thinking of buying a kimber 84m montanna
- Thread starter jbmauser
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By the looks of my chamber I wouldn't be surprised if that is the extent of the tooling used. I was pretty disappointed and pissed off after firing that first shot and seeing my casing. According to the Kimber owners manual that came with my gun every gun is test fired and carefully inspected to be in perfect condition before leaving the factory. This defect should have been very obvious to whoever fires and inspects. I am now dealing with Chris at Korth Group as he is the sales rep for Sask and Manitoba. He seems pleasant to deal with and genuinely interested in my problem. The people at Korth Group have been great to deal with and responded to my emails and phone calls promptly. I will stick with this gun until it is properly fixed and working good. Hopefully this doesn't take to long. Other than the problems the gun is absolutely awesome. If your looking for a mauser style CRF gun that is very light nothing else in my opinion comes close. I would suggest anyone else interested in buying one carefully inspect it before buying or better yet have a gunsmith inspect.
I finally got my scope( a leupold ultralight 3-9x33) on Friday and mounted the scope in Talley light weight rings. Yesterday morning I received a call from Chris at Korth Group informing me that a new barrel and extractor are already on their way from Kimber. I am planning on using this rifle for the upcoming elk season in September. After that I will send it to Korth Group and they will have a qualified gunsmith install the new barrel. After boresighting and one rough sighting in shot I fired a few groups. Groups with the factory Federal 200gr Fusion ammo ran from 1.3" to a dismall 4.0" at 100yds. I'm not sure if the inconsistency is the rifle or me. Any way it is minute of elk for the ranges I'll be shooting and other than a few more practice groups I won't be doing any serious shooting until the barrel is replaced.
