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Old 05-22-2010, 03:59 AM
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I have a Kimber .22LR kit on an old (and blown) Colt Combat Commander frame. Worth the money.... The trigger's a little too light, and the target sights are a joke, but the worst problem is that either I use the expensive hi-velocity rounds, or keep it surgically clean.

Overall, though, if I fix the trigger, it's a great practice gun. I could also put the kit on one of my two EDC's (the other's a Para LDA - won't work) for more realistic use (other than those target sights), but so far this has worked well enough.

The only downside of the Kimber is that the slide doesn't lock open when the magazine is empty. I can see why, but....

IMHO, this would not be difficult to do in the M&P - basically a barrel, spring, and magazine swap, but somebody has to spend some money. An M&P in .22LR might be a better choice, although the price would likely be fairly high.

One of my regrets is that I didn't buy that .22 Combat Masterpiece (or whatever it was called) to match my M10 and M19, way back when.

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