Jed, that's what I was told by Kimber. But I honestly can't confirm it as I've never had an 84M wood model apart. What are your thoughts pulling it apart, does it look like the action and bedding were mated during bedding? Put up some pics if you can.
The Montana stocks are made and painted in Costa Rica, so it makes sense they'd be bedded at the time of mfg with a slave action.
First time I have heard that. Have always understood the walnut stocks are harvested, built, checkered and bedded to slave actions in Costa Rica before being sent to NY. Far cheaper wood and labour costs. They are one of the only production stocks that are still checkered with a human operating the tool, as can be told by the imperfect checkering. I have bedded all the wood stocked Kimbers I've had. They suffer the exact same maladies as the montanas as far as bedding and binding magazines, etc.
