300 wsm french walnut shoots almost everything 1.5" or less at 100yds. Several loads under and inch with 165 sierras or 150 ballistic tips both with IMR 4350 powders. Best 5 shot group so far is .68" at 100
Its all right to be white!! Stupidity left unattended will run rampant Don't argue with stupid people, They will drag you down to their level and then win by experience
i have an older kimber of oregon continental classic in 22 hornet that shoots like a house a fire...........
broken bones broken heart stripped down an torn apart a lil rust but Im still runnin countin miles countin tears twisted roads and shiftin gears year after year its all or nothin Im not home and Im not lost just holdin on 2 what I got...God and Guns
Both of mine shoot great.....308 montana and my new one. A 300 WSM in french walnut..I "wasted" my project funds money on it. It shoots factory Win. 180 Power points and Fed. 180 Accubonds under an inch. I put the Leupy B&C reticle on it and hits to 500 yards was mundane from the bench....
SC
"You only know one thing for sure about a broken down old man........He's the survivor...."
I have an early 84 Classic (2 position safety) in 308 that is an exceptional shooter with everything I have tried. I also have a 270WSM Montana that was fussy with some loads at first and very inconsistent. After a re-crown job the rifle shoots very good 3/4-1 1/4" with any factory ammo I have played with, and is very consistent. The best part is sub 1/2" with RL-19 and 140 grain TBBC's at 3100 fps.
Well Guys,I'm jaded because mine had a bad barrel and a friend that bought a lot of them had bad barrels on some of his,and customer service treated me badly.Maybe it was the time frame of our rifles?? Anyway, sounds like alot of you are having good luck with yours and that's great. It is a neat platform. Good luck!!
It's a real Scientific test comparison but I think it's pretty clear from our results here that a lot more people on this forum feel they have good barrels from Kimber than have bad ones.
There are a couple things that I hope Kimber notices though. One is that a lot of guys are having to recrown their barrels to get the accuracy they want. IIRC the first person that tried this was our own Savage99. To me there isn't any excuse for these rifles to not have a perfect crown from the factory on each and every rifle. It's not that hard for them to get right, they should fix this issue immediately. The second reoccuring issue is that a lot of shooters and needed to rebed their rifles. This is a little tougher issue. I know that with the Montana's they use a Mule action when they bed and so naturally manufacturing tolerances are going to end up with some rifle's not perfectly bedded. I think that individualy bedding each action might be tough to do in a production situation.
I think overall they are great rifles and I've had super good luck with them. I'd just like to see everyone have as good of luck as I've had.............................DJ
Remember this is all supposed to be for fun.......................
After all this time I am surprised that no one has figured out the fact that ALL of the Kimbers should have good barrels. If Kimber would get on the ball and upgrade their Quality Control to the level it should be for a $1000+ rifle we would not be having discussions like this on the forum. 'Nuff said.