What happened to the KIMBER KPD???

[Mercenary]

Ok, so I picked up a Kimber catalog and was thumbing through it and I came upon the Kimber KPD. It seemed like a decent design:

Caliber: 40 S&W
Capacity: 12+1
Width: 1.08"(frame) 0.96"(slide)
Barrel Length: 4.1"
Weight: 25 oz.
Trigger: 6.5 lbs.

Just wondering what happened with production??

 

[cjs61081]

I heard ruger bought the design and turned it into the sr9 and 40

 

[Mercenary]

I wonder if the project was canned in favor of the Solo?

 

[S_Constitutionist]

You know the Ruger SR series does look remarkably like the Solo design...

 

[Rugerismisticness]

If I recall, sales were very low. Glocks were still being annoying on the market and the KPD had some major qc issues. It does compare well with the SR9, very similar specs. I believe the KPD was around 630$ and the SR9s and glocks are 350$ and 450$, so they were a bit more as usual kimber.

 

[ShipWreck]

It is my understanding it was never even released officially. I think I remember seeing 1 or two people who claimed to have one, though. If they did ship any, it was very few.

The ruger issue is just an internet rumor at this point.