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Pretty good shot, but I have needed to have my Steyr worked on more than my Kimber.
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Just checked my kimber hunter. Bought new sealed in their factory packaging. Last 3 numbers on the gun 527. number on the bolt 530
It works excellent.
Terry Wow, just wow. That's just nuts... leave it to the Yonkers crew to screw up long held industry practice. From the Remington 700 Manual:
To help ensure the bolt assembly and receivers stay paired-up, the bolt assembly will be marked with the last three digits of the receiver’s serial number. For your safety, keep your bolt assembly paired-up with its respective receiver. Ensure the last three(3) digits of the serial number match the numbers stamped on the bolt.
“Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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One other thought, I could see a potential problem taking a mismatched bolt/receiver out of country... there's no way I'd accept a non-matching bolt.
“Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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I just checked all my Montana's andcthey match. Must be a new thing?
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If it shoots it's a keeper
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There are other Montana 308's out there, not tough to find. I would return it for refund, and next time check serial #'s prior to purchase...
Best of luck !
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Re- engrave it to match.......pretty easy
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Not an acceptable storyline here.
My home is the "sanctuary residence" for my firearms.
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I suspect Kimbet won't be of much help with this beyond what you have already learned here.
Agreed.
By the way, in case you missed it, Jeremiah was a bullfrog.
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Pretty good shot, but I have needed to have my Steyr worked on more than my Kimber. After all the bitching the worm has done on here about his one experience with Kimber, this is some seriously funny schit!
Screw you! I'm voting for Trump again!
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Always check the numbers when buying a gun....
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That's not the serial number on the bolt...it's the number of times it's been worked on. That’s funny.
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Just checked, And all 3 of my Montana’s, a hunter and a mountain ascent all have matching #s.
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And we wonder why Browning x-bolts have no numbers on their bolts....
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After getting it checked it seems to be fine. It also shoots good as well. I just can't understand why kimber wouldn't take a few minutes to correct the mismatching numbers. If they are going to be switching bolts around it would seem to me that it would be better to not put a number on them. What do I know since I'm not in the gun manufacturing business. Thanks for all your thoughts and replies.
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Hope you like it, because it'll be hell to get rid of....
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