Why Subject A CS40 To This ??

[Jaymo]

OK I get your point.

Since it’s my original post I can drift it, right.

Although “ruined” my ‘96, (1896,) Swede is one of the best rifles I have. Yes I was chastised by my collector peers for encouraging this sort of thing but wow, what a perfect rifle. It harvested seven Sitka Black Tails every year for too many years. Can’t beat nickel on a skiff in SE AK. It was cheap and I thought I could help save Kimber. The real and original Kimber.

I hated, (and still do,) Nationwide Sports, (and Chip McCormick to some degree,) but I just really wanted one of these fatherless rifles.

Jim

I have one of those Kimber sporterized Swede 96s.
Is yours 6.5x55? Mine is and I love it.
If you haven't already done so, try a Timney trigger in it.
I put one in mine and won't go back to stock.
I bought mine when they first hit the stores around 1995.
My then girlfriend had bought me a Swede M38 with the bent bolt handle for my birthday. It was love at first sight. And at first shot. I wanted to use it to hunt deer. I didn't want to ruin a nice milsurp, though.
So, I saw the magazine ad with the Kimber sporterized Swedes and rushed out to buy one. No regrets.

Oh, and about what you did to improve your .40?
Using a value line Smith as a mod platform just puts you money ahead.
Much like some of the value line guitars and basses that we love to use as mod platforms.
I would never do the things to a US Fender Strat, Tele, or Pbass that I have to my SX copies.

 

[4T5GUY]

I really like drifting these posts, (when I don’t get in trouble.)

Yep 6.5 x 55 and yep I put a Timney in before I ever started test driving.

Sweet and flat shooting but I do understand the issue with “messing” with a piece of history. Eventually a S&W CS40 might be in that same category but not quite yet.

Jim

 

[Jaymo]

I really like drifting these posts, (when I don’t get in trouble.)

Yep 6.5 x 55 and yep I put a Timney in before I ever started test driving.

Sweet and flat shooting but I do understand the issue with “messing” with a piece of history. Eventually a S&W CS40 might be in that same category but not quite yet.

Jim

Mine was missing the little sleeve or pillar that goes between the rear of the trigger guard assembly and the receiver.
I made one out of brass for mine.
The Timney was the best thing I could have done for it, and a perfect addition.