Kimber 8400 Classic Select Grade vs Forbes 24B

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Like many of you, I have the terrible sickness of buying and selling guns. I give myself enough money to buy a nice production rifle. I keep it for a little while, and if I really like it, I keep it a little while longer. In the past year I have had two Sakos, a Cooper, and now an incredibly beautiful Kimber 8400 Classic Select grade that shoots 1/2" groups at 100M. I really like this Kimber as it is light, beautiful, and accurate. I was very successful with it this season too. I particularly enjoyed it's light weight while slogging through the deep snow here in Alberta this year.

Anyhow, I am I have become intrigued with the new Forbes rifles.

Does anyone on here have any experience with them? If I were to sell my Kimber, I would be looking to get a stainless model in 6.5 x 55 or 7-08.

Feel free to tell me I am nuts or encourage me in my sickness:)
 
Who can fault or blame a a guy for wanting another rifle. Why not keep the Kimber and buy the Forbes? The question is will you regret selling the Kimber. By the sounds of it I would keep it.
 
What caliber is the Kimber? send me a pm if you really want to sell it. I might be interested in buying another one if its what I'm looking for.
 
Thanks to an old Winchester gathering cobwebs in the safe I can now play with a Forbes 24B.
Not having a lighter scope I mounted a 3X9 Burris and it came out weighing about 6 lb. 4 oz.
Its a very plain rifle, no frills at all, very smooth trigger and after about 50 rounds ( handloads only ) my best group is about 1.20 ".
The 24" barrel is ( to me ) wispy thin and to make a 3 shot group one must space each shot cause it warms up fast.
Usually the first two rounds make one hole with a third shot being a small flier, however the first two can be fired from either a clean cold barrel or a cold fouled barrel and still land on the same POI and touch. To me, this is ok because in the field I'll not likely get more then two shots if necessary at an animal.
As for accuracy regarding tighter groups I expect that to improve as the barrel breaks in, having had a bunch of 30-06s over the years of several different makes and never a poor shooting one....
 
Lighter weight and/or weather resistance is the only reason you should consider the Forbes over your particular Kimber.
Besides being ten times ###ier,your Kimber will have a lighter bolt lift, a true three-position safety instead of that goofy invention of Mels,a hinged floorplate and a factory trigger that stacks up to a Timney just fine.

If you need to have a stainless ultralight certainly consider the Forbes as a scratch to your itch.
However,it would seem to me that your particular Kimber 8400 hunts and shoots just fine for you,so,if it's weight and weather resistance is acceptable you may live to regret flipping it to finance the Forbes which is IMHO a minimalist,spartan and downright homely looking purpose-built rifle.
 
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Sun_and_Steel_77 said:
You're nuts! :p
Lighter weight and/or weather resistance is the only reason you should consider the Forbes over your particular Kimber.
Besides being ten times ###ier,your Kimber will have a lighter bolt lift, a true three-position safety instead of that goofy invention of Mels,a hinged floorplate and a factory trigger that stacks up to a Timney just fine.

If you need to have a stainless ultralight certainly consider the Forbes.
However,it would seem to me that your particular Kimber 8400 hunts and shoots just fine for you,so,if it's weight and weather resistance is acceptable you may live to regret flipping it to finance the Forbes.
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You're right. Just needed to have some smart people to tell me what to do:)
 
sns2 said:
You're right. Just needed to have some smart people to tell me what to do:)
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Smarts that come from making stupid mistakes!;)
Have had a good number of rifles pass through my hands. Some make you curse, some you're just indifferent to, and a select few really make you feel warm and fuzzy. I've learned to try my best to hang on to those ones...but we all have our moments of weakness.
 
Sun_and_Steel_77 said:
Lighter weight and/or weather resistance is the only reason you should consider the Forbes which is IMHO a minimalist,spartan and downright homely looking purpose-built rifle.
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I totally agree, it is all of that and then some but that is exactly what I wanted for the purpose I have in mind.
Pretty and / or fancy is something I have plenty of, four safes full to be exact....
 
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