16 December 2009, 16:26
TC1Why do you hate the Kimber 84M?
quote:Originally posted by Troy Hibbitts:quote:Originally posted by TC1:
I bought an 8400 classic from them once. Never again. The stock was green and had huge gaps between the wood and metal everywhere. The forend was twisted and the barrel was almost out of the stock at the forend tip. I was afraid to get it wet, it might sprout a branch!
I called Kimber and they sent the UPS guy by the house to pick it up. They replaced the stock but scared up the metal doing it! The new stock had a big dig in it and the barreled action was scrtched up. Looked like it had been dropped.
At this point I had all I could stand out of Kimber and sold it at a big loss. Never even shot the damn thing and I'll never own another.
Beautiful!
This is a $1000 rifle.
What's that gapping hole for? It touches on both ends
If the forend was any longer the barrel would be completely out if it.
That's why I don't like them. Not the 84M, but anything with the Kimber name on it.
Terry
I'm guessing you bought this one sight unseen?
I think at one time or another, I've seen poorly fitted versions of quite a few brands of rifles on gun racks at retailers. Wouldn't have bought any of these either.
Troy
Yes, it was bought sight unseen. The seller asked me if I would call Kimber first before sending it back. Kimber agreed to fix the problem but botched that up too. After Kimber screwed the rifle up even more I didn't feel right sending it back to the original owner so I sold it and moved on.
Terry