2016 Kimber Montana

that's insane, as 2016 pricing on a MA will be in the $3000-3200 range. I can't see why they'd want to price them @ $1350 unless they didn't come with barrels or stocks :) good for the guys who were able to scoop them though. They'll be on the EE soon for $2800
 
Looks like more of an entry level rifle, almost 1/2 the price of the Montana. Synthetic stock with DBM instead of Kevlar. Weight 6.5lbs in 22-250 which is 1.3 lbs more than 22-250 Montana.

Twist rate is not specified, but the website does include it for the 22-250 Montana - 1:12 This is a little better than 1:14 for 55gr

I want a 5.2lb Montana in 22-250 with the DBM...
 
If only they would have twisted the 22-250 a little quicker its not totally bad at 12 but it would be awesome with 10 or even less.
Someone at Kimber must have a woody for 257 Roberts only 5 calibre options and they sneak the Bob in there. 22-250, 257 R, 7-08, 6.5 Creed and 308. Cool little rifle I'm interested too. Be interesting to see what they hit the street at up here..
 
DMS1 said:
Looks like more of an entry level rifle, almost 1/2 the price of the Montana. Synthetic stock with DBM instead of Kevlar
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FFS is nothing sacred anymore?
I've always enjoyed the quality of the Kimbers and saw them as a solid value in a mid-tier mountain rifle for the purist.
I associated the Kimber brand name with decent quality and felt that they had a finger on the pulse of the rifleman who enjoys carrying his rifle as much as the hunt.

I've owned 84M's in different chamberings in both Classic and Montana trim since mid 2000s, and just when it seems they have their Q.C. issues of yore finally sorted out they go with a budget 84M.
Are we going to be led to believe that these new "Truck-Hunters" for a fraction of the price are held to the same level of quality control as the 84M's they currently offer? Kimber had to work really hard to restore their bad reputation for past function and fitment issues and the only way that was achieved was with improved Q.C. it wasn't an issue with tooling.
An MOA guarantee means very little to me if a rifle fails to feed from the magazine or won't reliably detonate a primer due to a firing pin defect.
I can't believe they're going to squeeze out a budget rifle "turd" like all the other manufacturers who have saturated the market with plastic-fantastic clunkers.

Ah well...it's the way of the manufacturing world these days I guess, I'm sure Kimber has a crack team of market researchers involved.
I can just picture the ad on the EE right now, it will read something like this...WTT Looking to trade my skull camo Savage Axis plus 100$ cash for a Kimber "Truck-Hunter"... I'm shaking my can of camo Krylon as I type this.
 
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Sun_and_Steel_77 said:
FFS is nothing sacred anymore?
I've always enjoyed the quality of the Kimbers and saw them as a solid value in a mid-tier mountain rifle for the purist.
I associated the Kimber brand name with decent quality and felt that they had a finger on the pulse of the rifleman who enjoys carrying his rifle as much as the hunt.

I've owned 84M's in different chamberings in both Classic and Montana trim since mid 2000s, and just when it seems they have their Q.C. issues of yore finally sorted out they go with a budget 84M.
Are we going to be led to believe that these new "Truck-Hunters" for a fraction of the price are held to the same level of quality control as the 84M's they currently offer? Kimber had to work really hard to restore their bad reputation for past function and fitment issues and the only way that was achieved was with improved Q.C. it wasn't an issue with tooling.
An MOA guarantee means very little to me if a rifle fails to feed from the magazine or won't reliably detonate a primer due to a firing pin defect.
I can't believe they're going to squeeze out a budget rifle "turd" like all the other manufacturers who have saturated the market with plastic-fantastic clunkers.

Ah well...it's the way of the manufacturing world these days I guess, I'm sure Kimber has a crack team of market researchers involved.
I can just picture the ad on the EE right now, it will read something like this...WTT Looking to trade my skull camo Savage Axis plus 100$ cash for a Kimber "Truck-Hunter"... I'm shaking my can of camo Krylon as I type this.
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I don't get this. Virtually all gun manufacturers of high end rifles also make a more entry level model as well. What's the big deal? GM makes Escalades and Chevy Cruises. Sako makes model 85s and Tikka T3s. Does that take anything away from the high end units?

I'm with double gun.. well played indeed of only for the humour in it all :) . In these times especially trying to make a living exclusively on luxury items isn't a great business model.
 
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