Any experience here with this rifle? The price and it's weight seem quite attractive. 7 mm 08 would be a nice caliber choice...

Do a search. There are plenty of threads on these rifles. I had one in .300 WSM and I was very disappointed in the rifle. I could not get it to group under 2". Not horrible, but for the price, I expected better accuracy. I ended up trading it away.

It seems like the Kimber Montanas are either really, really good, or like mine, below average.

My son has a 270 WSM that appears to shoot very well. I have heard good and bad. Perhaps the luck of the draw.
I bet that Montana in 300 WSM would thump you pretty good!
It is a nice light weight mountain rifle.
I agree, it would make a nice 7-08

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Originally posted by GA DEER HUNTER:
Do a search. There are plenty of threads on these rifles. I had one in .300 WSM and I was very disappointed in the rifle. I could not get it to group under 2". Not horrible, but for the price, I expected better accuracy. I ended up trading it away.

It seems like the Kimber Montanas are either really, really good, or like mine, below average.

Similar experience here with a Kimber rifle...
NEVER again. I sent that damn thing back to Kimber so many times, I didn't need to address the package any more; it knew the way..

Whilst at a gun shop yesterday a chap picked up a Kimber in 270, the salesman said to him,
"I'll tell you this mate, I wouldn't sell it to you, we have had so many kimbers that have had to be "fixed" that we will not be buying any more"
I s'pose it will be sold to some one less well known to the salesman.
There can be no doubt that Kimber are either very good or bloody hopeless. I for one will not buy another.

I love my .300 winnie. She doesnt kick that bad, shoots as accurate as i can, and looks dang cool.
It has been to the factory once, but according to folks on here, the issue couldve happened to any rifle.
W.

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Originally posted by GA DEER HUNTER:
Do a search. There are plenty of threads on these rifles.

I went to the gun shop last year all pumped and ready to buy a Kimber Montana.........until I picked one up.

I bought a Mark V Ultra-Lightweight instead. No comparison, IMHO.

I had one in 270wsm. It was a dog accuracy before and after I returned it to the factory for repair.
I'll never own another.

My Kimber 84 Select (257 BOB) is being repaired at KIMBER right now (4 weeks a Kimber). They had to replace the barrel to get it to group properly.

If you buy one, buy it new so you can send it back if you have problems. Don't buy used or you'll pick up someone else's problems and it won't be under warranty.

The quality coming out of KIMBER seems to be very poor these days from my own experience and from what others have posted recently.

Just as Strut10 stated...the Mark V Ultra-Lightweight is miles ahead of the Kimbers. I have a 30-06 and a 338-06 and both shoot superb...like under 3/4"@100yds and handle quite well. The magnum calibers are nearly as light too. A properly loaded ULW 06 or 338-06 would be barking very close to the heels of either the 300WSM or 325WSM as both have 24" bbl's to max out the velocity.

I've had a dozen or so Kimbers. All of them have shot Sub-MOA or better when I do my part.
They are very light rifles and can be difficult to shoot well off the bench, they will show you every mistake you make. That being said, all of them that I've had have been capable of from good to excellent accuracy. Only one of mine required any sort of work.............................DJ

I have 2, 1 is a 270wsm and 1 a longmaster in 22-250. Both shoot superb. I won't be selling!!

cHEERS,
mARK.

Tried a couple for my wife and sold both. Will never buy another. To pricey and an off the shelf Ruger is generally more accurate.

The only Kimber Montana I have is in .375 H&H, it shoots sub MOA if you do your job. I have never found a Kimber that diden't shoot well except any of the WSM's which will make any rifle look bad. I believe the WSM's have caused more people to swear off a rifle brand than any other cartridge when it wasn't the rifles fault. The Kimber is a good rifle, the WSM's are junk except the big one's, .325 and up,and I'm not to sure about the .325.......Tom

And here I had contemplated getting one of these rigs...

Not to many glowing reports on them here...

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I have never found a Kimber that diden't shoot well except any of the WSM's which will make any rifle look bad. I believe the WSM's have caused more people to swear off a rifle brand than any other cartridge when it wasn't the rifles fault

Mine was a .300 WSM. Maybe that was the problem.

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Originally posted by Tapper2:
The only Kimber Montana I have is in .375 H&H, it shoots sub MOA if you do your job. I have never found a Kimber that diden't shoot well except any of the WSM's which will make any rifle look bad. I believe the WSM's have caused more people to swear off a rifle brand than any other cartridge when it wasn't the rifles fault. The Kimber is a good rifle, the WSM's are junk except the big one's, .325 and up,and I'm not to sure about the .325.......Tom

The WSM's not shooting Well? You've got to be kidding!

Kimber 325 WSM, 4 different loads including a factory load:



Kimber 8400 270 WSM, 200yd group:



Kimber 8400 7 WSM 200yd group - FACTORY AMMO:



Kimber 8400 300 WSM, 1st group shot with rifle. the 2nd, 3rd and 4th shots the rifle ever made @ 100yds:





Saying that the WSM's won't shoot is complete bunk! I've also shot them in Sako's, Winchesters and other brands and they shot well in just about every rifle I've worked with. If you can't shoot WSM's it probably that you aren't able to handle the recoil, it's not the WSM's!.....................DJ

DJ.... I have owned two .270 WSM's, Win. coyote and a Sako, both wouldn't shoot less than 2MOA. The man that taught me gunsmithing spent one year trying to get a Ruger #1 in .300 WSM to shoot better than 2". A good friend has had two .300 WSM's after pillar bedding, recrowning, lapping lugs and many different reloads still couldn't get them under 1.5". I haven't found anyone that likes the WSSM's. I'm not saying that there aren't good ones out there, it's just they seem to be few and far between. I have heard good things about the .325 WSM and I just built a .416 WSM that seems to be a sub-MOA gun. We were getting 2300fps with 350 gr. bullet that = 4111 foot/lbs. @ the muzzle. That's enough for anything in the world.

The .300 WM and .270 Win almost always shoot well in any brand of gun, I'll stick with them.....Tom

To be fair........I did monkey around with an 8400 yesterday in .300 WSM that shot as nice as it looked.

Still don't care for the look, feel and balance of the Montanas.

I must have got a good one (300WSM) shot it for the first time yesterday. Tack drivin SOB. Touched bullet holes after I got her sighted in.
I'm impressed!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally posted by Tapper2:
DJ.... I have owned two .270 WSM's, Win. coyote and a Sako, both wouldn't shoot less than 2MOA......Tom

Factory Sako's in the WSM's are GUARANTEED to shoot 5 shots into 1 MOA. If you aren't getting such results something might be wrong somewhere else!..................DJ

I have two Kimbers a classic and a select classic. I like wood handled guns. I could not be happier, both the 300WSM and the .257 Roberts will consistently shoot a 3 shot 3/4-1 inch group. They do better than this on occasion so it is my belief that they probably shoot better than I can. I believe that many of these guns are returned to Kimber because light guns are so easily disturbed on the bags when firing which results in larger disapointing groups and frustration.

If anyone has a problem shooting a Kimber off the bags, pm me and I will share what I works for me.