Anyone have a Kimber Montana .257 Roberts?

Here's the one I like .....

http://www.kimberamerica.com/rifles/84m/84m_select_grade/93/

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My 84M in 7mm-08 weighs 6lbs 10oz, with a Swaro 3-10x, sling, and 6 rds of ammo. It will put 5 140gr TSX into 1 1/8 at 100. Not a match winner, but good enough for a meat getter.
 
Ted, I picked up a Montana 7mm-08 a while back for my dad. It required a recrown and bedding job, but after that goes consistently just under an inch at 100 yards. Not a tackdriver compared to all these internet rifles these days, but plenty accurate enough for what it's intended for. BTW, with a Vari-X II 3-9X40 in Talley LW's it weighs 6# 3oz.

Great little rifle with phenomenal balance. If starting over, I'd grab that exact rifle for a sheep rifle. It took about 10 minutes to tune the trigger to a dead crisp 2 pounds.

For what it worth, if I didn't have a nice 25-284, I'd buy one in the Bob in a second. Yes, short action, but 2.8" is fine for a Roberts.
 
Paul, providing it's throated correctly which is a prerequisite with any rifle, 2.8" mag box is fine.

A 3" plus COL may LOOK racier, but it doesn't provide a thing that a 2.8" round doesn't. If someone prefers to run a long action Roberts, fine, but they're kidding themselves if they think it's better.

In either action you'll be running around 44-47 grains of powder with the 100 grain bullets you mentioned, which is just fine in a 2.8" length round. A 22" barrelled short action Bob lets you run 3200 fps with a 100 grainer, just like in a long action Bob.
 
RickF said:
Paul, providing it's throated correctly which is a prerequisite with any rifle, 2.8" mag box is fine.

A 3" plus COL may LOOK racier, but it doesn't provide a thing that a 2.8" round doesn't. If someone prefers to run a long action Roberts, fine, but they're kidding themselves if they think it's better.

In either action you'll be running around 44-47 grains of powder with the 100 grain bullets you mentioned, which is just fine in a 2.8" length round. A 22" barrelled short action Bob lets you run 3200 fps with a 100 grainer, just like in a long action Bob.
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I totally know the short actions work fine, but when I got Bevan King to build mine all I had was a long, so I went with the 3"OAL. It works fine and the diff in weight isn't worth mentioning. Some of the longer bullets do stick into the case a bit far, but a guy would do just fine with 100s in Nolsers or Hornadys anyways.

Those Kimbers are very nice rifles.

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Paul, I know You know! :) But too many guys on the net build on long actions so they can "seat those bullets out and get real velocities!"

In fact I've had more problems with short action, long throated 7mm-08's than 257 Bobs, and we never hear anything negative about 2.8" 7mm-08's do we?
 
shortaction said:
For some reason I thought the Kimber was based of the Winchester receiver?

If they are the short action should be around 3".

Has anyone with a Kimber short action measured the magazine well?
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The "Montana" as in MRC out of Montana is indeed based on the short action 3.05" short action M70.

But the "Kimber" Kimber of America made in New York has a 2.815" (or so) mag box like the short action M700 or M77.
 
I'll have to admit I was close to buying a Kimber in the Bob last year when Pand D had one listed on their site. I couldn't shake that feeling that I might be getting a lemon and for the money I just didn't feel like taking the chance. I did however get my paws on a new Ruger UL Bob...not as light as the Kimber I'm sure, can't remember what it weights right now, but can't be much over 6 or 6.25lbs. Very nice feeling little gun. It's still in the wrapper waiting to be played with. Even though prices have gone up lately, I still felt better putting my 850$ on a Ruger then 1300 on a Kimber. I think the other reason I grabbed the Ruger was that it came with a black end cap and I like that look. The Kimber was walnut/blued, but you have to get the "super" I think the get the black cap. I'm sure the walnut would have been better on the kimber, but I have to admit Ruger seems to put pretty nice wood on their guns, compared to other factory offerings. But I'll admit, I was one email way from putting the money down on that Kimber 257...good thing I never got to the store to actually see it or she'd probably be in the safe now:D
 
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