Originally Posted By: CZ527Originally Posted By: Winny FanOriginally Posted By: Dr. JWho wants to fix that many issues with a new rifle?? Sound like a reason to run away.
A lot of people like me own a number of Kimber rifles and have not done one thing to them to get them to shoot exceptionally well. I'm one short of a football team right now and have had absolutely no issues with any of them.
The information at the link was posted as a response to the many internet jockeys who have bought a Kimber rifle. When it didn't shoot to their expectations for the money they paid many had no clue as to what to do next except to bitche about it through their keyboard.
All of the suggestions there can apply to just about any factory rifle wit supposed accuracy problems, and not just Kimber rifles. The real truth is that there are a lot of people who buy a Kimber and when it doesn't shoot they blame the rifle. In many cases they don't understand how to accurately shoot a light weight rifle, and further more, some don't even realize that a light barreled rifle won't shoot accurate fast strings of shots like a heavy barreled target rifle will.
If you want a nice factory rifle, a Kimber is not a bad choice for a lot of reasons.
Not even a mag box huh? The two that I have in hand weren't troublemakers, but they did have a couple of minor issues, mainly a binding magazine box.
The 7mm-08 sits crooked in the stock, like most any Kimber I have ever laid eyes upon; however, it will shoots some dandy little groups with 120 NBTs. If I rebarrell it later (which was the plan originally), I'll address that little eyesore then and there. In the mean time, it's pretty much wearing a hole in my front seat. It goes everywhere I go. It's too handy to leave behind.
Nope. Not even a mag box. And for the record, any factory rifle I buy gets checked for "flaws" whether its a Kimber or who maybe made it. I have had problems with 700's, Ruger 77's, and one Winchester in recent years with mag boxes, however. But the fix is quick and easy, and after all, they're factory mass produced rifles so perfection isn't expected without looking for issues.
Those frequent ones that you've "laid eyes upon" that all sit crooked in the stock, do you think a bolt reshaping like Calhoun performs would help?
Just curious.
The only rifles I've seen in the past few years with actions sitting crooked in stocks where, uh....I hate to say it.....they were CZ rifles, especially some of the early 221 Fireball rifles.