Any one own or have any experience shooting a Kimber 8400 in any caliber? If so how would you rate the quality of Kimber rifles. I have owned and shot several Kimber pistols, and have been more than pleased with accuracy and quality. Do they produce high quality rifles as well.
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Kimber Model 8400
- Thread starter dead bird
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Kimber makes 4 different action sizes. The 8400 is the largest, chambering the full size magnum rounds. The ones I've handled were the least appealing of the Kimbers. Lightweight well made guns, but not as nice as the others. The 8400WSM is designed around the WSM line of cartridges and is much better proportioned and better balanced. I like this action size much better and the shorter action just fits the WSM cartridges perfectly.
I have the smallest version, an 84M in 308. To me this is the best of the Kimbers. They are truly lightweight, but are proportioned and well balanced. The stock shape and recoil pad really tame recoil from a 5 lb rifle.
Originally the 30-06, 270 size cartridges were chambered in the 8400. Kimber has recently come out with an action in between the 8400WSM and 84 designed around 30-06 size cartridges called the 84L. I haven't seen or held one yet, but hear they may be the best yet.
My rifle is accurate, around .5-.75" for 3 shots @ 100 yards with my handloads. Very smooth feeding and I like the CRF and safety.
They ain't cheap, but you get a lot for your money. The wood stocked versions have some of the best wood I've seen on guns in years. They are the ONLY gun that comes from the factory with a quality synthetic if you go that way. Every other gunmaker puts junk on their synthetic stocked rifles. Buy anything else with a synthetic stock and you will have to pay another $600 to get an aftermarket stock of the same quality.
The only way to get a lighter gun is to pay $3000 for a NULA or have it custom built. I highly recommend them.
I have the smallest version, an 84M in 308. To me this is the best of the Kimbers. They are truly lightweight, but are proportioned and well balanced. The stock shape and recoil pad really tame recoil from a 5 lb rifle.
Originally the 30-06, 270 size cartridges were chambered in the 8400. Kimber has recently come out with an action in between the 8400WSM and 84 designed around 30-06 size cartridges called the 84L. I haven't seen or held one yet, but hear they may be the best yet.
My rifle is accurate, around .5-.75" for 3 shots @ 100 yards with my handloads. Very smooth feeding and I like the CRF and safety.
They ain't cheap, but you get a lot for your money. The wood stocked versions have some of the best wood I've seen on guns in years. They are the ONLY gun that comes from the factory with a quality synthetic if you go that way. Every other gunmaker puts junk on their synthetic stocked rifles. Buy anything else with a synthetic stock and you will have to pay another $600 to get an aftermarket stock of the same quality.
The only way to get a lighter gun is to pay $3000 for a NULA or have it custom built. I highly recommend them.
toolguy2006
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I do not own a Kimber rifle myself, but my brother recently purchased one. His rifle showed up defective, and had to be sent back to Kimber right away. The chamber on his rifle had apparently been cut with a worn out reamer (he's the machinist, not me). The rifle was then gone for about two months while Kimber put a new barrel on it, which then came back with a huge tooling mark on the top of the barrel, just forward of where the scope mounts. It should also be noted that original delivery took four months from time of order. My brother didn't even truly care about caliber. He gave Kimber a list of four cartridges that he would have like to have, and just said he would take this first rifle available chambered in on of those four cartridges. He ended up with a .257 Roberts, for what its worth.
All that said, the fit and finish of the rifle is amazing, and the trigger feels great. Accuracy, however, has not been as great as one would hope. The best group that I have seen from it is about 1.5" @ 100 with handloads, which may well improve with more load development.
All that said, the fit and finish of the rifle is amazing, and the trigger feels great. Accuracy, however, has not been as great as one would hope. The best group that I have seen from it is about 1.5" @ 100 with handloads, which may well improve with more load development.