Kimber hunter magazines...

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...anybody seen any Kimber Hunter 84M magazines here in Canada at any of your local gun stores or site sponsors :confused:
I have used my Google skills and placed some calls to a few of the site sponsors but cant seem to find any in Canada.
If one of you have seen a spare mag in your travels and could point me to it I would be grateful, site sponsors are always preferred but feel free to PM me if its a just your LGS.
 
You are ahead of the curve on this one. I see a few listed in the states. Maybe someone would ship to Canada based on the $35 value. Instead of rifle magazine, place the order for a gun book...
 
DMS1 said:
I would love to see pics if you have any and a real measured weight for one of these if you have one already!
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I just received it tuesday and have barely got to handle it as my whole day has been spent dealing with the crazy weather here in southern BC.
I did manage to throw it on my little scale and got 5lbs 3 ozs bare rifle without the Talleys mounted. Its chambered in .308 and is very smooth, the magazine design is a real winner, easily the most impressive feature of the rifle. I have owned multiple Montanas as well as an 84M Classic and this Hunter does not disappoint in fit or finish.
Now, just to get the time to actually go out and shoot the damn thing!...
 
Sun_and_Steel_77 said:
I just received it tuesday and have barely got to handle it as my whole day has been spent dealing with the crazy weather here in southern BC.
I did manage to throw it on my little scale and got 5lbs 3 ozs bare rifle without the Talleys mounted. Its chambered in .308 and is very smooth, the magazine design is a real winner, easily the most impressive feature of the rifle. I have owned multiple Montanas as well as an 84M Classic and this Hunter does not disappoint in fit or finish.
Now, just to get the time to actually go out and shoot the damn thing!...
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I have also owned multiple Montanas and a few days ago I looked over a Kimber Hunter in 308 at Canadian Tire and came to entirely opposite conclusions. Interesting how two people can see the same thing so differently.
 
Rob said:
I have also owned multiple Montanas and a few days ago I looked over a Kimber Hunter in 308 at Canadian Tire and came to entirely opposite conclusions. Interesting how two people can see the same thing so differently.
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I'm pretty sure you are quite particular in what makes you happy. Your post history and selling history tells an interesting story about you.

So please, tell us how you see it so differently than SAS does. I know for sure his history and experience shows he knows his way around a lightweight mountain rifle.
 
DMS1 said:
I'd be interested to know what the stock weighs. I was also wondering if a montana could be adapted to these mags.
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There was a hunter in a montana stock on the EE for a while, and my 30-06 hunter and 270 montana *seem* to swap perfectly (I haven't cycled live ammo or shot the rifles swapped).

The rear action screws are definitely particular to the stock, and the front action screws may very well be.

I'm still dragging my heels on digging out my scale and buying a new power adapter. I bought it in australia (220/50) for mixing chemicals very precisely, so I don't have a working adapter.

As for adapting the montana stock, the hunter stock provides the notch for the fixed tab on the rear of the magazine to key into, the notch for the front lever on the magazine to key into, and a shelf at the perimeter to prevent the magazine seating too deeply, so you'd be making quite a contraption to add to your montana stock.

Also, if the montana stock's design philosphy was to strip things down to the max, the belly composite might be critical to the stock's strength, so your contraption would need to fill that role, too. The shape seems very wrong too. The hunter is flat as a board in the magazine area.
 
I handled one last weekend as well.
The pros- trigger and action were of kimber quality, very lightweight
My dislikes - big plastic trigger guard, the mag comes out too easily, the plastic stock has texture panels but is finished so that it would be slippery if cold.
 
Just got off the phone with Dale from Shooters Choice...(real nice guy to talk to BTW) and seems the Hunter mags in both 84M and 84L or pretty much unobtanium in Canada at the moment,at least for the next few months. Better not lose mine in the dryer!
 
crazy_davey said:
I'm pretty sure you are quite particular in what makes you happy. Your post history and selling history tells an interesting story about you.

So please, tell us how you see it so differently than SAS does. I know for sure his history and experience shows he knows his way around a lightweight mountain rifle.
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Thanks for the kind words davey...this rifle is just polarizing by nature I think, and I seem to remember being pretty sour on the whole idea before I actually handled one.
Its interesting because while other rifle manufacturers (ruger american rifle comes to mind) seem to design their budget line from the ground-up, Kimber choose to cut the whole cost in the stock alone and thankfully leave us with that wonderful little 84M action in all its unaltered glory. The kicker is the stock is not all that bad for a factory polymer job.
Where things get real interesting is the magazine design. In my experience I believe it to be one of the best in terms of simplicity,reliability and retention that I have ever seen on a sporter. Kimber really did their homework.
I admit I havent really figured out what I am going to do with this new Kimber yet and time will tell if I end up keeping it till hunting season but I am going to try and get out to shoot it in the next couple days and see how she shoots. I must admit to getting a kick out of the little Sub-MOA hang tag!

I know these 84M hunters are not for everyone, but if there is enough interest in this thread I could spend a few hours and do a complete review with photos.
 
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Buckmastr said:
I handled one last weekend as well.
The pros- trigger and action were of kimber quality, very lightweight
My dislikes - big plastic trigger guard, the mag comes out too easily, the plastic stock has texture panels but is finished so that it would be slippery if cold.
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I agree the mag comes out easily and to me thats a plus. If you are suggesting that the mag could easily be detached from the rifle unintentionally I disagree entirely.
The retention system consists of two large lugs on the front and back of the mag that lock into large recesses in the magwell of the stock in two different places.
The mag release button is well protected from branches etc. and the whole mag sits flush with the belly of the stock...no protrusions anywhere.
 
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Bought a hunter in 7mm08 couldn't get rid of it fast enough feeding issues would not feed the first round and if it did chamber you had to slam the bolt forward with signifagent force . Not sure why I bought it I hate rifles with mags. but I do like kimbers .
 
crazy_davey said:
I'm pretty sure you are quite particular in what makes you happy. Your post history and selling history tells an interesting story about you.

So please, tell us how you see it so differently than SAS does. I know for sure his history and experience shows he knows his way around a lightweight mountain rifle.
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I'm not sure about that "interesting story about (me)" to be gleaned from my post history, but anyway...

I like Kimbers and was pleased to see that the Hunter barreled action seems unchanged from the 84M Montana. But to me that Hunter stock felt just awful, uncomfortable in the grip and just plain wrong in all directions. Maybe because I'm so used to Montana stocks. On top of this, I'm not a detachable clip magazine guy (the "un/breakable" plastic rotary magazine for the Steyr-Mannlicher ruined them for me), although I have them in some vintage Sako .222 varmint rifles. The plastic/metal Hunter clip looked cheaply made, breakable and was a bit tricky to fit properly...But this would have all been okay because you are still getting a Kimber barreled action... except for the price. I think it was around $1350. or more, before tax, which around here is 15%. That seems too expensive for what you are getting. For that money you could buy a good used (maybe even in "as new" cond.) Kimber Montana. There seem to be plenty for sale. And that way you would get Kimber's great high quality kevlar/carbon stock...but no clip. Maybe Hunters are cheaper somewhere else besides Canadian Tire.

Blizzard blowing out there.
 
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struff55 said:
Bought a hunter in 7mm08 couldn't get rid of it fast enough feeding issues would not feed the first round and if it did chamber you had to slam the bolt forward with signifagent force . Not sure why I bought it I hate rifles with mags. but I do like kimbers .
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Just curious, did you buy new? Did you get the feeding issue corrected under warranty before you sold the defective gun on? Or did you buy used, and someone knowingly sold you a defective gun?

If somebody knowing sold you a defective gun, that's fraud.
 
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