Kimber Montana .260 - 08/25/10
I have a Kimber Montana .260 on which I can't seem to get used to the safety. I started shooting Remington rifles and prefer the slide safety. On the Montana, it doesn't feel right for me. I shot some Remington 140 Corelokts out of it and got 1.25 inch groups for the 10 rounds I put through it.
Bore is shiny and bright, no rust, no freckling, just a good clean rifle.
It is a 3 position safety, works flawlessly, barrel is 21" long, can get a weight later, but if I recall it was just over 6 lbs with rings and a sling.
It will come with a Kimber bore guide, the original Kimber scope mounts, in the first two pics, they are silver and in fine shape. Currently it wears a 2.5-8 x 36 Leupold VX iii, it is not included in the price of $900. Not sure if I will put it on my Model 7 .260 that I now have and love, so the right offer might make it come your way as well. That scope sits in Talley LW high rings, They can be had for $25 more. I won't sell those until the rifle goes as they make a nice couple.
It was originally purchased from a member here, here is what he said about it:
"So there are no surprises this rifle has been to Kimber for poor accuracy and feeding. The feeding was corrected by Kimber. The accuracy problem was later attributed to a bad crown and a mag box that was screwing with the bedding job. It was sent to Hill Country Rifles for a check up and they kissed the crown and pronounced it good to go. I also applied the Ultra bore coat as directed and it works very well. Of course as it usually goes the rifle immediately went sub moa with almost everything tried. The stock was done in a base of duracoat with a multicoat speckled finish over the top that leaves a nice texture."
I asked about reloading for it when I thought I would train myself to learn a new safety and here is what I have in response:
"I only know the 125 partitions shot really well with both Ramshot Hunter and H4350. I kick myself for letting that one go, lots of hair pulled to get it where it is now. I recall most loads were towards the top of book max but I never really played to much, once the 125s hit the 3/4moa mark at about 2900fps I stopped right there.
Good luck and let me know if you need anything else. I remember everything I did to the rifle very well to get it to shoot. The biggest problem was the recoil lug being to long and causing a pressure point in the stock, once that was handled and the crown was cleaned up it shot very well.
I know the OAL was all based on magazine length feeding, never messed with single feeding. The only one I recall being finicky after all the work was done was the light weight X bullet, cannot remember which weight but I wanted to match it with the light Hornady Vmax, I think 95gr, as two loads that will do it all. The Vmax was unbelievable, I shot a 90 dog in the neck as it was chasing sheep and it was almost a decapitation, dont plan on keeping any meat if you smack something with that.
I know I work up cases of that size .3gr at a time and it showed a real consistent pattern of the groups shrinking as I approached the max book loads. It was simply a matter of not beating myself up over the last 1/4moa, just get something MOA and go kill stuff!!"
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There is one spot on the grip that the cerakote has chipped off. It is about as big as a pinhead, shows up in this pic the best, it is right on the corner at the top in the pic.
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And finally a shot of the sunset off my porch last night, it was magical
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Feel free to ask questions or just say you'll take it.
First I'll take it will get it. My experience with shipping has been that it will be less than $25 via Fed Ex to your FFL I will split actual shipping with you.
Thanks for looking
Bore is shiny and bright, no rust, no freckling, just a good clean rifle.
It is a 3 position safety, works flawlessly, barrel is 21" long, can get a weight later, but if I recall it was just over 6 lbs with rings and a sling.
It will come with a Kimber bore guide, the original Kimber scope mounts, in the first two pics, they are silver and in fine shape. Currently it wears a 2.5-8 x 36 Leupold VX iii, it is not included in the price of $900. Not sure if I will put it on my Model 7 .260 that I now have and love, so the right offer might make it come your way as well. That scope sits in Talley LW high rings, They can be had for $25 more. I won't sell those until the rifle goes as they make a nice couple.
It was originally purchased from a member here, here is what he said about it:
"So there are no surprises this rifle has been to Kimber for poor accuracy and feeding. The feeding was corrected by Kimber. The accuracy problem was later attributed to a bad crown and a mag box that was screwing with the bedding job. It was sent to Hill Country Rifles for a check up and they kissed the crown and pronounced it good to go. I also applied the Ultra bore coat as directed and it works very well. Of course as it usually goes the rifle immediately went sub moa with almost everything tried. The stock was done in a base of duracoat with a multicoat speckled finish over the top that leaves a nice texture."
I asked about reloading for it when I thought I would train myself to learn a new safety and here is what I have in response:
"I only know the 125 partitions shot really well with both Ramshot Hunter and H4350. I kick myself for letting that one go, lots of hair pulled to get it where it is now. I recall most loads were towards the top of book max but I never really played to much, once the 125s hit the 3/4moa mark at about 2900fps I stopped right there.
Good luck and let me know if you need anything else. I remember everything I did to the rifle very well to get it to shoot. The biggest problem was the recoil lug being to long and causing a pressure point in the stock, once that was handled and the crown was cleaned up it shot very well.
I know the OAL was all based on magazine length feeding, never messed with single feeding. The only one I recall being finicky after all the work was done was the light weight X bullet, cannot remember which weight but I wanted to match it with the light Hornady Vmax, I think 95gr, as two loads that will do it all. The Vmax was unbelievable, I shot a 90 dog in the neck as it was chasing sheep and it was almost a decapitation, dont plan on keeping any meat if you smack something with that.
I know I work up cases of that size .3gr at a time and it showed a real consistent pattern of the groups shrinking as I approached the max book loads. It was simply a matter of not beating myself up over the last 1/4moa, just get something MOA and go kill stuff!!"
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There is one spot on the grip that the cerakote has chipped off. It is about as big as a pinhead, shows up in this pic the best, it is right on the corner at the top in the pic.
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And finally a shot of the sunset off my porch last night, it was magical
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Feel free to ask questions or just say you'll take it.
First I'll take it will get it. My experience with shipping has been that it will be less than $25 via Fed Ex to your FFL I will split actual shipping with you.
Thanks for looking
