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Friend of mine picked up a Kimber 98 in 280 REM a few years ago. Only one I have ever seen
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I had heard that these Kimber Sporters had heat treated actions too?
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The very gun that set me on the 6.5 caliber hunting rifle trend I follow to this very day.
Experience is what you get, when you don't get what you want!
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Chopped up a Swede, and the 114 year old military barrel is one of the most accurate in the safe. Those folks obviously knew how to produce good firearms.
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Kimber did not heat treat the actions. But the Swedes did when they were made..
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Campfire Ranger
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I had heard that these Kimber Sporters had heat treated actions too? Kimber didn’t need to; the Swedes did an awesome job during initial production to say nothing of the quality of the steel itself.
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I had heard that these Kimber Sporters had heat treated actions too? Kimber didn’t need to; the Swedes did an awesome job during initial production to say nothing of the quality of the steel itself. Yes, the Swedes had the advantages of native sources of very good iron ore, coupled with the early adoption of the Siemens-Martin process for producing steel which, when compared to the Bessemer process, allowed much better control of steel composition, so they had a very good steel to work with in making those rifles.
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The Timney arrived today, now I just need to get it installed and head to the range...
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The Timney arrived today, now I just need to get it installed and head to the range... Cool, keep us updated!
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I actually have Herstal receive and a short chambered 6.5 Swede barrel sitting on a shelf in the shop. Looks I will have plenty of free time to try to get it cobbled together. Still have half a box of the 160rn but I think I may try out some of the new super slippery bullets out there to choose from.
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My daughter has been shooting this setup since she was 12yrs old and MANY of animals have fallen to that combo....she’s 19yrs old now.
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