Kimber Custom Covert II

I never liked two-toned pistols: Those with the black frame and a silver slide, or vice-versa. Never liked them. But it kinda grew on me, especially when I saw the Kimber Custom Covert II. It has a black semi-gloss slide, but it didn't have a silver frame. Instead, it dons a tan/dark earth frame and sports a digital desert camo-patterned lasergrip. The result is a 1911 pistol with a different kind of swagger.

The real steel Kimber Custom Covert II
(photos from Kimber's website)

I've mentioned in my previous post how I love Kimber 1911s and this is no exception. And because of that, I attempted to build my first ever Kimber airsoft custom handgun.

My base gun was my favorite Tokyo Marui gas blowback handgun: my M.EU. pistol. This pistol has been fitted with a Dytac luminous sights (which wouldn't be used for this particular build...ouch!) and a PDI 6.01mm Palsonite precision inner barrel. Now, I'm not really new to customizing airsoft guns as I have done a few - successful and unsuccessful ones - before, but this is actually my first time to do a custom work of this magnitude, replacing majority of the parts of the gun. Most of the existing parts of the M.E.U. were replaced to achieve the desired realism. I had intended to finish this custom build and have the finished product look as close as possible to the real steal model.

In this build, I used the Hurricane Kimber Custom Covert II conversion kit; which I got on sale by the way. I know they're a bit expensive so the discount I got really was the push I needed to purchase this kit. They are actually cheaper than most kits out there and for a cheaper kit with a good reputation for quality and fit, this is bargain.

HurricanE Kimber Custom Covert II Conversion Kit

The kit includes:

-Aluminum powder-coated slide and frame

-Stainless steel chamber and outer barrel

-Front (in slide) and rear sights

-Kimber type slide stop lever (which has a little bit of rust!)

-Dummy extractor plug (inserted it into the slide and forgot to take it out for photographing)

-Steel checkered magazine catch

-Aluminum 3-hole trigger

-Upgraded recoil spring

-Reinforcing rail and frame pins and O-ring for outer barrel

-Small allen wrench for zeroing the laser

The lasergrips that came with the kit has an adjustable laser. Both windage and elevation controls work perfectly and I have tested it to be adjustable in very small turns of the grub screws which means it can be positioned correctly and accurately.

The laser on the right side of the frame

The grub screws for windage and elevation controls are very tiny but visible in this photo

On my next post, I will show the other parts I installed to replicate the real Kimber Custom Covert II. Thanks for reading and visiting my blog!