New Kimber: Is this a problem?

pete dobinson said:
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These were my first two groups out of my kimber 84L. I agree they aren't very accurate for a rifle that weighs 5lb 3oz.
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You're a lucky one, many out there that aren't.

I haven't had good luck on two, mind u the second I just bought I sent back wasn't worth the risk from what I saw out of the box
 
pete dobinson said:
There could have been a few bad kimbers out there, but I would bet most of the problems with accuracy is the person behind the trigger.
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Yup. Light rifles are not forgiving of flaws in technique, IMO/E.

I've been around 'a bunch' of Kimber Montanas. All of them, from 223 thru to 338WM, have been very accurate.
 
I have had a bunch of Kimbers, the only problem if you can call it that was with a beautiful 84L Select Grade 25-06. The 3 position safety was a bit, well grungy, but I sat on the couch one night and worked it back and forth a few hundred times and it smoothed out. All have shot amazingly, triggers were some of the best I have had from a out of box factory gun, better than some of my custom rifles. They carry better than most rifles out there. They fit, well at least me, better than most off the shelf guns, they cost less than half of what a custom does, and have more features than most.
Best bang for your buck light weight gun on the planet in my opinion. sure there are lemons out there, less than some company's more than some i would guess.
My Adirondack shoots under a inch with the first of my test loads, all my others in the past were easy to hand load under a inch.
 
In the late '80s, early '90s when I was still running a little backwoods gun shop out of my home I decided to treat myself to a Kimber, one of the show models from a gunshow at a big hotel in Ottawa. Even at wholesale I paid through both nose-holes for it. Beautiful stick of walnut, nicely carved and finished on the outside but when I took it out of the stock I was severely disappointed. Looked like it had been inletted using a knife and fork. It was in .280 Rem., and I never could get that thing to shoot as well as my 1950s BSA in 7X57. It was a severe disappointment, like the stunning girl you meet then find out she can't carry on a conversation.
KH
 
leeelmer said:
I have had a bunch of Kimbers, the only problem if you can call it that was with a beautiful 84L Select Grade 25-06. The 3 position safety was a bit, well grungy, but I sat on the couch one night and worked it back and forth a few hundred times and it smoothed out. All have shot amazingly, triggers were some of the best I have had from a out of box factory gun, better than some of my custom rifles. They carry better than most rifles out there. They fit, well at least me, better than most off the shelf guns, they cost less than half of what a custom does, and have more features than most.
Best bang for your buck light weight gun on the planet in my opinion. sure there are lemons out there, less than some company's more than some i would guess.
My Adirondack shoots under a inch with the first of my test loads, all my others in the past were easy to hand load under a inch.
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a Big 10-4 on that Rubber Ducky!

Interesting my Safety is grungy too, slides forward no drama but coming back off safety feels like theres a Bur or something, tis sometimes really hard. might work it a tonne!
 
HEY- My Rifle (montana) DOES have the Same sort of hole at the Bottom, looks like its Flattened off as above mentioned....
I think yours is just a bit rougher finished ? or not as nicely cut?
 
All the problems I had with my Montana were the stock... well, sort of. The front action screw was seized NIB. But according to Kimber's Canadian warranty center, the stock was cracked, also. I did not see that. Bear in mind I had this gun for an hour. Eventually, they replaced the stock in the most graceless and surly manner possible with one with an off-center main inlet, and crooked inlet for the trigger guard. You will never see me looking for a Kimber FRP stock, or saying one nice thing about the dicks I dealt with who handle their warranty.

Oh and "Montanas are factory bedded" my shiny metal butt. They are not.

The action and safety are gritty. Removing the firing pin assy makes a grinding noise as it unthreads. The trigger is wonderful, and it shoots lile a phaser, so I kept it.

I have even taken a risk on a hunter in 30-06. It is very nice and smooth. The magazine seems great, and the cheap stock doesn't bug me much. Hopefully dadding and businessing let me get to the range soon.

The kimber stock shape is bloody gorgeous, by the way. Feels so good!

Hey, where are you guys buying guns that you can return them?!? I've gotten some real donkeys over the years, just to hear "no refund or exchange!"
 
Bartledan said:
All the problems I had with my Montana were the stock... well, sort of. The front action screw was seized NIB. But according to Kimber's Canadian warranty center, the stock was cracked, also. I did not see that. Bear in mind I had this gun for an hour. Eventually, they replaced the stock in the most graceless and surly manner possible with one with an off-center main inlet, and crooked inlet for the trigger guard. You will never see me looking for a Kimber FRP stock, or saying one nice thing about the dicks I dealt with who handle their warranty.

Oh and "Montanas are factory bedded" my shiny metal butt. They are not.


The action and safety are gritty. Removing the firing pin assy makes a grinding noise as it unthreads. The trigger is wonderful, and it shoots lile a phaser, so I kept it.

I have even taken a risk on a hunter in 30-06. It is very nice and smooth. The magazine seems great, and the cheap stock doesn't bug me much. Hopefully dadding and businessing let me get to the range soon.

The kimber stock shape is bloody gorgeous, by the way. Feels so good!

Hey, where are you guys buying guns that you can return them?!? I've gotten some real donkeys over the years, just to hear "no refund or exchange!"
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Korth group out of Okotoks handles Kimbers warranty claims for the last few years now. Before then you most definitely paid your money and took your chances, although Kimber was good on the phone and would send me free parts when I was struggling with a Montana in 7-08 circa 2008.
 
Sun_and_Steel_77 said:
Korth group out of Okotoks handles Kimbers warranty claims for the last few years now. Before then you most definitely paid your money and took your chances, although Kimber was good on the phone and would send me free parts when I was struggling with a Montana in 7-08 circa 2008.
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I was told Korth is the Kimber importer, but Korth is not the warranty center. Warranty is handled directly by Kimber, sometimes using a shop in calgary that I won't name, and wouldn't buy air from at the bottom of the ocean. I am a huge Korth fan, and Leupold is highly represented in my collection because Korth is Leupold's warranty center.
 
Own 3 Kimbers, and they are all shooters, even the 338WM Montana that I had cut down to 20" and now weighs 6.5lbs. It takes a lot of concentration to shoot it well, but it shoots. the 308 Classic select can be picky with factory ammo, but ive found a few good loads that will shoot MOA or better.
I was hesitant on the first one because of the bad press, but it handled and fit me so damn well I couldn't resist, and I have yet to pick up another factory gun that feels that good in my hands or on my shoulder.
 
WhelanLad said:
a Big 10-4 on that Rubber Ducky!

Interesting my Safety is grungy too, slides forward no drama but coming back off safety feels like theres a Bur or something, tis sometimes really hard. might work it a tonne!
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I took mine apart looking for a burr or a unfinished edge, and found nothing, not sure what caused it, but like I said after working it a couple hundred times, she is smooth as silk now.
 
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