I have just ordered a Kimber 84M Montana (SS, synt.stock) in 260 Rem caliber.

Anyone who has any experience with these (new) rifles..?
It is an extremely light rifle around 5 Ibs but still I have heard that it should have VERY good accuracy..- any experiences??

That aught to be a real nice combo !
If it were me, it would soon be wearing a Leupold VX3 2.5X8. I have no experence with a kimber rifle, but i bet it will shoot prety well. I do not have a stainless rifle in the safe but its time i got one and the kimber looks prety freakin nice to me, and unless they come out with long action calibers , I think the 260 is the one I would go for. Nosler has a 100 grain partition and the the barnes tripple shock is I think a 120 opr 130 gr, great for deer antiope black bear caribu, certainly aught to be a first rate packin rifle in any weather my congrats and by all means keep me posted on how it shoots. My PU will be paid off soon and anice rifle like that would be a great way to celibrate !!!...tj3006

I`ve a early M84m, wood with blued metal in 260 Rem. The gun came a bit rough in the action, gritty and some binding in the bolt. It was sent back for polishing and returned a nice rifle. Mine will drop 5 rds in about a inch average at 100 yds with ammo it likes all day long, acually it shoots everything under a inch and a quarter.
The newer ones I`ve played with lately are very smooth and you should be well pleased with one.

I'm trading for a 84M in .260 Rem (gorgeous wood!). Do you know what the twist rate is in Kimber .260s?

The 260Rem is 1 in 9 twist rate. I just purchased a Kimber 84M Montana in 260, don't have it set up yet. enjoy.

The Kimber 84M Montana that I got last year in 243 was perfect out of the box. It's been a long time since that has happened.

The 260 Kimber Classic that I have is an enjoyable cartridge to shoot in particular with the 95 gr VMax. Recoil is light and it's been accurate.

Savage 99-what speeds and what powder do you run with those 95's?

That is the one Montana that I do have some interest in.

Gracias

MD

From memory I was loading 43.5 grs of RL 15 in Rem brass for 3350 fps.

I feel almost the opposite about the 260. Don't know what I was thinking or if I was thinking at all when I wanted one. It just does not fit in with my hunting it seems.

I mean 6.5 is good, the 260 is good but I think what happened was that I got the 260 as an all around and then I got a 243 in a Montana and the 243 is better richocet wise for varmints.

For woods hunting here almost anything will fly and I have lots of heavier hitters than a 260. Not that heavy hitters are really needed but I want them.

To add that the 260 was the first Kimber that I got and it's a Classic as the Montanas were not announced yet. Then I got a 7m-08 in a Classic as well. I was scouting in VT and spotted a black bear napping in the setting sun up a valley. It was 1200 yds away and I started the approach/stalk. I had to go right at it as there was only a hour of light left. All I had in the vehicle was the Kimber 7mm-08 and the Sauer drilling in my hands. I went back for the 7mm-08 as it was loaded with 150 Paritions and went after the bear. I got up to 500 yds and had already made up my mind that I had to get to 300 yds for the little 7mm. I had a laser and drop tables with me. There just was no time to go into the woods on the hill and come back down again in my estimation. So I went straight at the bear as it works sometimes if you don't go right or left.

The bear spotted me at 400 yds and ran off. Now if .........

That 95 gr load in the 260 was sweet to shoot at the range however in that light rifle. Just enough to get downrange with little drift and mimimal recoil. I shot some nice groups with that load.

Have you ever tried the 85 Sie HP?

MD

No I have not. I used to use the short HP Sierras and bought the 75 gr HP 6mm in 2000 pc lots for targets and varmints. That was before the plastic meplats came out.

Since I would like to believe that the pulished Ci's are at least relevant I use the slickest ones today when I can. If I shot multiple varmints at 200 yds or under the economical Sierra would be a very good choice.

I just got back from shooting the 260 with the 95gr Vmax and 45 grs of RL 15 in 90F heat. It did ok. I did not have the chrono.

A club member was there who shoots a new 260 made up on a 40X for long range shooting. He won the last match that he shot in up to 1000 yds. His has a long Hart on it twisted 1-8" and he uses the 140 MK and IMR 4064. He makes brass from WW 243 cases.