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I have 3.5x10’s on 99’s, 4.5x14’s on bolt guns. I think I like the 3.5x10’s better. The seem to be a touch better in low light.
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I just traded for this 2002 .308 Kimber Classic....I put this S&B 1.5x6 42mm I had on it. Its mounted in low Tally 30mm screw lock rings. Purty rifle, but how can you shoot it with the eyepiece way back like an inch from your eye?
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It's about 2.5 to 3 inches from my eye....
Strangest thing I took that scope and the Tally rings off a 1959 Sako .243....it fit right in the Tally bases on the Kimber without moving the ring spacing at all.
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Since we're posting photos, my Rob They did put some nice wood on them for a bit. They still do from time to time, I was looking at a 84m 308 a few weeks ago and the stock looked like its twin.
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Beautiful gun....Oregon or Yonkers ?
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I’m kinda conflicted on which Kimber I want now…don’t really want to pay Gunbroker prices for a Classic, but I might. Or, I could pick up a Hunter, replace the gel in the stock with foam, and have the stock dipped in a Camo pattern and have one that would be a half pound or more lighter than the classic.
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I had a Leupold VX3 2.5-8x on mine & my son’s wears a Redfield 3-9. Of those I’d go Swaro.
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I’m kinda conflicted on which Kimber I want now…don’t really want to pay Gunbroker prices for a Classic, but I might. Or, I could pick up a Hunter, replace the gel in the stock with foam, and have the stock dipped in a Camo pattern and have one that would be a half pound or more lighter than the classic. I think they have Hunters that are Camo dipped.
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I’m kinda conflicted on which Kimber I want now…don’t really want to pay Gunbroker prices for a Classic, but I might. Or, I could pick up a Hunter, replace the gel in the stock with foam, and have the stock dipped in a Camo pattern and have one that would be a half pound or more lighter than the classic. I think they have Hunters that are Camo dipped. I’d get a regular FDE one and probably dip it in First Lite Fusion or Sitka Subalpine. Could pretty easily have a poor mans Subalpine 257 Bob then ha. One reason I’d get the FDE is I’m a gorilla and tend to damage the original finish anyway when pulling the gel out. The grip cap has to be popped off and glued back on. So I can do all that and then send it to be dipped. FL fusion would be nice, would look just like this: [ Linked Image]
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I’m a 2.5-10 fan. I have hunting scopes ranges 2-7, 3-9, 2.5-10,3.5-10,3-12,4.5-14 and I keep going g back to the 2.5-10 as it offers the best of both worlds in a decent weight
All of them do something better than the 30-06, but none of them do everything as well.
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Since we're posting photos, my Rob Looks just like my Bob Classic Select .
Never take life to seriously, after all ,no one gets out of it alive.
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I just traded for this 2002 .308 Kimber Classic....I put this S&B 1.5x6 42mm I had on it. Its mounted in low Tally 30mm screw lock rings. Very nice combo. Your front base is on backwards, not that it matters much on a mild recoiling rifle. The thick lug goes forward. That's the lug that deals with the force of the scope during recoil. It would also reduce the space between rings a fraction of an inch giving you a little more back-and-forth adjustment.
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Beautiful gun....Oregon or Yonkers ? If you have to ask.....
"I can't be canceled, because, I don't give a fuuck!" --- Kid Rock 2022
Holocaust Deniers, the ultimate perverted dipchits: Bristoe, TheRealHawkeye, stophel, Ghostinthemachine, anyone else?
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If that's an Oregon it's been handled with kids gloves....
I've had both in .22s I prefer the Yonker .22s.
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If that's an Oregon it's been handled with kids gloves....
I've had both in .22s I prefer the Yonker .22s. I think it's more of a Montana. LOL
"I can't be canceled, because, I don't give a fuuck!" --- Kid Rock 2022
Holocaust Deniers, the ultimate perverted dipchits: Bristoe, TheRealHawkeye, stophel, Ghostinthemachine, anyone else?
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Most of my rifles in that general class (including a Kimber classic) have the 2 1/2 - 8 Leupold. It just seems to be the ideal fit for a general purpose hunting rifle.
Mathew 22: 37-39
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I have a 2 X 7 Kahles on my Kimber 257, I think it is perfect. This particular scope if now difficult to find.
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NY, 2012 production. Port Side:
“Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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I put a Steiner Gs3 2 X10 on my Rem 700 Classic in 257Roberts ....Great(emphasis on great) glass,and it won't break the bank ..Well worth it IMHO............After doing a search I've found out that model(2X10X42) is no longer manufactured............Glad I bought mine when I did
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