Maybe you have to be "old" to appreciate something like a Kimber Montana. If you are, you have likely suffered through scouring used gun racks for donors,playing with barrel contours,waiting on lightweight synthetics and chasing smiths who knew what you wanted to get the mess assembled.
All in the interest of ending up with something lightweight and maybe 20 years ahead of the factory "learning curve"....even then they didn't quite "get it right" but things got better.
I recall one 7 RM that made three trips back to a very patient custom smith for barrel contouring before he finally figured out what I wanted. Today, a Kimber Montana in 7mm WSM or 280AI is about the same thing.
For a grand or thereabouts, a Kimber Montana is a marvel and a friggin steal in a light hunting rifle.
