Camo Kimber Hunter stock??

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16-06-2022, 11:29 AM
Tahr

Camo Kimber Hunter stock??

Has anyone got a Kimber Hunter with the factory camo stock on it?

How does the coating last? Does it wear or scratch?

Thanks
16-06-2022, 11:34 AM
25/08IMP

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Originally Posted by Tahr

Has anyone got a Kimber Hunter with the factory camo stock on it?

How does the coating last? Does it wear or scratch?

Thanks

You know you want it [emoji6]

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16-06-2022, 11:52 AM
Tahr

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Originally Posted by 25/08IMP

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Its done. They will swap the stock to standard tan colour if I want.
16-06-2022, 12:00 PM
25/08IMP

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Originally Posted by Tahr

Its done. They will swap the stock to standard tan colour if I want.

I'll be watching with interest as to what one you are going to sell.[emoji24][emoji24]

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16-06-2022, 12:07 PM
Tahr

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Originally Posted by 25/08IMP

I'll be watching with interest as to what one you are going to sell.[emoji24][emoji24]

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Ive got a Rem 788 in .222 here with Tasco 3x9 'scope. VGood condition. $600 just for you.
16-06-2022, 01:02 PM
Gkp

Montana stocks are better

Camo ones wear real quick and go a bit sticky
16-06-2022, 01:12 PM
Stocky

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Originally Posted by Gkp

Montana stocks are better

Camo ones wear real quick and go a bit sticky

Montana stocks are shit house except that they arent plastic. They are better than the mountain ascents and maybe the hunter stocks if the camo is a coating but the tan hunter stocks are by far the best for dealing with wear as the material is tan. Minus thrashed and it's still all tan unlike my Montana was after 4 trips strapped to my pack.

Edit: I know the mountain ascent dip is shit but haven't actually used the hunter dipped stock so it may be better but I doubt it.
16-06-2022, 02:15 PM
Makros

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Originally Posted by Stocky

Montana stocks are shit house except that they arent plastic. They are better than the mountain ascents and maybe the hunter stocks if the camo is a coating but the tan hunter stocks are by far the best for dealing with wear as the material is tan. Minus thrashed and it's still all tan unlike my Montana was after 4 trips strapped to my pack.

Edit: I know the mountain ascent dip is shit but haven't actually used the hunter dipped stock so it may be better but I doubt it.

Yup my Kimber hunter stock as been dragged through some terribly thick bush. Plenty of scratches but still looks just fine. It's a functional rifle and the stock takes the beating.
16-06-2022, 05:37 PM
Bill999

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Originally Posted by Stocky

Montana stocks are shit house except that they arent plastic. They are better than the mountain ascents and maybe the hunter stocks if the camo is a coating but the tan hunter stocks are by far the best for dealing with wear as the material is tan. Minus thrashed and it's still all tan unlike my Montana was after 4 trips strapped to my pack.

Edit: I know the mountain ascent dip is shit but haven't actually used the hunter dipped stock so it may be better but I doubt it.

man thats gotta be the stupidest thing Iv read all day
16-06-2022, 06:07 PM
Tahr

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Originally Posted by Makros

Yup my Kimber hunter stock as been dragged through some terribly thick bush. Plenty of scratches but still looks just fine. It's a functional rifle and the stock takes the beating.

@Makros Tan or Camo colour?
16-06-2022, 06:31 PM
Bill999

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Originally Posted by Bill999

man thats gotta be the stupidest thing Iv read all day

Sorry I mean I strongly disagree and I am not a fan of the plastic stock at all and would be immediately looking for one of the carbon stocks to replace if I got a hunter
I have 3 of the carbon ones and would be happy to have nothing but them in my safe

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16-06-2022, 07:49 PM
Makros

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Originally Posted by Tahr

@Makros Tan or Camo colour?

Sorry, important information. The tan one - I don't think the camo coating would last one trip through some terrible Whanganui regrowth like the standard one has.

I will note though I have had some problems with my mag. Mine is in .308win and it was so tight with 3 in the mag it was basically non-functional. It was almost impossible to put the mag in with a closed bolt and have it latch. If you did manage it, it was close to jamming the bolt action, and if you got it open you ended up smearing a bunch of brass onto the bottom of the bolt and damaging the top cartridge.
It wasn't a follower spring issue, the magazine just genuinely had too little space to fit 3 .308 cartridges. The issue cost me a few animals as I had issues either reloading the mag quickly or feeding the first round. I checked the advertisements several times thinking it must just be a two shot mag, but I confirmed it was supposed to be three.

I ended up taking the mag apart and removing quite a bit of plastic under the follower spring, it functions perfectly now.
This wasn't unique to mine and I've seen a few overseas forum posts on this issue and the same solution used to fix it.
I was pretty disappointed from a manufacturer point of view as it is clearly a fairly major design flaw in the magazine dimensions.
16-06-2022, 08:12 PM
Kelton

The camo one is the new one eh? Kimber hunter pro? Are they in NZ?
16-06-2022, 08:15 PM
25/08IMP

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Originally Posted by Kelton

The camo one is the new one eh? Kimber hunter pro? Are they in NZ?

Yip saw one in Invercargill its now on the way to a new home.
But not mine

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16-06-2022, 08:17 PM
Kelton

Interesting I spied them not long ago online I could do with a creedmoor with the abundance of 140 eldm on hand what cal @Tahr
16-06-2022, 08:27 PM
25/08IMP

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Originally Posted by Kelton

Interesting I spied them not long ago online I could do with a creedmoor with the abundance of 140 eldm on hand what cal @Tahr

It was .257 rob

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16-06-2022, 09:24 PM
Gkp

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Originally Posted by Gkp

Montana stocks are better

Camo ones wear real quick and go a bit sticky

Just to clarify: My experience is from a mountain accent camo stock
17-06-2022, 07:51 PM
Nick.m

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Originally Posted by Makros

Sorry, important information. The tan one - I don't think the camo coating would last one trip through some terrible Whanganui regrowth like the standard one has.

I will note though I have had some problems with my mag. Mine is in .308win and it was so tight with 3 in the mag it was basically non-functional. It was almost impossible to put the mag in with a closed bolt and have it latch. If you did manage it, it was close to jamming the bolt action, and if you got it open you ended up smearing a bunch of brass onto the bottom of the bolt and damaging the top cartridge.
It wasn't a follower spring issue, the magazine just genuinely had too little space to fit 3 .308 cartridges. The issue cost me a few animals as I had issues either reloading the mag quickly or feeding the first round. I checked the advertisements several times thinking it must just be a two shot mag, but I confirmed it was supposed to be three.

I ended up taking the mag apart and removing quite a bit of plastic under the follower spring, it functions perfectly now.
This wasn't unique to mine and I've seen a few overseas forum posts on this issue and the same solution used to fix it.
I was pretty disappointed from a manufacturer point of view as it is clearly a fairly major design flaw in the magazine dimensions.

Snap I had exactly the same problem and took it back and got another mag which fixed the problem. Been a great little rifle ever since and give it a thrashing in North island Bush. With the gel removed its as light as pretty much any rifle out there.
19-06-2022, 12:49 PM
Stocky

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Originally Posted by Nick.m

Snap I had exactly the same problem and took it back and got another mag which fixed the problem. Been a great little rifle ever since and give it a thrashing in North island Bush. With the gel removed its as light as pretty much any rifle out there.

Yeh was an early problem that was a warranty claim I even got to keep the tight mag which means I now have 2 after I also relieved some material.