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Originally posted by PSmith:
Howdy Gents,

Has the Kimber Talkeetna .375 H&H been discontinued or something? I don't see any for sale anywhere.

I might get invited to an elk/moose/bear hunt in Canada this fall if another guy drops out. I thought the Talkeetna might be a good rifle, as would a Kimber Montana in .338 WinMag. Can't find one of those either.

Thanks,

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What I have learned on AR:
1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place to get a steak dinner? is…you really want pork chops.
2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. The laws of physics do not apply to firearms in that there is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges and certain cartridges are so powerful that their kinetic energy can knock a big game animal off its feet but not knock the shooter who fired the cartridge off their feet.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified so it can carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and a detachable box magazine both use mechanical latches, only the floor plate latch is reliable regardless of the fact that almost every modern military rifle in the world uses a detachable box magazine including those chambered in 50 BMG.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact that it is the basis of the US Marine Corp M40 sniper rifle for over 40 years with no changes to the action or extractor and the choice of more military sniper units and law enforcement agencies than any other rifle.
7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR, and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting game that can shoot back are all PF actions.
8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (despite the fact most safaris take place in the winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. It is not the size of the ding in the gun's finish that matters but whether or not the ding occurred in the safe or in the field because safe dings are okay but field dings are worse.
10. In general, those who have time to make close to a 1000 posts a year on AR, know more about hunting and shooting than people who make their living in the hunting and shooting industry and have typically spent 150 days in the field or at the range each year for the last two decades.

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Originally posted by Paolo9,5x73:
Remington 700 is a great rifle. Matter of fact about month ago I seen stainless one with gray kevlar reinforced stock iron sights muzzle break in cal .416 Remington. At $950 it stayed on used rack for less than a week.

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Originally posted by PSmith:


Has the Kimber Talkeetna .375 H&H been discontinued or something? I don't see any for sale anywhere.

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Originally posted by onefunzr2:

Kimber probably can't make them fast enough after the glowing review in the March '09 American Rifleman, when Mark Keefe defined his 375 H&H loaner as a stopping rifle, even though the actual hunter was equipped with a 458 Lott. Praise like that was undoubtedly worth thousands of extra sales.

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The problem bull was taken by Kimber's Dwight Van Brunt with a Caprivi chambered in .458 Lott, and I followed with a camera and the slung Talkeetna for most of the stalk. The Caprivi is a light rifle for a .458 Lott, weighing about a pound and a half more than the Talkeetna, but under the blistering Namibian sun, I was grateful to be carrying the lightest weight stopping rifle present.

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Originally posted by Idaho Sharpshooter:
eezrider,

you are talking a whole different animal there. Those rifles were fantastic. I owned one in 505 Gibbs. Let's see you stuff a couple of those in the new Kimbers.

The new one is a compromise, it was not one of the original design parameters. They wanted a trim, lightweight non-DG hunting rifle.

Try the drill.
Place two rounds in your left hand. Turn the timer on; load one, fire it and load the second one and fire it.

No crying when you compare times to a CZ 375 H&H.

Rich
DRSS

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Originally posted by Idaho Sharpshooter:
Out here the 89's were well received, and highly coveted in the big calibers. Still are.

Congratulations on owning three, wish I still had the 505 Gibbs.