Kimber Ultra Carry Ii

[Shorts]

Ring's 3" Springfield Micro will work for all your 3" 1911 needs.

Safety off hammer down molds will not hurt your holsters. I've had not one holster come back for complaints it knocks the safety off. My own personal holster does not knock the safety off.

Don't over think it.

As for using the actual gun, I add extra oil then wrap in saran wrap and mold away. When you pull the gun out, unwrap, wipe down with some Hoppes 9 and lightly reoil.

Edited March 12, 2010 by Shorts

[$$hobby]

so far, all of the holsters i have made have been made using the real mccoy. i bought a box of those heavy duty large zip lock bags and use them. they hold up well and if they dont, just use another one. usually the cased leather isnt dripping wet, so water migration isnt an issue.

i will say that i dont have a press, so i use my hands and a board. if i did have a press, im not sure i would use a real gun tho.

i will also say tho, that some of the fancy Kimber finishs dont hold up well. so, depending on the finish, you may want to treat it a tad more carefully.

Edited March 12, 2010 by $$hobby

[JoelR]

I'm currently making a holster for a Kimber 4". Controls are much different from my bone stock Colt: extended ambi safety, extended slide release, extended beaver-tail. May be add-ons, probably, not sure. I've only made a few holsters to this point, but as I see that most of the guns I've worked on have special configurations, I've reluctantly decided to always ask for the gun for the molding work. Can't go wrong that way. In fact, had a guy show me the fit of a plastic holster with a Glock blue gun vs the actual Glock and the blue gun fell out of the holster when turned upside down but held the real gun securly. Again, can't go wrong with the real thing.