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I bought this .25-06 from a member here, mounted up a Leupold VX3 CDS 3.5-10x40 in Leupold rings & Kimber bases.
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Yesterday I stopped by an oddball place where the wife sells bird supplies and the husband sells guns and optics he had a 308 classic with moa card in darker grain wood for $1099.00 he also had a 7mm 08 stainless classic select with moa card and darker grain wood for $1299.00 has Kimber corrected the 7mm barrel issue ? I liked them both and I'm not a long range hunter so both calibers would fit for me in that aspect. I like the ebony forend tip, so the regular classics don't quite do it for me. If you like the look of it, I'd buy that Classic Select Stainless (I have one in 280AI). The 7mm barrel issues are long over. And they don't make the Classic Select Stainless anymore, so it will always be in demand if you ever want to sell it. The price is right too.
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I bought this .25-06 from a member here, mounted up a Leupold VX3 CDS 3.5-10x40 in Leupold rings & Kimber bases. I bought this .25-06 from a member here, mounted up a Leupold VX3 CDS 3.5-10x40 in Leupold rings & Kimber bases. Glad you like it my friend. It's a beautiful rifle.
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84L 280AI Classic Select
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I had a Longmaster .308 (stainless, fluted barrel) that was the most accurate rifle I ever owned. Lost it to financial necessity while putting a child through college.
Couple of years back, my LGS had a SS Classic .30/06 in the rack. It was a stunning piece, with lovely wood and excellent detailing. If I ever see another, I might violate my no more rifles pledge.
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Saw one at a gun show in 338 federal. Still kicking myself for not getting it
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84L 280AI Classic Select I keep telling myself I'm going to take an 84l and rebarrel to 7x57. That one might be the ticket.
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I have a 257 roberts, I really like the gun, it has been accurate, reliable and a fun gun to hunt with, I have the 308 in the montana skin and like it as well.
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I sure am glad to hear people are liking their Kimbers. I had a Montana .308 once and sort of regret selling it. It shot great as well. Nowadays, I'm gravitating more towards the wooden stocks and just love the ebony tip fore ends, so I'd be looking at the selects.
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Another ugly Roberts that also shoots real well. Piece of crap 280 ackley that if you do you're part will do a 1/2" and better than that if you're really trying. Have a .223 Montana as well that shows a lot of promise, haven't shot it much though. Did did all of shortactions tweaks on the .223.
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I had an 84L Select in 30-06 for a time. I liked everything about the gun except for the fact that it was too pretty to hunt with. It handled and shot like a dream but I had guns better suited for the abuse of actual hunting so we parted ways. I also had a Montana in .308 that was a great rifle - I just had no particular use for a .308 so it too went down the road. I could see myself with a Montana again in the future though.
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IMO easily the best looking factory rifle out there,although I admit to being less than thrilled with all the Kimbers I have owned. I would say that I am running about 50%-60% on them out of a dozen or so in various permutations. I know it's not "me" and an inability to soot light rifles; if that were so none of them would have shot well and that is not the case. Soem have been really good. They were all gone and then I bumped into this Select in 257 Roberts and bought it despite having dumped another that shot like crap. So far this one seems far better behaved. For me,no Kimber will ever replace a M70 but this is a nice, light rifle that balances well,and so far shoots good too.Function is very good. It isn't hard to look at either. I like it. This is what it does so far for 5 shots with 46-H4350-100 BT,the first hand load I tried in it. Too early to tell but I think I can get the 100 NPT to do about the same thing.
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The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Bob that kimber looks nice, and looks to have some potential. I have to tell you with a little help from you, I now have a model 70 xtr in 257 Roberts that is a inch shooter. Thanks again Bob!
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winchester glad you finally found one that you like!
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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IMO easily the best looking factory rifle out there Agree completely. IMO they are a bit like a 700MR, but a lot nicer. Looks like you got a dandy!
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Whelen Away: This looks to be a good one. I shot it field prone at 300 yards earlier this week and slopped 3 into 3". That was with 100 gr NPT.
I have a bunch of empty brass that I'll load up with BT's. The rifle seems to like that bullet.
At any rate the rifle is a lot more agreeable than earlier ones Ive owned but this is the first one with that Guarantee accuracy tag hanging from it...so maybe they are paying more attention these days.
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The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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The barrels are floated but a large percentage of new ones I've looked at in various shops have forends warped enough that barrels are often contacting wood near the forend tip.
That said, I have a Classic and a Classic Select purchased used that have straight forends with barrels centered in the channel. They are usually the rifles I grab first when heading out - the light weight and nice handling have spoiled me. The forends are very thin causing them to be more prone to this. I have corrected this before and no longer let it bother me as long as still free floating. An easy way to correct it is to physically push the end of forend over past center. Once there I put a couple cleaning patches between barrel and forend to hold it. Set rifle in cabinet for a couple months and it'll keep most of that shape once patches are removed. It'll spring back some which is why I go past center. If your rifle has an ebony tip go place your patches just below it so as not to stress that joint.
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IMO easily the best looking factory rifle out there,although I admit to being less than thrilled with all the Kimbers I have owned. I would say that I am running about 50%-60% on them out of a dozen or so in various permutations. I know it's not "me" and an inability to soot light rifles; if that were so none of them would have shot well and that is not the case. Soem have been really good. They were all gone and then I bumped into this Select in 257 Roberts and bought it despite having dumped another that shot like crap. So far this one seems far better behaved. For me,no Kimber will ever replace a M70 but this is a nice, light rifle that balances well,and so far shoots good too.Function is very good. It isn't hard to look at either. I like it. This is what it does so far for 5 shots with 46-H4350-100 BT,the first hand load I tried in it. Too early to tell but I think I can get the 100 NPT to do about the same thing. Looks like a keeper!!
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I have a M84 superamerica in .243 that has arguably one of the nicest pieces of wood I've ever seen. It's got a Zeiss conquest on it and only 40 shots through it. It's a real shooter. I'm thinking of selling it because I have more rifles than I have room for and know I'll never hunt with it. Too pretty... It's as new with box etc. I'm thinking $2,200 with the optics. Any interest?
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