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Kimber is on the way. Probably going with Lilja #9 twist on the modified 84M contour. End it at 22 or 24"?
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Will it be a walk around gun or primarily bench situated?
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Will it be a walk around gun or primarily bench situated? Walk around.
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22" if it was me. Think hard about balance and barrel contour. They don't take much metal out of a .17 tube pushing balance forward further than you might imagine.
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A Kimber Montana in .17 Remington sounds pretty interesting.
22" or 24" doesn't matter much. My first bolt action .17 Remington was a 700 BDL with a 24" factory sporter contour. Last was a 700 LVSF with a 22" fluted factory magnum barrel. I would not get my panties in a bunch over the difference. On the other hand, at one time in between I had a 700 with a 24 inch unfluted #8 contour in an HS Precision stock .. that was somewhat ungainly and slow to get into action. Good from a rest, but not a packing rifle.
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Kimber 223 Montana received November 28. Two local smiths order in Lilja barrels. They were within $50 of each other for price installed.
So I ordered from the shop that had a .17 Remington reamer as for the price of the other guy they are bead blasting it for a satin finish, truing action and bolt lugs etc. . The other guy I had to buy reamer and pay someone to put a satin finish on barrel. So I get more work for same money.
Lilja 1-9 twist. Probably 24".
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A guy offered to let me borrow his 17-204 reamer. Is that a viable option?
204 cases much more common than 17 Remington.
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I would in a heart beat.
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Do 24” if you’re going with the 17 Rem.
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