A non-1911 Kimber

[CH4]

Found this gem of a Kimber 84M Varmint in 22-250 at Gator's Custom Guns in Kelso, WA. I had one 15-20 years ago and foolishly traded for a Sako A1 in 223; however, this example has much nicer wood… and I am a sucker for nice wood (not a double entendre). Hopefully, she shoots as good as she looks.

 

[Eric300]

That's beauty! And Kimbers usually shoot better than they look.

 

[robvious]

Kimber has been involved in some interesting things throughout their history...

 

[CH4]

Kimber has been involved in some interesting things throughout their history...

They sure did. I really like the Clackamas 82, 84 and 89s. Beautiful rifles. Very pricey these days.

 

[ReloadforFun]

Then there were the Swedish 1896 Mausers they worked over.

Part of keeping the company going.

 

[03hemi]

Nice, I did look at their 1911 Rapide the other day buying ammo at Academy and was very tempted and almost bought it, but I asked the salesman (that's been there a wile) what his dealings with Kimber on service has been and he only confirmed what I'd been told by several other gun stores; with Kimber, if your gun breaks for what ever reason, it's always your fault because their guns don't break according to Kimber.
Huge pass for me, but I'd snatch one up in a heartbeat used, they are nice guns.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

My 82V (Kimber of Oregon) is #133/250, Friends owned 131, 134, & 135. These are Stainless Fluted heavy barreled Varmint 22's with Eley Team they all shoot sub 1/4" groups at 100 yards. My brother has a Kimber of America 82V that is like #767, It shoots about 3/8" groups with the same ammo! Same basic gun with not quit as nice of wood.

Ivan

 

[CH4]

I still have the standard 82.I 22lr and two 89s in 280 Rem and 375 H&H. Been in the back of the safe for years. IIRC the 280 is a Super America.

 

[ReloadforFun]

How many of the 22 rifles did Clinton haver destroyed by the Army?

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

In post 7 I mentioned my 82V. I also had a Clackamas Government Model 22 target/training rifle. I bought mine used from Champion Shooters Supply in New Albany, Ohio around 2009. There were 5 identical rifles traded in by a Pennsylvania High School. In two days all 5 rifles were purchased by myself and 4 of my "Thursday Night Gun Guys". They had a stenciled rack number in white spray paint. (Mine was the first sold and rack #2) My friend Jim bought the last one sold (rack #4). Rack #4 was in beautiful condition, the last thing you want to see in a school team rifle! Why? It maintained that condition by not shooting well! But Jim bought it anyway. At 100 yards it grouped about 2" with any high quality target ammo and went downhill from there! A week later at the range #4 was on the firing line, and shooting poorly. The action screws were re-torqued to 35 inch pounds, still shot bad! We started using shims made from milk carton and placed one at two inches from the front of the forearm. Dropped the group size 1/2"! The process continued until the gun was grouping about 1/4" @ 100 with orange box Eley Club Extra (now discontinued and re-released as blue box Eley Team at a 35% price increase!)

The long-term solution was to glass-bed the barrel and allow the action to float in the stock. If the stock had been bedded correctly in the first place, this gun would be well worn like the others!

My Kimber Of Oregon 82V has the action screws at 30 front and 35 rear (inch pounds of torque) and free floats in the beautiful walnut stock. My brothers KOA 82V has a grey laminated stock and shoots the best at 30 & 30, (all with Club Extra or Team ammo)

Rack #4 was one of the worst shooting Kimbers I've ever seen, and under capable hands became one of the best.

Ivan

 

[C Islander]

Nice, I did look at their 1911 Rapide the other day buying ammo at Academy and was very tempted and almost bought it, but I asked the salesman (that's been there a wile) what his dealings with Kimber on service has been and he only confirmed what I'd been told by several other gun stores; with Kimber, if your gun breaks for what ever reason, it's always your fault because their guns don't break according to Kimber.
Huge pass for me, but I'd snatch one up in a heartbeat used, they are nice guns.

Kimber has one of the best service departments in the business with most repairs taking two weeks or less. The salesmen are repeating internet fables.

 

[Fishinfool]

CH4 - Nice find I'll bet it's a shooter.

I have always liked Kimber rifles, and own three, an 84m in 7mm/08 with great wood, an 84l in 30-06 with the french walnut option, and a .22 Classic that shoots 1/3 inch, sometimes less, 5 shot groups at 50 yards with good ammo.

I like they way they scale their control round feed actions to the size of the cartridge. I attached a pic of my 2 Kimber CF rifles, along with a "Featherweight" pre-64 model 70 in .308. That model 70 is about 2 lbs heavier, and don't shoot any better then the Kimbers.

Larry

 

[CH4]

CH4 - Nice find I'll bet it's a shooter.

I have always liked Kimber rifles, and own three, an 84m in 7mm/08 with great wood, an 84l in 30-06 with the french walnut option, and a .22 Classic that shoots 1/3 inch, sometimes less, 5 shot groups at 50 yards with good ammo.

I like they way they scale their control round feed actions to the size of the cartridge. I attached a pic of my 2 Kimber CF rifles, along with a "Featherweight" pre-64 model 70 in .308. That model 70 is about 2 lbs heavier, and don't shoot any better then the Kimbers.

Larry

Those are some beautiful rifles. Thanks for sharing

I've had 84 in 7-08 and Montanas in 260 and 243. Wished I still had 'em, especially the 260. All were shooters.

 

[bananaman]

Another non 1911 Kimber......... my K6 Target. Looks good. Decent stock, trigger and fun to shoot. Have not put any hot .357 loads through it yet. Bob