Team Match in 38 Super

[DMark]

During a recent IDPA match, a fellow shooter noted my new-found love and respect for the .38 Super. I now have a couple of 1911s in that caliber. Shoots flat, very accurate, and can be had in some serious defense loads. With a 10+1 capacity in a Lightweight Commander, it makes a great carry gun.

Here is a Kimber Team Match II in .38 Super that I picked up a couple of months ago. It was a well-used, but still very solid example.

The photo doesn't show it, but the frame had several dings & scratches and the slide was dirty & dull.

After confirming that that this Team Match still had its accuracy...., I figured that it would make a great gun to shoot in the Enhanced Service Pistol Division of IDPA.

And.....

I like shooting good-looking firearms!

The slide was cleaned up with a little bead blasting on the top with a light polishing on the flats. Brandon Ward of Middle Tennessee Gunsmithing did the Cerakote of the frame which has held up very well after a couple of local IDPA matches.

I added the following parts:

- Heinie Rear Sight with wide notch.

- Dawson Front FO Sight.

- Harrison Design Short Trigger.

- Ed Brown Tactical Mag Release.

- Ed Brown Grips.

- Kimber Grip Safety with Tactical Bump.

- Kimber blue steel Mainspring Housing with Magazine Well.

So far after a couple of thousand rounds this "Refreshed" Team Match II in .38 Super has run without a single failure.

Very happy with it.

[R1100R]

Nice pistol. I have been looking real hard in getting a 38 Super lately. Who put/cut the Heinie rear sight for you?

I am on Brandon's waiting list to have the slides dovetailed for a couple of Hi Powers I recently aquired. ready around June.

[DMark]

Ben at the Lebanon Gun Shop installed the Heinie rear sight in for me. The Kimber adjustable rear was in in so tight that I couldn't drift it out.

Heinie is the only one who makes a rear sight for the factory cut that Kimber uses for its adjustable rear.