Hunting & Fishing Kimber mountain assent

[Coltsp1]

Anyone have experience with Kimber mountain assent 300 win mag

 

[264win]

I have handled and shot a few. Not a bad rifle, but accuracy seems hit and miss , no pun intended.
For the $$ I would look elsewhere. Fierce, CA, Bergara, or even a Tikka/Sako

 

[WeiserBucks]

My hunting partner has one in 300 WSM. Accuracy is acceptable for shorter range hunting, 300 yards or so . Better choices available for the money in my opinion , especially Tikka if you want light weight and a good value .

 

[Coltsp1]

The ultra thin barrel worries me, but the weight is appealing. I will look at the tikka.

 

[45.308]

For long action go with Tikka, short action Kimber but harder to find accuracy with the Kimber even with hand rolled. Tikka shoots more accurate out of the box even with off the shelf factory loads.

In 17 years never had a Tikka come back for warranty. Cant say that about any other manufacture including those mention here. In my opinion, Tikka is hard to beat for the nuggets. But if I was mountain hunting the Kimber is very appealing due to the weight, just have to find that perfect load.

Not a fan of the Kimber trigger.

good luck

 

[Nitrosteel]

Had a hard time finding accuracy with my Kimber Montana in 300 wsm. It was a nice lightweight rifle, but beyond 400 yards had trouble hitting anything. I would go with a Tikka.

 

[VVhoisJohnGalt]

I’ve run the MA in 7mm mag 4 years now. Challenging figuring out the load but it shoots sub MOA.

Cold bore POI can be shifty.

Get a tikka lite. Will be less hassle

 

[Nitrosteel]

Feel like I should add: My cold bore POI was also shifty - not only in my Montana 300 wsm, but also in my longmaster 308 win. The longmaster was a very good shooter - even at distance with multiple loads, but much more finicky to load for than my steyr scout. The longmaster is a very nice shooting rifle and beautiful, but the trigger does have some creep.

 

[Nitrosteel]

Also had to replace the firing pin spring at approximately 1200 rounds, but haven’t had any other issues.