Author Topic: kimber rifle (Read 843 times)

zfishingfool · « **on:** March 13, 2005, 04:23:57 AM »

i am going to buy a new rifle .thinking a kimber classic 300 wsm . is this a good choice, or aim i wasting my money,

HuntingGuy · « **Reply #1 on:** March 13, 2005, 05:50:48 AM »

Definitely not wasting your money. I hear great things about Kimber. There are always a few sour guns, but for the most part they are top notch. I'll be purchasing my Kimber 84M Montana in 7mm-08 this year

Lawdog · « **Reply #2 on:** March 13, 2005, 09:11:46 AM »

Although I don't own one everyone that I know that does own a Kimber rifle swear by them. Your choice of the .300 WSM is a good one, stand by it. Lawdog

BackCountry · « **Reply #3 on:** March 13, 2005, 05:47:32 PM »

zfishingfool,
I have looked at them, they are a very nice rifle, I was thinking of buying one but the stock seemed to petite for me, I am a big guy though, but it just felt to small, I was hoping it would have felt better because it is a fine looking rifle.

pop up · « **Reply #4 on:** March 15, 2005, 10:46:01 AM »

Hate to rain on this parade, but I will swear on them for sure. Just left one in Birmingham, cost me 3 c but best dump I ever made. Bought one in Dec in 300 WSM, 46 rounds later sent it to the custom shop for trigger adjustment, removal of burs from firing pin hole and polishing of chamber. What did they do, set me back, after 8 weeks, the gun along with a target with 2.5 inch groups and said nothing was wrong.
If you want to pay for a $1000 headache, be my guest.

Zachary · « **Reply #5 on:** March 15, 2005, 11:07:48 AM »

I have a Kimber 8400 Montana in .300WSM that is at the FFL waiting to be picked up. I should get it later this week. When I do, I'll give it a good look over and let ya'll know.

Still, I have always heard of good things about Kimbers. I'm real surprised about this one bad experience though.

Zachary

Vern Humphrey · « **Reply #6 on:** March 15, 2005, 12:44:53 PM »

I have two of the old Kimbers -- both M82s -- one in .22 LR the other in .22 Hornet. For what it's worth, they're the finest rifles I've ever shot.

pop up · « **Reply #7 on:** March 15, 2005, 02:02:38 PM »

Ya'll need to visit shortmags.org. and some other forums, K****** don't exactly have a stellar reputation for quality. :cry:

I'm not flaming Kimber, but my experience correlates exactly with too many others.

bchannell · « **Reply #8 on:** March 15, 2005, 02:04:02 PM »

Just a few comments that are slightly off topic. I also have an 82 Custom Classic (I also had a Cascade) they are the finest .22s money can buy, that I've seen. The current crop of Kimbers, are hit or miss. If I were you, I'd look the gun over very well. The local dealer for Kimbers usually carries quite a few, some are beautiful, and some are downright junk. I hate to say that but it's true. He got in a Super America that the stock was so poorly fitted on that it has set of the shelf for over a year. EVERYONE that picks it up comments on how poorly the action is setting in the stock. I can't understand why he hasn't sent it back to Kimber, so there must be something going on with their customer service, (I've talked with them, and they ain't what you would call "customer oriented").

As a side note if you want to read about the old Kimber of Oregon, go to

http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbth...0/page/0#447960

and read about it from a guy who used to work for them.

vernonp · « **Reply #9 on:** March 15, 2005, 04:55:52 PM »

I have one in 308. It is a great handling little gun. I prefer to hunt with it because of these charecteristics over anything else that I have.---------It does have some bothersome flaws. The bolt will bind, it does not always feed right and the safety is hard to work. I was overall dissapointed in the rifle because these flaws. I have never encountered these in other rifles before,and most of them were much lower in price than the Kimber.-------If I can get these worked out I will really like the rifle.-------I think it is a great design overall but the action is a big dissapointment. I do not think that you will enjoy shooting the 300 Mag. from a bench very much. -----Good luck I hope they have improved them since I bought mine.

Zachary · « **Reply #10 on:** March 15, 2005, 05:07:45 PM »

I am very surprised to hear some of these bad reports on the Kimber. Keep in mind that although I ordered one, I am unbiased and could care less about calling a gun "high quality" just because it is an expensive $1,000+ gun - I like the truth no matter what it is.

The reason that I am surprised is because Kimbers are semi-production guns. That means that they have to go through many more hands and inspection than full production guns like Remington, Winchester, Ruger, etc. Also, I understand that the actions on the 8400s are glass bedded. How in the world can some guns be junk and the others great? Yes, I see that there can be more inconsistency because a machine is not making them, but still, with more man labor, the quality should range from good to better, not starting at best and going all the way down to junk.

Now you guys really have me curious about my new Kimber. I'm going to try and pick it up at the FFL sooner rather than later so that I can give you guys my first impressions on this new model.

Zachary