views on a kimber 308
05-03-2008, 12:51 PM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Clermont Florida U.S.
Posts: 4,970
RE: views on a kimber 308
I've got a Classic in .308. Very nice wood and a good shooter. Topped it with a Swaro AV 3-9 X 36 in lightweight Talley's. Nice and light... a breeze to carry up and down mountains. I've had absolutely no issues with it what-so-ever.
05-03-2008, 01:49 PM
#9
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
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Posts: 6,471
RE: views on a kimber 308
They are a crap shoot and should never be ordered sight unseen. If you can find one and put your hands on and buy it for 650 then buy it, just go over every detail.They are a nice pointing rifle and are a superb deer rifle. As for minuses their bolts are rough as a corncob and if you use them in miserable weather like i did one January they will rust and the stock will get a bit beat up. I wish they would use another type of Walnut other then Claro . They also need to put a more weather resistant oil finish on their guns and use another blueing formula and put on more of a satin finish on the metal. If you find the bolt is too rough you can send it in to Kimber. Every 84m,8400 or could have stoodd a skim bed of epoxy. They advertise a pillar and glass bedding but it is done on a master action and not the gun action you just purchased The trigger is a very good one. Kimber will back up their rifles so if you do have a problem they will fix it and fast. There is a 243 at a local gunshop as well as a 7 wsm that have sat on the shelves for too long.
