Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Took a drink of the Kimber KoolAid

I took some advice and drank a little Kimber KoolAid today.

Heading out to hunt tomorrow and I will be dropping this off at the gunsmiths to get a brake on it.

Now looking for an appropriate scope and hope to have it together ready for the range next week.

Scope suggestions?

Talley make a 1-piece ring and base? Mounting suggestions?

Thanks and wish me luck please.

I'm assuming you bought that 300 wsm? A VX3 3.5-10x40 or 2.5-8x36 should fit on that one nicely. Talley lightweight lows will suffice. Extra lows for the 2.5-8... Congrats! Good luck and let us know how it works out for you..

Here is a recommendation I wouldn't put a break on it. Them 300 wsm are pussycats

You don't want to put a brake on that skinny barrel before you shoot it. If it kicks too much then have your gunsmith replace the pad. If it's still too much for you load it down to 30-06 levels or sell it and pick up a 7-08.

Having put lows and a VX2 6x36 on my 84L Montana I would not go to the extra lows as the scope would be too low. Unless, of course, one has atypical body features that warrant them.

Talley LW's, VX3 3.5x10, 270WSM

where's yer brake?....

Between the clutch and gas...

I'd shoot it before considering a loudener for it.

My Kimber Classic in 300 wsm is one of my most consistent, if not THE most consistent rifles I own. 168 TTSX go to the same spot, less then or right at an inch every single time. Great rifles.

I had a brake on a hunting rifle once. It tamed the recoil but the first time I shot an elk with it I took off the brake. Decided even though it was a 300RUM that the recoil didn't hurt near as much as the noise. For the love of God, don't put a brake on it!

I've had one for a decade and it's one of my most consistent and reliable rifles always shooting tiny groups with factory ammo. I've never felt a need for a dog-dick on the end.

I always seem to wind up next to a muzzle brake at the range. I swear I get a headache whenever I see one.

That aside -congrats on the new rifle. I would be pretty pumped getting a Kimber into my hands- good for you. Hope it's a shooter.

Prolly his wife's rifle..

that's what they make 243's for.....

Handload for it and shoot it before putting a muzzle brake on.

Good luck. I like those Montana's.

Reason for the brake is two-fold. I like to shoot a new rifle like this quite a bit at the range to really dial it in and get totally comfortable. Sitting at a bench shooting a 6 pound 300 WSM rifle all day doesn't sound like fun at all.

I can relate to the range situation next to a shooter with a brake. Because of this, I used to hate rifles with brakes. A year or 2 ago, I was trying out some different options for new glass and was shooting some friends' rifles. When I could lay down and see my shots hit on steel at 400 yards with a 300 H&H, I was pretty impressed.

Yes, they are loud, but I've gotten into the habit of using plugs when I'm hunting as my wife says I have already hammered my hearing so I am trying to salvage what I have left.

and the best way to do that is slap a loudener on it?

I'd swap it for a 30-06 before I put a brake on it it. Then again, with the weight difference they'd probably have the same recoil. Brakes are for trucks, Trix are for kids. But you're paying the bills and pulling the trigger.

silly rabbit.....