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That new Kimber is a darn tempting rifle though I agree a Whelen fits a classic Mauser well. But my old tweaked Ruger RS gets most of the action. I will never be Whelenless.
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Wish they had gone the 338/06 route rather than the Whelen maybe next year. Maybe Kimber will revive Remington's idea of the "Classic" and manufacture a different given chambering each year. Since you've already called for the 2013 Kimber Klassic to be a 338-06, I hereby designate 2014's edition to be a .25-284. And, since I have the floor, the 2015 Kimber Klassic will be a 7mm-08!
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Since you can already get a 7-08, and I thought I read on a thread that a .284 based cartridge won't fit in an 84M action, how about a 7 WSM 8400 (again) and a .260 (also, again) or Creedmoor, that's work too, in an 84M?
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I've got an old Rem 700 BDL in 35 Whelen stuffed in an equally old mountain rifle stock. It's the perfect elk rig. But I will be first in line for that caliber in a Kimber Montana.
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I tried finding the Whelen on their website but cannot find it. Am using my phone so maybe just not looking in the right spot. Anyone know if these can be ordered now?
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It's in the 2012 catalog...
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now that they have 358 barrels, there is no reason for them not to chamber the 84M in 358 Win!!! I'll be first in line!!!
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I'd probably slum an 84L Classic Select in 9.3x62mm if Kimber built it...
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Brad do they list the barrel twist in their whelen? With an accurate 308 Montana a whelen would be more interesting to me than the 30 06.
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If they made the 35 Whelen in 84L (which I think they'd have to do due to action length not 84M right?) Montana I likely would have to bite the bullet on it.
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If they made the 35 Whelen in 84L (which I think they'd have to do due to action length not 84M right?) Montana I likely would have to bite the bullet on it. I doubt a Montana will ever be forthcoming... larger bbl. diameter, hence an entirely new stock mold...
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What kills me about Kimber is that they are doing some of these harder to sell calibers when they cant get half the standard calibers to function or perform correctly. Just my opinion.
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I see that the 35 Whelen is listed (pg. 46) under the 84L Classic Select. I don't know if the barrel contour is larger but it would be easier to alter a walnut stock than a kevlar stock.
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I see Tim Sundles [Buffalo Bore] has a new load out for 35 Whelen.
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I see that the 35 Whelen is listed (pg. 46) under the 84L Classic Select. I don't know if the barrel contour is larger but it would be easier to alter a walnut stock than a kevlar stock. Apparently it is a larger, no. 2+ type contour. The fiberglass mold would have to be re-designed, not altered, whereas cutting away wood is much simpler as you rightly point out. No doubt that's the thinking offering it only in wood.
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What kills me about Kimber is that they are doing some of these harder to sell calibers when they cant get half the standard calibers to function or perform correctly. Just my opinion. That's not my experience. What do you base your opinion on?
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I base it on 2- Kimber .260's that I couldnt get to shoot and 1 that just wouldn't function without sending it back and having some work done to it. Upon getting it back it still wouldn't shoot with a lot of other Ruger's, Remingtons, or Win. that I have. Are they still producing the 7mm-08 ?
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I base it on 2- Kimber .260's that I couldnt get to shoot and 1 that just wouldn't function without sending it back and having some work done to it. Upon getting it back it still wouldn't shoot with a lot of other Ruger's, Remingtons, or Win. that I have. Are they still producing the 7mm-08 ? Interesting... my 260 shot lights out, but only with 125's and lighter, and only with H4831sc. 7-08 is listed in the current catalog.
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I know they had issues with it and was dropped at one time.
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