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I have a very high level of butthurt with Kimber for absolutely ignoring the LH (albeit small) market. Gorgeous rifles. My butthurt carries on.

Thanks BobBrown.

All 4 of my Classics have had great wood. Not AAA of course but I like to tell folks that if they were any nicer I wouldn’t want to hunt with them and any uglier I wouldn’t want to own them. When I bought my first Classic in .308 I was looking for a 7-08 and found both together in a little gun shop. The 7-08 had less pretty figure so I went with the.308 that was much better. At the time I figured I’d found my perfect mountain rifle. I still think it’s my perfect mountain rifle.

As do I. A true featherweight.

I've been looking for a Select in 7-08, with a nice hunk of wood for awhile now. The search continues.

Or a 280AI that I would shorten to 22"

I have a Montana in 7-08 and 257 Roberts. Very happy with both.

Same here, but in .270

I spent 2+ years looking for my Roberts. Paying the wood premium hurt at the time. Doesn’t bother me now.

I have a 280 AI. I looked a long time for one with nice wood, and hunted with it for a year. Then I sold it to Nyrifleman. I immediately regretted selling it, and he was kind enough to sell it back to me a year or two later. I love it.

Mines a 25/06. Love it. Shoots less than an inch with Barnes ttsx and tsx, nice and trim in the grip. Carries well, handles great.

Initially, Kimber offered a choice of either AA French with ebony forend tip or AAA Claro with no forend tip in the Classic Select. Apparently, a lower grade of French with added forend tip vs a higher grade of Claro had similar cost. Eventually, Kimber discontinued the AAA Claro Selects in favor of the French walnut versions, obviously to simplify production variations and supply chain. Then, they later reduced the French walnut grade to A. The view there, whether right or wrong, was that French walnut of any grade is considered a "step up" from black or Claro walnut. Really nice walnut in general is in much shorter supply today than it used to be a couple decades ago, and few factory rifles of any brand come stocked with pretty wood anymore, unless you're willing to pay a premium to get it. It's a shame, but the reality of the market.

That is a beautiful rifle!

Had one in .270 Win. MOA or better with Nosler factory 130gr AB cartridges and Leupold 6x on top. Wood was a bit plain for my tastes. Gave it to a grandson for graduation present. He was pleased...

That is nice.

Sorry for resurrecting an old post but had a question about the 84M Classic Select Grades I’ve seen some old posts from other sites talking about Kimber 84M issues like light firing pin strikes, feeding, extraction issues. Is this something Kimber fixed years ago and the Classic Select Grades have better quality control or we are still seeing these issues with the Select Grades?

AAA French 257Rob & 308...both departed.

Why are they "departed", did you have issues with them? Thank you.

Just made way for other thing's.

How many years were the 84M Classic Select Grades in production?
When were they discontinued or are they still being made?

Only part of that I can answer is that kimber is not currently producing any wood stock rifles, I wanted a classic select in 257 Roberts and have been checking for any production for the last year, checked for the last time about 30 days ago with no change and then found the exact one I was looking for in near perfect condition with excellent wood at the Tulsa show. Quickly becoming one of my favorite rifles. Already owned a hunter model in 257 and in 280ai, very happy with all my kimber’s!

I’m not an expert, just have the 2 Classic Selects pictured above as well as a Classic in .308 I bought used off the classifieds here in 2007.

My .30-06 required some tweaking to get consistent ejection. No other issues on the 3.

The issues you mention seem to all be tweaks that can be fixed based on the Kimber “tweaking” tutorial floating around here. Maybe somebody will link to it or I might when sitting at a computer.

There seem to be two camps of Kimber owners. Those of us that absolutely love them. And those that think they’re a steaming pile of crap.