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I bought a new Kimber 7mm-08 in December. Evidently it had been sitting in his storeroom for a while. Beautiful rifle and it shot that way as well. The barrel inletting was a little tight on one side and the inletting around the floorplate was not the tightest and it came with the 2 pos safety. I sent it off to Kimber along with a check for 50 bucks to get the 3 pos Model 70 safety installed. Bottom line Kimber had it for three days. Only thing original now is the barrel, reciever, bolt body,magazine follower everything else is brand new including the bottom metal(allen screws now) and the stock is even better then the old one. Total ship time to Kimber was 3 days there and 3 days back and three in the shop. I am impressed would be an understatement. Unless they go south I am a lifelong customer Working on my ISIS strategy....FORE | ||
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In a way it's too bad that Kimber does not make all of them perfect the first time. That is the modern way and it makes more profit too. On the other hand I wanted light rifles and Kimber was there. I prefer stuff made in the USA also. I have been down to the plant a few times and have also sent one back. Each time I got more back than I expected. Now I have four new Kimbers and the only reason I have not bought another one is that these rifles are so good that I have stopped looking. Before that I was buying this and that with no end to it. To each his own. Join the NRA | |||
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Thats great news!! I love my 7-08 but had the exact opposite I lost my perfect wood on a sendback and it is a tragedy I can't forget or forgive. I will however give them another try in the future if the right wood shows up. ________________________________________________ Maker of The Frankenstud Sling Keeper Proudly made in the USA Acepting all forms of payment | |||
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Why would they switch your wood anyway? "Science only goes so far then God takes over." | |||
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An employee of Dell Computers told me that they ship a certain percentage of computers off from the factory intentionally defective so that they can impress customers with great service and get good word of mouth advertising. This kind of situation probably doesn't apply to you, but I wouldn't be surprised if it did. Matt FISH!! Heed the words of Winston Smith in Orwell's 1984: "Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right." | |||
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If I was a Dell employee and a senior Dell exec. told me that story I might believe it ... after 3 bottles of red ... but then again , probably not .  10 points for lateral thinking though ! A sensational way to justify pisspoor quality control . The hunting imperative was part of every man's soul; some denied or suppressed it, others diverted it into less blatantly violent avenues of expression, wielding clubs on the golf course or racquets on the court, substituting a little white ball for the prey of flesh and blood. Wilbur Smith | |||
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I seriously doubt that. It's more like a young company and its growing pains. Quite frankly I haven't recieved that level of service from any US company anytime ever. I just sampled 2 great Winchester model 70's that a friend bought a Super Grade and a Featherweight..the super grade had at least a straight barrel channel and nice wood..the bedding sucked and a gap around the floorplate was obvious as was the flattened diamonds on the checkering. The Featherweight had even more nice flattened diamonds and its barrel was noticeably off of center. It also sported a nice gap around the floorplate. Bolt raceways looked real roughl. ANd people are buying up these pieces of shit like they are something. Thanks god for pre-64's. BTW anyone want to guess how long it would take Winchester to correct those faults on these 2 model 70's? Working on my ISIS strategy....FORE | |||
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Kimber also donates a quarter million $$$ to the USA Shooting Fund each year. On the other hand USARC has been in, out and in bankruptcy since 1994 and cannot meet it's debts or contracts. The last "Winchester" I bought was and is a piece of slop made by shoemakers which is the worst thing you can call a metal worker in New Britain, CT my old home town. My M70 SS Classic sat in a "Winchester" repair facility for 9 months and finally they answered that they would not repair it. "Winchester" did nothing at all for me and I am stuck with a rifle that has a out of round chamber and many other defects. I have fixed all of the other defects but I am stuck with the defective chamber. (what happened to the edit function on this site?) Join the NRA | |||
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Whilst not having owned a Kimber several of my friends have. One who has one in 300WSM enjoys 3 shot 3/8 of an inch groups, now that's a good shooting stick. It flattens deer. I shot it off a bench it was nice to shoot. I only managed a 3/4 inch group but that's not too bad. As for the comments on letting a poor one go just so the service department looks good sounds like utter rubbish to me, but then, what do I know I could only get 3/4 inch group? | |||
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