Kimber 82 Govt

[ERE99]

Anybody got any experience with them? I`ve read they are either nail drivers right out of the box or group like a shotgun, especially the pre-4000 serisl no`s. I`ve read a decent amount and now I`m looking for first hand accounts of the accuracy, or lack thereof. From what I gather the trick for getting an 82g to hit the target is lapping the crown. One account I read required reaming the throat a bit.

Anyway, I got a decent deal in an unfired, still in the box, CMP Kimber 82g last weekend that I couldn`t pass up. It`s in the 8600 serial range so it`s a later rifle(they only made 10,000) . Probably drag it to the range Saturday if it doesn`t rain too hard. I made a block today that fits the hand stop rail to mount a bipod on it.

What say y`all?

 

[CZfool68]

It really doesn't matter what we think. You done gone and bought it. Buy a bunch of ammo and shoot the snotmout of it. It will likely be fine. And where the heck are the pictures. You stink.

 

[NCFubar]

Buy a couple boxes of each good target/match ammo and run tests to see what it likes best. Firing cheap bulk ammo might not show you what it’s truly capable of.

 

[ERE99]

Oh that I'll do, lol. Just wondering if anyone had any experience tuning one and what they did. I almost bought one when CMP had them. Got this one cheaper

Plan is to use it this summer at the 100yd benchrest matches in Boone in the heavy aperture class. I shot with them a few times last fall and had a great time.

This weekend will be FGMM and Center-X tests....maybe Aguilla SV

 

[nbkky71]

The ones that I've shot in the past seemed to shoot well enough, but I never paid attention to the serial number range(s). Nice rifles, but nowhere near as good as the Remington 40X though

 

[ERE99]

The ones that I've shot in the past seemed to shoot well enough, but I never paid attention to the serial number range(s). Nice rifles, but nowhere near as good as the Remington 40X though

or the 37`s

 

[ERE99]

finally got a bit of range time today with tthe 82G....rather impressed for a rifle with peep sights, and in the wind. After 3 boxes of FGMM i got it into a 5-shot group of about 1.75"" @ 100yds. The longer I shot, the better it got. Trigger started off kinda tough but it too got better. I`m looking forward to a scope and a less windy day as well. The only real bummer to the day was with the FGMM ammo at 1080fps, the sights ran out of elevation. Full up it`s centering the group about 1/2" above the bull.

Now to find another Fecker, or a Unertl!