Is Kimber K6S the best revolver for under $1500?

[liv4spd]

I want something with at least 6 rounds, but not too chunky. Right now, I'm considering Kimber K6S DASA with 3 inch barrel. Are there better choices out there that I'm not aware of?

Thanks.

[ballardw]

What criteria are you going to use to determine "best"?

[Hellcat1]

Well, if it's any indication, I just sold my S&W 686 2.5" and my brand new Colt Python 2.5" because of how much I like my K6s DASA 2.5". YMMV

Oh, and welcome to the forum!


Frank

[Super Sneaky Steve]

Yes, the Kimber is the best at any price.

[liv4spd]

Wow, those are some strong endorsements!

[upstate81]

Well for 1500 you can get an old S&W model 66 3 inch. To me thats a much more desirable firearm.

[wild cat mccane]

hmm...that's a kinda larger gun at 3"

I think the 686 will hold it's value more value, if that matters.

A 686 is going to have 7 rounds.

S&W 66 looks more like the K6S purpose.

I don't own the K6S, but it's hard to find an issue with the S&W line up?

$75 rebate right now for the K/L frame you're shopping. Looks like a 686 3" Plus can be had under 700 right now. I mean...hard to beat.

[Nathan]

A 70’s S&W LNIB, would out shoot, out look and literally embarrass the Kimber.

A 70’s shooter tuned up could do it cheaper!

[The Happy kaboomer]

NOPE.......Doesn't come in usable barrel lengths.......No adjustable sights.....Only one caliber..........I don't want one....Ever.

PLUS.....What Nathan said.

[Super Sneaky Steve]

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but not their own facts.

Kimber revolvers do come with adjustable sights if you want them. And they come in 2", 3" and 4". So what exactly is a useable barrel length?

[Safestuffer]

it also happens that Kimber went with a post modern techno look that, quite frankly, looks like stepped on dog crap.
At $1500 I'll take almost anything vintage from Colt or S&W that will do exactly the same thing but in style.

[upstate81]

Originally Posted by Safestuffer

it also happens that Kimber went with a post modern techno look that, quite frankly, looks like stepped on dog crap.
At $1500 I'll take almost anything vintage from Colt or S&W that will do exactly the same thing but in style.

I wish this forum had a “like button”

[2damnold4this]

I sold my K6s. I do, however, really like my K6xs for concealed carry. A light weight snubby with six rounds of .38 Special has the edge over a 642 as a pocket gun, IMO.

[wild cat mccane]

https://www.handgunhero.com/compare/...imber-k6s-dasa

I think you could send in a 66 to S&W and get their master trigger package done and still be less than the Kimber?

The Kimber is certainly more J frame is sized

[RoyceP]

Originally Posted by Safestuffer

it also happens that Kimber went with a post modern techno look that, quite frankly, looks like stepped on dog crap.
At $1500 I'll take almost anything vintage from Colt or S&W that will do exactly the same thing but in style.

Yup. What he said.

[2wheelwander]

^^What they said. I'd much rather have an older Colt or Smith. I have a snub SP101 I toss in my pocket from time to time. Love that gun.

[44 AMP]

Is Kimber K6S the best revolver for under $1500?

Not in my opinion.

Not even close.

[Super Sneaky Steve]

Colt and S&W can't do exactly the same thing. They have 6 shot revolvers too but they weren't designed for concealed carry. They are too big and too heavy compared to other offerings that were made for that purpose.

It you look at reviews from people who actually own these and shoot these along side all our other revolvers you'll see mostly positivity. If you look at people giving an opinion about a revolver "they would never own" well then they don't really know what they are missing quite literally.

[44 AMP]

Colt and S&W can't do exactly the same thing. They have 6 shot revolvers too but they weren't designed for concealed carry.

So tell me how my Colt Cobra isn't designed for concealed carry and the Kimber is???

I realize there are many for whom concealed carry is the priority. I'm just not one of them. For me, there is a lot more to handgunning than just concealed carry and personal defense. I know there are people who's pistols are for nothing but that, but guns optimized for that aren't on my radar, or even on my wish list.

I don't buy revolvers for CCW, I already have that well covered, so my interest in "new" CCW class revolvers is about zero, and "non-traditional" looking ones actually turn me off.

And they come in 2", 3" and 4". So what exactly is a useable barrel length?

For me, that starts at 6" and goes up some. Sold my last 4" some years ago, and I've only got one snubnose, (2") which I am keeping. The rest of my revolvers are 6" or 7.5" And I have other handguns with even longer barrels.

I'm old fashioned and cheap and if I'm going to spend $1500 on any revolver, its not going to be that Kimber.

[gconang]

Kimbers don't cost 1500.

[TheFlash]

I had one of the DAO Kimber K6s revolvers and never warmed up to it. A decent revolver with decent sights (white dots) and it holds 6 rounds, but it just didn't have that 'feel'.
So, I sold it and instead bought a Colt King Cobra. (My first Colt ever.) Great revolver!
Smoothest DA pull ever on any revolver I own. My aging eyes didn't do well with the black blade and brass bead, so I easily swapped in a front fiber optic. Perfection!
(All this coming from a guy who only previously owned S&W and Ruger revolvers...)

[reddog81]

I don’t know if Kimber is the best, but mine is on par with my new and old Colts and S&Ws. I have the 4” Combat model and have been impressed with it. I’d go with my Colt Cobra for carrying but only because a 2” barrel makes more sense than a 4” model for carrying.

[ds-10-speed]

I don't know about the quality of the Diamond Back revolver but it looks pretty good.

https://thefiringline.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=617988

[SqueezeCocker]

No.

[fastbolt]

Originally Posted by Super Sneaky Steve

Colt and S&W can't do exactly the same thing. They have 6 shot revolvers too but they weren't designed for concealed carry. They are too big and too heavy compared to other offerings that were made for that purpose.

It you look at reviews from people who actually own these and shoot these along side all our other revolvers you'll see mostly positivity. If you look at people giving an opinion about a revolver "they would never own" well then they don't really know what they are missing quite literally.

6-shot S&W's, Colts and Rugers weren't meant for CCW?!?

Well, that would've been helpful to know back in the days of service revolvers, when we commonly carried 6-shot medium-framed, and even large-framed, revolvers concealed off-duty.

Sure, I eventually adopted carrying some 5-shot snubs in .38SPL and .44SPL because they were conveniently smaller than my issued M66 (and then M686), as well as my collection of assorted Ruger Security, Speed and Service-Six revolvers. They were a damned sight more convenient to carry concealed than my N-frame S&W's and my Redhawk (and I usually carried IWB in those days).

Nowadays. when opting to carry a revolver instead of a pistol, I usually choose to carry one of my several J-frames instead of the 6-shot revolvers I still own, but that's only as a matter of personal choice and convenience. I have a selection of concealment holsters for my 6-shot revolvers. Just not as much inclination to carry them as much as I used to as a younger man/cop.

If the big names in concealment holsters didn't see a market for concealment holsters for 6-shot (and 7 & 8-shot) revolvers, they wouldn't be making them.

Matter of fact, I decided to order another couple of new holsters for a couple of my 6-shot revolvers a while back, both for concealment use.