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Then I have one on the shelf you'd be interested in....

I bought my son a 243 Montana earlier this year. He decided he'd rather have an AR....he's 8 and filled with wanderlust.

Anyway, it shot the first load out of the gate into little bitty clusters and that bullet was the 95gr Partition. Not the easiest bullet to get supreme accuracy with, but it shot 3/4" 3 shot groups. I'll give you the complete load data...

Good barrels heal many sins...



very accurate, and really unfussy, too Pac-Nor 1 in 9" twist, poly rifling, dupe of factory length and contour.

This year I'll probably do some more work with this one, but so far it seems pretty good. .257 Bob, Classic Select

Pat...you had to rebarrel it?


It would be fair to say Kimber Rifles couldn't possibly lose favor with me.

Typical performance for the 6-8 I have played with. The least accurate Kimber I have owned was a 308 and it would do 1" for three shots with several loads, unlike the others that have been 1/2-3/4" guns.

Yep. It wasn't suitable as a hunting rifle as it was, just too erratic. Other than bed it, I really didn't do anything else to it. The mag box and screw lengths were fine as is. Or maybe the previous owner fixed them, dunno

The Bob shoots decently with the first load I tried. This past March I loaned it to Carl at the Hog Hunt, but it was so pretty he was afraid to take it out.

Like I said earlier in the thread, Kimber has some cool designs, but then cuts corners and winds up with problems...sometimes...sorta like some wimmins...

Patrick

it sure is pretty. I really enjoyed handling and shooting the rifle.

Kimbers have not lost their favor with me.

Not for me. Tried a Montana and didn't shoot well. I will stick with my Rugers.