Happy Thanksgiving Fellas!
JM, I snagged a little Kimber Classic a few months back. AKWolverine preys on my weakness now that he knows and I think he sent me the link. It kinda sat for awhile, till I got a scope on it which was one of the older 2-8 Conquests.
Well, I finally got some dies and necked up some SIG brass and decided to try a few loads from it to see if anything would show itself good enough to hunt.
That was the first group I shot after bore sighting it. I said, well darn this little fella is trying to show. Anyhow, I shot through some 200 BT's and 185 TTSX's, but those 200 grain Speers with 8208 were still the best once the dust had settled.
Ended up taking a buck with mine two days ago, 104 yards which says 0 about its capability. But at the trigger press the buck never twitched that I could see, just went straight in a heap.
Bullet went in at the neck
Out mid ribs
So, I'll say this, I like it, pretty easy on recoil in the Kimber as well. As others have said, it doesn't need fancy bullets to kill deer or probably even elk, but it works like all the 308 based stuff does, pretty well.