I couple of years ago I almost bought a Kimber Talkeetna when I needed another .375 H&H. I ended up with a different rifle with a walnut stock that I am very happy with. Last week another guy at the range brought his new (to him) Talkeetna with a 3x9 Conquest and put it on the bags. He shot four different loads but could not get good groups with any of them. I know this fellow fairly well and he is a good shooter and has other .375 rifles that he usually brings to the range. He asked me to try the Kimber and I couldn't do any better with it than he had done.

I shoot .375 H&H and larger rifles often and have really never had another .375 H&H that did not shoot better than this one. I did shoot another .375 that I couldn't get good groups with but it was an old English made rifle with iron sights and too much drop at the heel for me. I like the appearance and feel of the Talkeetna, but this rifle just was not very accurate.

It is not uncommon for .375's to shoot very well, but this one simply could not manage to put three shots in a group of less than 2.5" to 3" from benchrest bags at 100 yards. Too bad.

is it current production? could you send it back, I know before they moved to yonkers they would fix it no questions asked
RR

Just my opinion, and based on some experience, but I think any Kimber can be tuned up to shoot well. True, for what they cost it shouldn't be necessary but that's just the reality.

For the same money you can get a Weatherby and they almost always shoot lights out right out of the box.

Luck is on my side this time. Sorting out this rifle will be handled by the other fellow. I did shoot a different Talkeetna a while back, and although it did not get top marks (aggregate groups somewhere around 2") it was not as wild as this one.

As a point of reference the two .375 rifles that I use now both agg. somewhere just slightly over 1 inch (not quite "internet accuracy" - but quite good) with several different loads.

I love the reference to "internet accuracy" and I will take liberty to plagiarize the term in the future.
It's so true. Rifles too often shoot better from the keyboard than they do from the bench.

Not that any of our brothers of the hunt would improve on the truth when posting about their favorite rifles.............

Although never owning (or shooting) a Talk, my overall Kimber experience has been hit / miss. Of the three I've had, one shot well, the second ok but not great, and the third was pretty bad. Eventually, all were sent down the road. I might add that in talking to the Kimber folks, they weren't overly helpful (although by no means rude).