Kimber had my number

[bushmaster1313]

When I was a teenager, about four decades ago, I foolishly thought that I knew a lot about a lot of things. A very wise person told me: "No matter how smart you think you are, someone's got your number."

I think he was talking about Kimber

.257 84M and will be scoped with a Leupold 2x7 Vari-X IIc.
Got it NIB on GunBroker at a good discount from MSRP from someone who never shot it. First new gun I have bought in a long time

Regards

 

[Oldiron]

Sons have a few of the Kimbers and love them. I personally Like the 84Ms for the wood. Kimbers will either be great or junk, depending on the time frame they were made in.
Larry

 

[bushmaster1313]

One more to show off the wood

Not perfect, but plenty good for a production stock.

 

[2fingers]

Veryy nice rifle you have there! Always had a soft spot for them Kimbers.

 

[bushmaster1313]

Here is what it really looks like outdoors:

I look at it as my personal stimulus package.

 

[deanodog]

Nice rifle with beautiful wood.

 

[bushmaster1313]

Nice rifle with beautiful wood.

The proof will be in how it shoots.
And yes, I need to power wash my deck

 

[bushmaster1313]

Robert is now scoped and ready:

 

[KLNFrame]

What are those lines on the rear of the stock.

 

[BigE]

Looks like a pretty sweet rifle you picked up. You shoot it yet?

 

[sipowicz]

What are those lines on the rear of the stock.

Leaky pipes....

 

[bushmaster1313]

Looks like a pretty sweet rifle you picked up. You shoot it yet?

Got it scoped yesterday. Will be a bit before I can get to the range.

 

[Tyrod]

I always felt hunting guns were for shootin' not for lookin' at. I've seen and owned plenty of pretty guns that looked real good but wouldn't shoot worth a ****. The thing about guns is, find one that shoots good and you can pretty it up all ya want after.

The other point I want to make is that how accurate you shoot a gun shoots has little to do with how much a gun costs and more to do with unkown manufacturing variables and your skill. I've seen inexpensive rifles that were dead nuts all day long and expensive rifles that couldn't hit the broad side of a barn if you were standing next to it.

However, the likelyhood is that the expensive rifle will yield better results, but that's no guarantee.

 

[Eltioloco]

I impulsively bought a Kimber 84m chambered in .308 a couple of years ago at an NRA fund raiser.
As my wife and I were driving to the event she asked what I was going for and if there were any firearms that I just had to have. I told her that I pretty much had everything that I need and we are just going to spend a little money on some of the games as a donation to the NRA.
So the live auction is going on and I am not paying much attention to it, when I notice this gal walking around showing off a Kimber 84m and I hear the auctioneer going "do I hear $650.00, going once, going twice, sold for....." And about the time he would have said $600.00, I shot my hand up and bid $650.00 and won the rifle.
The rifle replaced a Remington 788 that I have had for ever. The 788 is one of those cheap rifles that shoots anything I put through it into an inch or better. The Kimber does almost that well. But it is so much more rifle. I love the small action and the fit and feel of the stock. The trigger was fine as it came out of the box, and it's a joy to tote. Usually my impulse buying doesn't work out this well.
Can't wait to see how yours shoots.
Ken

 

[bushmaster1313]

Best way to make a really accurate rifle is to take thousands of rifles, shoot them all, and pick the best one.

I always felt hunting guns were for shootin' not for lookin' at. I've seen and owned plenty of pretty guns that looked real good but wouldn't shoot worth a ****. The thing about guns is, find one that shoots good and you can pretty it up all ya want after.

The other point I want to make is that how accurate you shoot a gun shoots has little to do with how much a gun costs and more to do with unkown manufacturing variables and your skill. I've seen inexpensive rifles that were dead nuts all day long and expensive rifles that couldn't hit the broad side of a barn if you were standing next to it.

However, the likelyhood is that the expensive rifle will yield better results, but that's no guarantee.