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I don’t see a lot of these, either in person or talked about much here. Who owns one and how do you like it? Any issues to look for? Thinking of a 30-06 or 270 and a Z3 3-9x36
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I’ve got one in .257 Roberts, and don’t have a single complaint. Light, accurate, looks good. What’s not to love!?
Oh, and believe it or not, deer bite. Fairly hard.
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I’d like one in .270 Win. Thinking of selling/trading my .308 84M or my .260 84M for one.
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My .257 Roberts is about a perfect deer/antelope rifle I think. My .30-06 with a piglet. It is more finicky than the Roberts, but we found a load around an inch that works. Will carry it on horseback elk hunt in a month. Both bought used off of gunbroker.
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Cheesy ,
Nice wood on those
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For the most part they are great. Unfortunately the more recent “Select” wood is only slightly a step up from a pine 2x4. If you want one with great wood, you’ll likely have to look around quite a bit and see pics of the exact rifle you’re buying. If buying new and unseen, your chances of winning the wood lottery are pretty slim based on quite a few newer examples I’ve seen both advertised and in person, especially the “French” walnut. There have been some really nice ones which have come up for sale here pre-loved, which also benefit from the knowledge of being proven shooters, if you want to go that way.
That being said, Kimber has reduced production of some of their models since their move to AL, and said at one point that they were no longer going to produce wood stocked rifles. Strangely they came out with the limited run of 6.5 Creed Classics not long after that announcement, so who really knows.
Good luck with your search.
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Kimber rifles not talked about much on this site? Really? They are one if the most popular rifles on the campfire and desrvedly so, These are fantastic rifles! If you buy one I bet you love it like no other....Good luck.....Hb
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I’ve got one in .257 Roberts, and don’t have a single complaint. Light, accurate, looks good. What’s not to love!? Same here...
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Well it will be sight unseen so I know I’m rolling the dice on wood appearances. I got a 12 month zero interest deal from the Base exchange with a star card. Lol haven’t used the star card in years but going to now. I just have to get them to find one at their distributors and gave it shipped.
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I have one in 257 Roberts, one in 280 AI, and a third in 30-06.....love them all. I agree on the current handles looking just a bit better than a pine 2x4, but if you search long enough, you can find a nice one.
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Sight unseen, odds are this is the wood you’re going to get.
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Sight unseen, odds are this is the wood you’re going to get. that walnut?
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Sight unseen, odds are this is the wood you’re going to get. that walnut? A Grade French Walnut. They say so themselves...
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Some good looking wood here. I've seen a few Classics (non-Select) with good wood and darker color, while Select's I've noticed tend to be lighter color. Can anyone verify this, or is it just differences in cameras / lighting ?
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Classics were Claro Walnut versus the Classic Selects French Walnut. A couple I no longer have A 308 surrounded by a couple of 257s
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Honestly I haven’t seen a Classic or Classic Select with wood I would consider ugly, but I’m not as picky as some are.
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Classics were Claro Walnut versus the Classic Selects French Walnut. A couple I no longer have A 308 surrounded by a couple of 257s Thank you 257Deland, that explains it. Nice rifles, wood on those two are exceptional. I couldn’t have let that 308 out of the stable...
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