officer Compact, a 9mm Colt Defender that's been tightened up and custom Cerakoted and a .45 S&W1911 Pro. I just bought a ANIB .45 Para Expert Carry today for $500 and think it was a pretty good price.
I'd like to know how many SIS guns made it to the retail market so if you have any knowledge about this subject I'd appreciate you sharing it.
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The guy who's selling them said in about 2008 the LAPD SIS (Special Investigative Services) Unit had Kimber built them unique pistols and after reading a number of articles online this appears to be true. What I'm curious about is what he's claiming - that Kimber sold a few SIS guns to the public and the LAPD threatened to cancel their contract so the SIS was removed from retail sale. If true, would there be enough rarity to these guns that they'd have collector value? I apologize for the crappy cell phone photos because they don't do justice to the quality of what I saw.
They're $1200 each and if I bought one or both they'd be investments & safe queens. I have so many guns now I'm concentrating on purchases that will (hopefully) appreciate significantly over the next 5 - 10 years.
I'm relatively new to the 1911 arena but have purchased six since Dec. 1st '15. Nothing against Glocks but the reason I bought my first 1911 in Dec. was because I couldn't get a decent trigger on my EDC Glock 26. Now I rotate between a 9mm SA Range Officer Compact, a 9mm Colt Defender that's been tightened up and custom Cerakoted and a .45 S&W1911 Pro. I just bought a ANIB .45 Para Expert Carry today for $500 and think it was a pretty good price.
I'd like to know how many SIS guns made it to the retail market so if you have any knowledge about this subject I'd appreciate you sharing it.
