1911 Kimber Pistol Built for The Expendables Franchise

Kimber, whose 1911 platform semiauto pistols are renowned for their quality, accuracy and dependability, was “discovered” by Hollywood in 2010 when the firearms manufacturer was chosen to build Kimber pistols to be used in the filming of the movie series, The Expendables, featuring Hollywood legend Sylvester Stallone.

Aumann has been chosen by the consignor, to sell this unique Kimber pistol that has provenance to the movie and the award-winning actor.

The central figure in The Expendables franchise (which consists of four films), Stallone, according to the consignor (who worked closely with the movie prop house), was most impressed with the look of the Kimber. Kimber was contacted about building pistols for the movie, and Kimber pistol product manager Winslow Potter and movie propmaster Kent Johnson speced out the gun to be built. As the storyline goes--long story short--10 special production Kimber pistols were custom built for the film.  Most were converted by ISS for blank use only and a few were left unaltered for actor live fire training.

The serial number range for those pistols was KEX 001 to KEX 010 (KEX is the acronym for Kimber Expendables). The pistol coming to auction is the last in the series of “special production pistols” Kimber built.

The .45 ACP chambered pistol has many unique characteristics/features, including but not limited to, a highly polished blue frame and slide with fixed rear sight and highly polished front sight blade. The backstrap and frontstrap are finely checkered, and the magazine well is polished. The slide is serrated front and back, and the semiauto features polished skeletonized trigger and hammer and polished beavertail grip safety and slide release. The pistol has smooth Micarta grip panels. The pistol comes with one seven-round magazine and a Kimber hard plastic case. The case carries the labels, “Gold Combat II 2008” and “KEX 010” and is stamped “Kimber Continuing The Legacy”

The pistol’s slide is marked Kimber Custom Shop on the left side; on the right side is stamped Gold Combat II.

The pistol’s serial number is KEX010, which is stamped on the right side of the pistol below Kimber Mfg Yonkers, NY.

(Aumann recommends that the winning bidder have the pistol checked by a qualified gunsmith to make certain it is fully functional and safe to fire.)

The success of this pistol resulted in Kimber offering a Limited Edition model, but that model did not have the same features as the custom made-for-movie model, which gives it “rare” status.

Stallone, as most moviegoers are aware, is an award-winning actor and filmmaker who has won Golden Globe and Critics Choice awards during his long career. He’s also a three-time Academy Award nominee. He made his mark in Hollywood with the Rocky movie franchise, one of the most successful in Hollywood history, in which he starred as boxer Rocky Balboa. And Stallone is one of only two actors (the other being Harrison Ford) to have starred in No. 1 box office movies over six decades.

The Expendables franchise launched in 2010 and the series produced additional movies in 2012 (Expendables 2), 2014 (Expendables 3) and 2023 (Expendables 4).

The overriding theme behind the action/adventure series The Expendables has Stallone, as the Barney Ross character, serving as a CIA operative who hires a team of mercenaries to conduct all types of “business” worldwide. To say the movies are action-packed is an understatement to say the least.

Here’s your one opportunity to own a very unique, rare, Kimber pistol. Whether you’re a fan of Stallone’s, a fan of The Expendables movie franchise, or simply a collector of Kimber semiauto pistols, this is a rare opportunity to add such a unique pistol to your firearms collection.