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August 2007

Full-Sized Tactical .45s With Accessory Rails: Buy the TRP

Kimber’s Custom TLE RL II is practical hardware, and Sigarms’ SAO model could be the best yet. Springfield Armory’s TRP delivers a lot of shooting performance for the dollar.

Once again we are responding to a subscriber by filling out a test roster with pistols suggested by reader mail. The category requested was full-size single-action-only semi-automatic pistols chambered for .45 ACP and framed with a built-in accessory rail for attaching a light or laser.

We got 1911-style pistols from Kimber and Springfield Armory along with a single-action-only version of the Sigarms P220R. The Kimber was a an $1113 Custom TLE RL II, essentially the model sold to LAPD SWAT. …

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Full-Sized Tactical .45s With Accessory Rails: Buy the TRP

Kimber’s Custom TLE RL II is practical hardware, and Sigarms’ SAO model could be the best yet. Springfield Armory’s TRP delivers a lot of shooting performance for the dollar.