New Kimber Hunter in 30-06

98ssuck said:
I picked one up in 280. My only complaint is that the middle position on the safety doesn't have a very positive stop. I don't think it will ever jump to the fire position just that I have to search to find it.
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Nice! My safety is the same, but its similar on my M70s as well. I can live with it.

vancouverbc said:
It is a very lightweight gun. The 308 is 2 ounces heavier than its Montana counterpart IIRC, or maybe it was 6 ;)
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I have to get the adapter for that scale! :)
 
98ssuck said:
I picked one up in 280. My only complaint is that the middle position on the safety doesn't have a very positive stop. I don't think it will ever jump to the fire position just that I have to search to find it.
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mines the same mate, at first I thought I would be able to hunt it in middle position, but it didn't take much to rub on something an flick to firing position....
must be little burrs or something I'm hoping iron out over time, hasn't just yet lol..

everythin else tho pretty swarve
 
The Kimber website specs shows the same weight and length for the short actions with a 22" barrel and long actions with a 24" barrel? Doesn't seem to be an email address to contact them either, just phone #'s? It's just a personal thing but if a manufacture can't take the time to get their advertising right what are the chances they will get their product right? I was pretty interested in one of these, CRF with DM, and lightweight checked 3 very important boxes for me, but just can't get past those advertising errors and lack of email to contact.
 
These are advertised at 6.5lbs. Are they lighter than that? My tikka superlite was 5.9 advertised and was right on the money.

I know it sounds sacrilegious here, but I was hoping for a hybrid with the Montana and the detachable magazine combined in the Kevlar stock.
 
DMS1 said:
These are advertised at 6.5lbs. Are they lighter than that? My tikka superlite was 5.9 advertised and was right on the money.

I know it sounds sacrilegious here, but I was hoping for a hybrid with the Montana and the detachable magazine combined in the Kevlar stock.
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Kimber usa says 5 pounds 10 ounces.
 
98ssuck said:
I picked one up in 280. My only complaint is that the middle position on the safety doesn't have a very positive stop. I don't think it will ever jump to the fire position just that I have to search to find it.
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On the original M70 safety the middle position was for loading and unloading (and even that is stupid with a CRF action). It was never intended to be a "safety" for use while wandering around. You should be able to flip the safety from the rear (safe) to the front (fire) with no hiccup in the middle.
 
DMS1 said:
These are advertised at 6.5lbs. Are they lighter than that? My tikka superlite was 5.9 advertised and was right on the money.

I know it sounds sacrilegious here, but I was hoping for a hybrid with the Montana and the detachable magazine combined in the Kevlar stock.
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how bow dah! I know ay, if they can make plastic stocks strong enough then they could make a detatchable mag setup out of plastic too, to stick in the Kevlar , purists can be like wow but practical guys be like Yoo!
 
Hi Dan, what's the max COAL that will fit in the magazine?
If anyone has a hunter in a short action, I'd be interested to know the internal length of that as well.

PS Did you shoot it yet? Wanna be my guest at the Range soon?

Willy
 
I took some weights. All weights are decimal pounds, not pounds and ounces. Don't get too excited about that second decimal place, though. The scale is nothing special.

I have a:

-Montana 84L stock
-Hunter 84L stock
-84L barreled action in 270 with talley lightweights and a VX3 3.5-10x40
-84L barelled action in 30-06 with talley extended lightweights and a VX2 2-7x33

Montana stock with mag body, follower, spring, trigger guard and action screws:

1.97 lbs

Hunter stock with magazine and action screws

2.26 lbs

270 barelled action with scope, etc.:

4.47 lbs

30-06 barelled action with scope, etc:

4.20 lbs

Montana 270:

6.40 lbs

Hunter 30-06:

6.45 lbs

Montana 30-06:

6.17 lbs

Hunter 270:

6.71 lbs

Editorially:

The 270 barrel sits off center in the montana stock, the 30-06 is almost dead center in the montana stock. This says to me the 270 action is goofy, but it shoots amazingly, so who cares?

The hunter forearm is savage axis flexible (honeycomb looks fancy, but its nothing like as effective for the weight as simple cross bracing. Various douchebags here will dispute this, but they are wrong. Stay in school, kids), so it doesn't matter if the barrel is centered in the channel. I think I'll leave the 270 in the hunter stock.

The trigger is identically off center in the montana trigger hole irrespective of action. The inlet is visibly wrong in the montana stock, so that doesn't surprise me.

Talley Lightweights for Kimber 84s are weird. The ones labelled "84L" are the same as the ones labelled "84M", but with an extended front ring, to the tune of 0.3".

VX-2 scopes are lighter than their VX-3 counterparts, and have less variable eye relief, across the board.

Both barelled actions came from Kimber with almost exactly 4 pound triggers, crisp as hell with no overtravel. Very, very consistent.

I won't be revisiting this thread, so don't bother asking me any questions.
 
I liked the Hunter I had. Not a fan of the detachable magazine (or DMs in general), but the stock didn't bother me as it was quite stiff. The price is pretty competitive considering what most stainless/synthetics are going for and the fact you get a very light rifle. I won't argue against a Tikka, but the Hunter has a lot going for it.

Here is a review I wrote about it: http://www.bcoutdoorlife.com/2017/02/kimber-84m-hunter.html
 
Your observations on the magazine is interesting. I had the same problem with the tight fit. Then realized the stagger was going the wrong way. Once I consciously corrected that when loading the dbm it had plenty of room.
 
Now that is interesting. I never thought to try that. Looking at the magazine (only pictures left), it would seem that the only way to get more room would be to make sure you started the first one down on the right side?
 
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