Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Brand New Kimber Hunter Extractor problems

I’m glad you guys like your Tikka’s.. you all seem like you have a complex or something to prove with owning one. I didn’t call your mother ugly, just your gun. I’ve pretty well admitted several times they (Tikka) are more accurate out of the box. Ted is pretty well admitting he bought a POS.. why would he go out of his way to make this post if he wasn’t dissapointed? Of course accurate rifles matter. They need to be accurate enough to get the job done. The Ruger American 6.5 Creed I traded for this Kimber shot little bitty groups all day long. The damn thing was ugly, heavy at 11 pounds scoped, and felt cheap. It shot awesome but I couldn’t like it. I don’t need a gun to shoot 1/4” groups at 100 yards to kill big game animals at 400 yards and in.

I thought Barnes bullet shooters were easy to offend but you Tikka owners win that trophy big time...

Todd

If I were contemplating a Kimber these last few post would have ended that. Those Kimber groups, to most people, would be unsatisfactory . Accuracy with my T3 is on the line with those shown from the T3's. That's from my $350.00 second hand rifle.

I could really care less what my T3X looks like when it shoots like this. . Sight in at 100 yards, break out the magnetospeed, plug it in, let the LRHS eat.........when the wind doesn't blow it's really cheating. It will hold .5MOA or better out to 500 (as far as I can shoot at local range) with numerous loads and bullets.





Factory ammo on the right, my first reloading effort with 129g LRAB's and IMR4451. the 130AB's shot almost exactly the same with 43g H4350, but 1" higher.

Extractor needs tuned. My dads Hunter went back twice to get it right and it’s still not perfect. Poor QC from Kimber for sure.

Any Mossberg lovers around?

I have a 500 that is awsome

A CRF rifle extractor like a 1911 extractor has to be "tuned", so if you plan on owning CRF rifles or 1911 pistols you might want to learn how to replace and fit extractors since they can be a maintenance item. The Hunter rifle has more than 55 discrete parts and these are not custom built rifles so mistakes will happen. Clearly the extractor in question isn't tensioned properly (not sure why) and if you keep jamming a round in the chamber and slamming the bolt closed without feeding from the magazine you will at some point need to learn how to fit and tune an extractor. I don't know the history of the Hunter in question but this issue could happen to any CRF rifle and without more information it's ridiculous to imply that this one rifle says anything about Kimber rifles in general. Push feed rifles have a simpler extraction system in terms of the lack of fitting and adjustment required so perhaps the OP should sell the Hunter and get a PF. A Tikka perhaps.