March 18, 2013, 02:49 AM | #1 |
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Kimber Montana bedding
Hi all, I bought a Kimber Montana 84L a few months ago and just noticed when I pulled it apart to oil that it's neither pillar or action bedded.
I was sure I'd read that all 84 models were pillar and action bedded? I haven't had enough trigger time yet to see if that would shoot better if it was but am just curious if any other Kimber buyers have noticed this or maybe they don't need to with the Montana stocks anymore? Either way I'm quite fond of it, it's super light and points really well for me and I can't wait to blood it this Roar |
February 2, 2014, 09:53 PM | #2 |
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The Montana stock is moulded to the action for a perfect fit, and the pillars are moulded in at the same time.
Look down the action screw holes and you will see the pillar material. Neil. |
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I thought my Montana should be more accurate for a 223. I found that it was not quite free floating . Put a 0.015" stainless steel shim just behind the forward receiver lug raising the barrel. Now it's free floating , and getting half the group size !
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Took this from another forum about curing some known issues with the Montana rifle.
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This was a lengthy tutorial so I have to break this down in a few posts.
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Part 3!
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Part 4, a lot of pictures in this thing!
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Great write up. I noticed the top few pics were of a Mountain Ascent.
I took mine apart from the stock as soon as I purchased mine. I wanted to check how well it was bedded and see the proprietary stock to barrel system I read about. Kimber did a revolutionary job with the internal pillar bedding. It really does fit the barrel perfectly all the way back to the end of the action.. I took some reference pictures of the action and inside of the stock. I was impressed with the quality of the stock and fit and finish. I like to use blue loctite when reinstalling the stock. I have a 308 and its accuracy is excellent despite the crappy range conditions this winter. I didn't touch the trigger, it was outstanding right out of the box. My Montana has become my main hunting rig and is a flyweight killing machine. Gotta love the weight...or lack of it. Now I want one in 223 or 243 for a predator rig. [
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They are definitely bedded from the factory, and the pillars can be hard to see sometimes.
Interestingly enough I talked to Colton, a service tech at Kimber a few weeks back and I mentioned the slave action bedding. He quickly corrected me and said, "each action is individually bedded to each stock, we don't use a slave action." Take that for what it's worth, but that's a close to the horses mouth as I could get. Anyways, I've got no complaints of the 84's. I just picked up .280 AI. Still playing around with loads to get them up to speed. The .243 Montana I have is although tough medicine on coyotes, I can't seem to miss with that rifle. |
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