The Custom II has an internal firing pin safety. The original Custom model has been superseded by the Custom II. Although the Custom is considered Kimber’s base model, it has a number of features that were formerly found only on customized model 1911s, such as a lowered ejection port, custom trigger, beveled magazine well, extended thumb safety, and beavertail grip safety. The Custom utilizes a single full-length guide rod, necessitating the serrations on the front of the slide for press checks. The Custom is a full-sized model 1911, with a five-inch barrel. The individual gun’s caliber is stamped on top of the barrel and is visible with the slide in battery (fully forward). It also has been produced in other calibers, including. As an M1911 style pistol, it is usually chambered in. The Custom is made in a variety of styles with different features and finishes.
Custom Crimson Carry II, with aluminum frame, matte black steel slide, and rosewood finish laser grips.
SIS Custom, with gray finish, flat top slide, standard length guide rod, night sights with cocking shoulder, ambidextrous thumb safety, and “carry melt” rounded edges, and without a firing pin safety.Custom Covert II, with desert camouflage aluminum frame, black steel slide, laser light grips, standard length guide rod, night sights, lanyard loop, and “carry melt” rounded edges.Custom CDP II, with black aluminum frame, stainless steel slide, night sights, ambidextrous thumb safety, and “carry melt” rounded edges.Tactical Custom II, with gray aluminum frame, black steel slide, night sights, ambidextrous thumb safety, and extended magazine well.Eclipse Custom II, with bi-tone stainless and black finish and night sights.Kimber has also produced several higher-end full-sized model 1911 pistols that are closely based on the Custom, but are not considered part of the Custom line due to their additional features and higher price. The Desert Warrior comes in a green-tan KimPro finish that would blend in with desert camouflage, and has a solid trigger. The Warrior has a matte black KimPro finish and a standard Custom trigger. They are otherwise the same as the ICQB pistols. They are delivered with Kimber factory magazines. The Warrior and Desert Warrior have a frame-integrated M1913 light rail, Kimber Meprolight tritium night sights, and Kimber’s own special grips that are very similar to the Gunner grips in coyote brown. The guns were delivered to MARSOC equipped with SureFire integrated military pistol lights, Gemtech TRL tactical retention lanyards, and Wilson Combat 7- or 8-round magazines. The ICQB pistol is fitted with a screw-on Dawson Precision light rail, Novak LoMount tritium night sights, and brown Simonich Gunner grips. These pistols have an ambidextrous thumb safety, a lanyard loop, an internal extractor, and, in contrast to other Custom models, a standard length recoil spring guide rod to allow easier field stripping without tools. The MARSOC pistol, known as the Kimber ICQB (Interim Close Quarter Battle) pistol, does not have an internal firing pin block as seen on the rest of the current Kimber Custom models, hence a “II” does not follow the Warrior or Desert Warrior’s names. The Kimber Warrior and Desert Warrior are models that are based on a special version of the Custom that was built for the United States Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command.