Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Thinking about a Kimber, yea or nay

I only have the hunter. Bought if for my boy.
It had to go back to kimber to get the chamber polished as it would scratch the brass and the chamber is very tight. To where I had to get small base dies to reload for it.
Kimber told me they doesn’t recommend to use re loads, only premium factory ammo.
Won’t lie, left a bad taste in my mouth.

Damn that is nice Roy, forgot you had that rifle.

Stick,

Montucky over Fieldcraft?

I’ve had three. A std grade 308 that I bought when they first came out. It’s one of my absolute favorite rifles. It shoots under MOA ALWAYS. I’ve hunted with it a lot, deer, elk, africa two or three times.

A 30-06 select grade that was VERY accurate, like in the .3-.4” range but they changed something in the wrist or trigger geometry and it just never fit me the way my 308 did so I let it go.

A Montana 7/08 that is also well under MOA but I haven’t hunted it yet. Something I hope to change next year.

Zero complaints for me on any of the ones Ive had.

The Fieldcraft is twisted right and wears the magbox. FC's have killer twist rates. Hint............

Yea for me. They go well with my Model 70's and Ruger Hawkeyes. The firing pin had to be adjusted on the Montana after about three years. Only problem I have had with any of them.

I have three. A Kimber Hunter in 6.5 Creedmoor, a Montana in .30-06 and a Talkeetna in .375 H&H.

I had iron sights installed on the Hunter. It wears a 3.5-10 x40 Leupold.

I had the Montana barrel shortened to 22 in and iron sights installed.It wears a 2.5-8x36 Leupold but I have a 2-10 Vx5 HD Leupold to put on it.

I had the Talkeetnas barrel shortened to 21 inches and taller NECG sights installed. I put a Heavy Duplex 1.75-6 on it but it will be changed to the 2.5-8 x36 that will come off the Montana.

I sometimes think if I could get one in .223 and one in .338 Win Mag I wouldn't need any othe cf bolt guns.

Three here.

Montana .223, Hunter 6.5CM, Classic 30-06.

Love them.

Foolishly I sold my Montana .260Rem a few years ago, still regret that!

Have a Mtn. Ascent in 280AI and a Hunter Pro Desolve Blak in 6.5 Manbun. Neither have any issues whatsoever and both will hold 1/2-5/8" groups. As I get older, I've come to appreciate lighter weight rifles. Kimbers work for me and are my primary hunting rifles.

Had a Longmaster .308. Likely the most accurate rifle I ever owned. Lost it to a pressing need….

It did scratch brass, a simple fix that I didn’t address before I sold it as the new owner didn’t care.

My son has had a Hunter 6.5 from very early on. No issues at all, including the magazines. I might’ve followed him with a .308, but I found an M70 EW first. Not as light of course, which is probably a good thing as the Hunter is pretty bouncy off a rest, even in 6.5.

My LGS is a Master Dealer, and has had Selects on occasion. I’ve seen stunners, and ones that looked a bit plain for the dough. If pretty wood is your goal, better get pics. Finding any at all might be challenging though.

This! Models with a blind mag may feed like they have eyes. The magazine on the Hunter is one of the worst I've ever dealt with.

LOL great post

I don't know of any mfg that would recommend reloads over factory ammo.

Pretty sure Ed likes the Mauser M12's too, a lot

Who calls someone Boy? you sound like an idiot

Then when pushed, you admit you're not a Kimber fan, but Ed is? LMAO. Glad you believe Ed

I've had two Montana's, a 7-08 and 260, both shot lights out. For some stupid reason, I sold the 7-08, still have the 260.

223, 243Win, & 7-08 Montanas, a gen-1 Pro-Varmint 223, as well as a 375 H&H Talkeetna all as-issued from the factory.

22-250 and 270Win Montanas both have 1:8 Lilja factory dupe contours @ 22".

A .224 1:7 Lilja Montana dupe on the way and a .204 Varmint will become a 1:7 223Rem "Frankentana" blued action/SS bbl in a spare Montana stock I had set in a corner a while back.

I like Kimbers.

I have a pile of Montanas.

Love ‘em.

I've got an Adirondack .308. It scratched the heck out of brass when it was new, and the dipped finish on the stock was garbage. The rifle is very picky about loads but the ones it likes are easily less than 1". Another issue I discovered is this light rifle is pretty sensitive about bag and hand positioning when shooting from the bench. Inconsistent technique yields inconsistent results with such a light rifle.

Based on the experience of a friend who's Montana's chamber was cut wrong and their refusal to do right by my garbage stock finish I'd say Kimber's customer service is suspect. I'd even go so far as to say they are a douchey company.

The weak points for Kimber rifles are the magazine system of the Hunter models, and based on the experiences of others it's apparent to me their enclosed trigger is susceptible to failure in dusty or silty environments.

Please send me a pm if you may be interested in selling the Adirondack.

I bought a Kimber Montana in 270WSM about 10 years ago, for a sheep hunt.
Accuracy was poor, 2” at best. Sent it back to Kimber. They returned it unaltered, with a three shot target, 1.25”, at 50 yards, and said “it’s in spec.”
Sold it and had Jim Kobe build me a 270WSM on a R700 action, McMillan stock, and Shilen barrel. It shot about 3/4” five shots at 100 yards.
Killed a sheep and mountain caribou, one shot kills.