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Shot the Kimber 280, half to 3/4 groups were easy with 120 Barnes Cherry picked or 10 shot groups?
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Cherry picked or 10 shot groups? WGAF . . . it's a hunting rifle
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Do any of your Kimbers have poor fitting bolts? Excessive slop at the lugs?
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Kimber Montana 7/08 My go to Whitetail gun. Cerakoted. I had to polish the feed rails, and changed out the follower and spring for a Rem. I've had a few with glitches, but if your a looney, or know someone who is, they are usually pretty easy to iron out. I know some would say why bother, but I absolutely love the way the stock fits,and the light weight. I look at them like a Harley. If your a died in the wool biker,and don't min a little tikering their the bike for you. If your a looney, you might love a Kimber.
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Cherry picked or 10 shot groups? WGAF . . . it's a hunting rifle So you don't actually want to know the true accuracy? I wouldn't either if I owned a kimber...
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Cherry picked or 10 shot groups? WGAF . . . it's a hunting rifle So you don't actually want to know the true accuracy? I wouldn't either if I owned a kimber... Here’s a 10 shot group from a Kimber of Oregon Custom Classic Varmint in 223 Rem that I bought as new. It’s been a problem child figuring out what it wanted to eat. About to give up, I decided to feed it some Federal 50gr HP and let it chew or I’d amputate the barrel and spring for a Lilja tube to correct all my woes. It seems to have finally settled down with the last 4 shots being stacked after a windage correction. I can live with that group of 4. 🦫
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Shot the Kimber 280, half to 3/4 groups were easy with 120 Barnes Cherry picked or 10 shot groups? That was the first 5 shots. I began sighting it in after that. I shot a couple 3 shot groups after I got it an inch and a half high at a hundred, both about 3/4”. It’s plenty good for deer hunting.
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No doubt, Scott! If a guy likes natural furniture, some of them older KoO are nice eye candy.
I remember an old thread that DogZapper did on his first hand experience troubleshooting Kimber rifles that would get sent back to the factory for various ailments. DZ said that he’d seen more issues with K-hornets than other chambered rifles.
Basically, the take away from his thread was KoO rifles were a gamble, depending on the year they were manufactured. I don’t own a lot of wood rifles, and being sexy to me also means the rifle needs to come with a level of consistent accuracy or I start looking for remedies, loss of OEM parts be damned. Grins
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Cherry picked or 10 shot groups? WGAF . . . it's a hunting rifle So you don't actually want to know the true accuracy? I wouldn't either if I owned a kimber... Save up. Maybe in 10 years or so you can report on it?
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Cherry picked or 10 shot groups? WGAF . . . it's a hunting rifle So you don't actually want to know the true accuracy? I wouldn't either if I owned a kimber... Save up. Maybe in 10 years or so you can report on it? No telling how much one will be in ten years. I’m glad I bought it. It feels good in my hands, love it!
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I’ve always wanted one, my 70th birthday is soon, might get wifey to buy me one. Select grade, don’t know anything about Kimbers?? I had a select in 270 WSM that shot 5 in 1". It was a nice rifle, but I already had a MT 325 WSM that was a good rifle with a great trigger, so I sold the 270 WSM to a good friend who loves it. My MT 257 Roberts shoots just a tad over 1.25"/5 shots with 115 Nosler BTs over IMR 4831. IMO, 3-shot groups are for guys afraid of how their rifles really shoot.
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Cherry picked or 10 shot groups? WGAF . . . it's a hunting rifle So you don't actually want to know the true accuracy? I wouldn't either if I owned a kimber... Save up. Maybe in 10 years or so you can report on it? No telling how much one will be in ten years. I’m glad I bought it. It feels good in my hands, love it! Exactly!
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well I have 4 kimbers 308. 6.5cm. 257 roberts. 25-06. Have not shot 308.yet. The others all average 1” or less. I have shot 5 deer with 25-06 and 257 roberts,100 gr balistic tip.(not many). Not one of them have lived long enough to form an opinion whether they love or hate a kimber DRT. Rifles are like dancing,some love a nice arm full some a little less but at the end of the day you think, I am glad I got you, and don’t care what someone else has. Have a good day and blessed life
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Have had 3 Kimber 84Ms and all shot very close to the factory targets, but they need to be held very firmly. For shots past 200 yards I keep my left index finger over and around the barrel to limit recoil jump.
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Cherry picked or 10 shot groups? WGAF . . . it's a hunting rifle So you don't actually want to know the true accuracy? I wouldn't either if I owned a kimber... Save up. Maybe in 10 years or so you can report on it? I don't buy garbage.
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Cherry picked or 10 shot groups? WGAF . . . it's a hunting rifle So you don't actually want to know the true accuracy? I wouldn't either if I owned a kimber... Save up. Maybe in 10 years or so you can report on it? I don't buy garbage. So, what is all of your hands on experience with Kimber with your real world results? Because when you say you don't buy garbage you insinuating that you don't even own one and are just talking out your ass.
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Cherry picked or 10 shot groups? WGAF . . . it's a hunting rifle So you don't actually want to know the true accuracy? I wouldn't either if I owned a kimber... Save up. Maybe in 10 years or so you can report on it? I don't buy garbage. Post a couple pics of your rifles. Since you're proud of them, add your handle and date in the pic.
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I have several kimbers and they have all shot very well without issues.
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Cherry picked or 10 shot groups? WGAF . . . it's a hunting rifle So you don't actually want to know the true accuracy? I wouldn't either if I owned a kimber... Save up. Maybe in 10 years or so you can report on it? I don't buy garbage. Post a couple pics of your rifles. Since you're proud of them, add your handle and date in the pic. Still waiting Handyman
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