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Had my Kimber Montana rebarrled from 358 win to Lilja barrel 6.5 Creedmoor since I was already setup for handloading that and I can suppress it which means I can work up loads at home. So now it’s 4.1 pounds naked and 5.2 pounds with a 3-10 weaver on it. And just under 6 pounds suppressed. Anyways just getting it zeroed and burning up the rest of a box (11 shots in all) of factory 143 eldx. First shot after boresight was far right. Measured in reticle and adjusted for three more. Over corrected an extra .1 mil on the top left but still grouped those 7 shots very well. Of course the factory 143s are lumbering along at 2465 fps out of the 16.25” barrel. I am hoping to get 147s to 2600 fps or so with a little handloading and just as good of accuracy....time will tell. I will say this is thus far the most accurate Kimber I have had no doubt and should be a perfect sub 500 yard hunting rifle. The practical side of me says just buy a pile of factory ammo. The tinkerer says we can do just as good only faster if I handloads . Luckily I can always default back to practical.
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If thats the best it will shoot Your obviously not holding that light rifle right....😁.......nice shooting!.....Hb
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I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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What brand is the stock and who did the fitting?
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nice work especially considering how light that gun is. It takes a little more focus for me to shoot the lightweights as well as say a 8 or 9 lb gun. Have you had the chance to take a look at the rifling inside that barrel? Id be curious to see what their finish work looks like.
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Wow! What all have you done to it to lighten it up?
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Very nice. Barrel length?
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@4.1 lbs ..You might just have the lightest rifle on the campfire...
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Wheres that 358 barrel????
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Dayum, that shoots fair good IMO. I have one of those mutant light rifles with a plastic stock that does OK, but it's maybe a little heavier? Longer barrel and it only has a Weaver K2.5 from El Paso; weighs about 5.5# (loaded). Oh yeah, it's a .30-30.
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Wheres that 358 barrel????
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Had my Kimber Montana rebarrled from 358 win to Lilja barrel 6.5 Creedmoor since I was already setup for handloading that and I can suppress it which means I can work up loads at home. So now it’s 4.1 pounds naked and 5.2 pounds with a 3-10 weaver on it. And just under 6 pounds suppressed. Anyways just getting it zeroed and burning up the rest of a box (11 shots in all) of factory 143 eldx. First shot after boresight was far right. Measured in reticle and adjusted for three more. Over corrected an extra .1 mil on the top left but still grouped those 7 shots very well. Of course the factory 143s are lumbering along at 2465 fps out of the 16.25” barrel. I am hoping to get 147s to 2600 fps or so with a little handloading and just as good of accuracy....time will tell. I will say this is thus far the most accurate Kimber I have had no doubt and should be a perfect sub 500 yard hunting rifle. The practical side of me says just buy a pile of factory ammo. The tinkerer says we can do just as good only faster if I handloads . Luckily I can always default back to practical. That is crazy lite! My Forbes 260 hits 6.4 with a Leupold 3.5x10 CDS, and I think that is a tough critter to shoot well from the bench. Can't imagine trying to hold that wisp steady. Nice work, Sir! Kaiser Norton
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Nice!!! Whose barrel did you use?
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Hey Luke,
What can is that?
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That thing is ridiculous.
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That thing is ridiculous. Not just "ridiculous", pretty bad azzed as well.
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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What brand is the stock and who did the fitting? It’s an MPI microlight. Last Frontier Custom guns did the inletting and bedding.
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This one is finished at 16.5”.
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