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  • chme
    There were 238 of them made.  Reportedly a LOT of noise, LOT of recoil.  and there was this-
    "The Kimball failed because it was a delayed blowback, a hopelessly lightweight way to make a .30 Carbine pistol. The means of delaying the breech was a grooved chamber. On firing, the cartridge expanded quickly into a shallow groove, delaying it briefly. When the short, half-slide made it all the way to the rear, it came up hard against a vertical lug in the receiver. Contemporary accounts said this lug sometimes cracked or snapped in half. This would allow the slide to part company with the remainder of the pistol, presumably with a good head of steam."
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  • jimdeere
    If you had 12 more of these, you’d have a baker’s dozen.
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  • Sam06
    I bet Mike has one :D
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  • KenK/84Bravo

    Being a huge fan of Rifle/Handgun combos, that would be awesome paired up with an M1 Carbine. It looked (on 1st glance) to be too light a platform for that round and pressures.

    Reading further bore that out.

    Any other options beside a SAA revolver in M1 Carbine .30?

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  • pulsarnc

    Mike would have factory prototype gifted to him by the inventor and be in possession of serial number 2

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  • select-fire
    Interesting video
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  • Junkballer
    I bet it's loud, very very loud........ :D. This is a unique pistol to me, never seen one before, wouldn't mind owning one. 
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  • TRAP55

    Being a huge fan of Rifle/Handgun combos, that would be awesome paired up with an M1 Carbine. It looked (on 1st glance) to be too light a platform for that round and pressures.

    Reading further bore that out.

    Any other options beside a SAA revolver in M1 Carbine .30?

    AMT AutoMag III

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  • nmyers
    Ruger Blackhawk; several thousand made.
    Neal
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  • mark christian
    jimdeere said:
    If you had 12 more of these, you’d have a baker’s dozen.
    Please, Jim, don't even say that in jest. :'(

    I seem to recall a Kimball .30 listed on GB four or five years ago. It was in decent shape, but despite being rare and unusual, it think it sold for around $1K. 
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  • dfletcher

    Hard to tell size without something next to it, but it doesn't look much bigger than the High Standard GB380.

    Better price, I'd give it a try. 

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