Well as luck would have it,and never have ever seen a K of O any place except in photos, I stumbled into two of them today. One in 222 and the other in Hornet. I chose the 222 as it has beautiful wood. Nice kind of steel butt plate and a lovely trigger. Hope it shoots as well as my 788 does.
Regards greg

Any one know if the dark wood on the fore end denotes a different model than the regular model 82?
Thanks Greg

Ah hah, thats a Cooper last week and a Kimber this week. Thought you couldn't make it one week with out buying a rifle!! JK Good score

CC

Life is hell isn't it, I guess I could stop going to the gun shop.............. fS

If by dark wood you mean a fore end tip, yes it does change the grade or model. Could be an "S" or maybe a "SA" Check serial number and fuller description of the rifle couldn't hurt. Does it have sights? If no, scrub the "SA"

No sights on this rifle, so perhaps it is an S

Thanks greg

Kudos on the Kimber of Oregon rifle snag.
I could spend a whole lot of high quality time with one in a 222 also!!
I'm kind of on a 222 roll, all summer shooting the two I have, and I'm having another new one screwed together now. Throw in the two rifles I have in 222 Mag, and I've been a busy Beaver working up loads..LOL The short answer here is, TAC powder, and about every 50-52 grain bullet being made today. But, RL-7, IMR-4198, and Benchmark get the job done too.
I have so many accurate loads worked up, I really don't know which one(s) to settle on.. Life sure is hell, to quote you..

Scoped the Kimber and brought it home today, it is a model 84. might get out to the range for some test firing tomorrow. I have a few rounds of 50gr factory ammo to blast off. Scope I chose is an older Bausch & Lomb Eilte 3000 in a 4-12 glossy.

If the rifle has an ebony forend tip, and no cheekpiece on the stock......it is probably the Custom Classic model.

Hope this helps.

Kevin Gullette

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Originally posted by Kevin Gullette:
If the rifle has an ebony forend tip, and no cheekpiece on the stock......it is probably the Custom Classic model.

Hope this helps.

Kevin Gullette

Thanks Kevin, no cheek piece and has the ebony tip.

Looking at my 1991 Kimber brochure, they list (as I understand it) three rifles chambered in 222 that have the forend tip - the Super America, Sporter, and Super Varminter. None have sights, the Varminter has a rubber buttpad.
Only the Sporter does not have a cheekpiece, instead being listed as a "classic style". Your rifle "should" have a 22" barrel, "A"grade claro walnut stock ("AAA" grade on the SA), steel buttplate (as opposed to the Neidner style of the SA) and side panel checkering (as opposed to the wraparound of the SA). The brochure also lists the SA as having "fully inletted" swivel studs.

All this is, of course, for their "base models", with quite a listing of custom options available - any of which could be added to your rifle.

SBB

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Originally posted by Kevin Gullette:
If the rifle has an ebony forend tip, and no cheekpiece on the stock......it is probably the Custom Classic model.

Hope this helps.

Kevin Gullette

My thought as well, it sounds like a custom classic.

Loaded up 20 rounds of 40gr Vmax bullets and shot them at the range today, using Win 748 and IMR 4198, results were pathetic, so bad I didn't bother with the last group.

Did shoot some 50gr Btips that grouped decently

So my next test is with 50 gr bullets and 24.5gr of Win 748. I have loaded 50gr Horn SP, 50gr TNT,50gr Ber,and 50gr Vmax. Next range trip will be Tuesday. FS

Pics up of this Kimber




I'm sure it will shoot FS, have some patience.

Nice photos, thanks CC.
FS

Well things may be coming together with my new rifle. In a very windy day I got a nice group with 50gr Vax and a nice group with the 50gr Berger Varmint, the Hornady sp and the TNT weren't all that good but I will try them again in calmer conditions. FS

Beautiful!
But where's the bolt?
I had a Classic .222 KoO,it shot about 15/16"ths with jacketed and 1.5" with cast.GREAT hunting rifle...
TD 1420 was the serial number...

Is the hornet still there?

Has everyone noticed the lack of rifles chambered for the fine little .222 Remington? It seem now there are more rifles chambered for the .22 Hornet then for the .222. The .222 was suppose to replace the .22 Hornet.

David

Don't know enough about rifles to comment as to why so few manufacturers chamber the 222, but I do know that it is still available in a 527 CZ in either an American or the Lux models. I have an American on order and should be here sometime next month.
I am enjoying working up loads for my Kimber CC Varmint and having fun testing them at the range on almost a weekly basis, and I'm certain I'll have the same bit of fun when the 527 gets here.
Regards Greg

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Originally posted by Fasteel:
David

Don't know enough about rifles to comment as to why so few manufacturers chamber the 222, but I do know that it is still available in a 527 CZ in either an American or the Lux models. I have an American on order and should be here sometime next month.

Regards Greg

Greg,

My very first high powered rifle was a Remington Model 700 ADL in .222 Remington bought back in 1965. GREAT rifle and I shot lots of Varmints & Targets with it. I use to also have an older Sako L-46 in .222 Rem. but it wasn't as accurate as the Remington due to the fact it had a 1-in-16" twist while the Remington 700 had a 1-in-14" twist. The Sako was fussy with handloads. I was considering buying a CZ 527 in .222 Remington or an older American made rifle in the future.

Best Regards,
Dave