Kimber rifles
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I own a couple of kimbers 
I have an 8400 classic in .300wsm and I love it, I'm using a .22 hunter as my new gopher gun and it's great too. I have a 84m classic varmint in .22-250, it looks good but I haven't shot it yet, waiting for scope and bases. Watch the wood stocks, some pressure the barrel on one side, also the triggers are adjustable, i had some creep in my .300wsm. I took three deer last year with my .300wsm, I like the feel and they're light and easy to carry. I especially like the french walnut version, though I don't own one. I would not buy a super america because I don't think that high gloss metal is worth $1000 I would rather have matte anyways and the french walnut is as good as stock as the super america. The trigger on the .22-250 and the .22 is fantastic out of the box. My neighbor just got a .325wsm montana, he had to do a bit of stock work on it because it wasn't quite floated good enough. I think his montana in .325wsm is a nice gun but it should kick like a mule. All in all, I would look at another kimber in a heartbeat too bad they're a bit hard to find.
I have an 8400 classic in .300wsm and I love it, I'm using a .22 hunter as my new gopher gun and it's great too. I have a 84m classic varmint in .22-250, it looks good but I haven't shot it yet, waiting for scope and bases. Watch the wood stocks, some pressure the barrel on one side, also the triggers are adjustable, i had some creep in my .300wsm. I took three deer last year with my .300wsm, I like the feel and they're light and easy to carry. I especially like the french walnut version, though I don't own one. I would not buy a super america because I don't think that high gloss metal is worth $1000 I would rather have matte anyways and the french walnut is as good as stock as the super america. The trigger on the .22-250 and the .22 is fantastic out of the box. My neighbor just got a .325wsm montana, he had to do a bit of stock work on it because it wasn't quite floated good enough. I think his montana in .325wsm is a nice gun but it should kick like a mule. All in all, I would look at another kimber in a heartbeat too bad they're a bit hard to find.
I picked up a used 8400 in .270 WSM off the forum last year and was immediately impressed with the workmanship. The wood to metal fit is excellent, (very similar in quality to my Shiloh Sharps) and the trigger is exceptionally clean (it's a hair over 3lbs but feels like it's barely 2lbs).
On the down-side, I have not been able to squeeze sub-MOA groups out of this rifle (five-shot groups average about an inch and a quarter to an inch and a half at 100 yards) but, in all fairness, I haven't spent very much time playing with it.
Once things warm up a bit I hope to try a bit of up-pressure at the tip of the forearm to see if that tightens up the groups. Currently it's free floated and, given the skinny barrel profile, the current set-up may not be ideal.
Other than that, the rifle handles like a dream and is everything a guy could ask for in a classic "walnut-and-steel" lightweight hunting rifle.
On the down-side, I have not been able to squeeze sub-MOA groups out of this rifle (five-shot groups average about an inch and a quarter to an inch and a half at 100 yards) but, in all fairness, I haven't spent very much time playing with it.
Once things warm up a bit I hope to try a bit of up-pressure at the tip of the forearm to see if that tightens up the groups. Currently it's free floated and, given the skinny barrel profile, the current set-up may not be ideal.
Other than that, the rifle handles like a dream and is everything a guy could ask for in a classic "walnut-and-steel" lightweight hunting rifle.
aughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.............NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Don't tell me that I've waited too long again.
I keep doing that!aughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.............NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Don't tell me that I've waited too long again.
Check with Bashaw Sports - they're still listing some Kimber .22's on their website.
I was listening to one of Tom Gresham's Guntalk podcasts from earlier this year in which he had Dwight van Brundt (President of Kimber) as a guest and he stated they had to shut down the rimfire in favor of increasing centerfire production as the demand is so high. I know there is an 8400 in my future (unless they made a 20" barreled Mannlicher style 84 - I'd by in line in a heartbeat for one of those in 308)
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