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Posted By: mtn-hunter Kimber 84L custom build - 09/20/11
Hi there,
Am currently looking at building a medium/ long range outfit on a kimber 84L in 30/06. Does anyone out there know what the biggest contour barrel you can stick in there montana stock?
And what weight the action is? I havn't pulled the barrel off mine yet.
Cheers
Posted By: Savage_99 Re: Kimber 84L custom build - 09/20/11
If the new barrel were to remain free floating then the contour might be just about the same without cutting the stock.

To be frank I would hunt the rifle just as it is if it shot well enough. Get some other rifle for a barrel switch to heavier.
Posted By: nyrifleman Re: Kimber 84L custom build - 09/20/11
I spoke with Mark Penrod just yesterday on a pair of custom rifles I'm considering, both 7mm, one on the 84L, one on the 8400.

Mark said that Lilja has a stainless barrel that duplicates the 8400 (he wasn't able to recall the name of the barrel, it may have been actually been a contour made for another manufacturer that closely replicates Kimber's contour....)

He suggested contacting Lilja for the 84L.

IIRC, Mark did say that cutting the barrel channel is a nightmare, that the Kevlar would need to be layed up by hand which is a major PITA.

Long story short, a phone call to Lilja seems your best bet.

Hope this helps...
Posted By: mtn-hunter Re: Kimber 84L custom build - 09/21/11
Thanks for the help fella's
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