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<blockquote data-quote="Kimber7man" data-source="post: 2343483" data-attributes="member: 11938"><p>As one might surmise from my username, I've owned a few Kimbers over the past 15 years. All models, 8400 long action, 8400 WSM, 84M, 84L, even a rimfire.</p><p></p><p>One thing - each stock is not hand bedded to the specific barreled action it is matched with - all stocks are bedded to a "slave" barreled action and then a factory barreled action is dropped in the stock. So you sometimes have to do some tweaking/fitting/sanding to ensure nothing is binding.</p><p></p><p>All would shoot once you settled in and learned your rifle. Pickiest was a 8400 Classic in 270 Winchester. Had to relieve the barrel contact on the left side of barrel channel and load the bullets out longer than mag box length. Turned into a half inch shooter with the one load it liked.</p><p></p><p>All that said, all but one of my Kimbers are now gone. I've moved on to a little heavier rifle, with a shorter threaded barrel that I use a suppressor with. Just suits me better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kimber7man, post: 2343483, member: 11938"] As one might surmise from my username, I’ve owned a few Kimbers over the past 15 years. All models, 8400 long action, 8400 WSM, 84M, 84L, even a rimfire. One thing - each stock is not hand bedded to the specific barreled action it is matched with - all stocks are bedded to a “slave” barreled action and then a factory barreled action is dropped in the stock. So you sometimes have to do some tweaking/fitting/sanding to ensure nothing is binding. All would shoot once you settled in and learned your rifle. Pickiest was a 8400 Classic in 270 Winchester. Had to relieve the barrel contact on the left side of barrel channel and load the bullets out longer than mag box length. Turned into a half inch shooter with the one load it liked. All that said, all but one of my Kimbers are now gone. I’ve moved on to a little heavier rifle, with a shorter threaded barrel that I use a suppressor with. Just suits me better. [/QUOTE]
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