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General Categories => General Firearm Discussion => Topic started by: Mudinyeri on February 27, 2012, 05:52:42 PM

Title: Kimber Super Grade Rifle
Post by: Mudinyeri on February 27, 2012, 05:52:42 PM
Is there any value in a 20 year-old, NIB Kimber Super Grade in .338 WM?  I have a guy that's interested in trading one to me but it seems like a gun in a pretty narrow niche.  Am I right?
Title: Re: Kimber Super Grade Rifle
Post by: Ghost on February 27, 2012, 06:06:24 PM
Is there any value in a 20 year-old, NIB Kimber Super Grade in .338 WM?  I have a guy that's interested in trading one to me but it seems like a gun in a pretty narrow niche.  Am I right?

If it's like this one, it's "a wonderful rifle for North American game at an affordable price."

http://www.gunsamerica.com/922033239/Guns-For-Sale/Gun-Auctions/Rifles/Kimber-of-Oregon-Rifles/M89_SUPER_GRADE_338_WM_with_SIGHTS.htm (http://www.gunsamerica.com/922033239/Guns-For-Sale/Gun-Auctions/Rifles/Kimber-of-Oregon-Rifles/M89_SUPER_GRADE_338_WM_with_SIGHTS.htm)
Title: Re: Kimber Super Grade Rifle
Post by: SemperFiGuy on February 27, 2012, 06:42:21 PM
The Only Problem With a Kimber Rifle:

I wuntz had a Kimber Model 84 in .223Remington.

Darn Thing was Sooooooooo Be-Yooo-Ti-Full that I was afraid to take it out in the field and shoot it.   Never did.

Couldn't stand the thought of getting even the tiniest scratch or even a bit of dust on it.

But.......Rifles are Tools; They Have a Job to Do.    So I traded it off for some Stuff That Could be Shot and Stuffed in the Trunk.


Now.............I wuntz knew this Be-Yooo-Ti-Full Woman............


Whoops.    Wrong Forum.


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Title: Re: Kimber Super Grade Rifle
Post by: Mudinyeri on February 27, 2012, 07:06:26 PM
The Only Problem With a Kimber Rifle:

I wuntz had a Kimber Model 84 in .223Remington.

Darn Thing was Sooooooooo Be-Yooo-Ti-Full that I was afraid to take it out in the field and shoot it.   Never did.

Couldn't stand the thought of getting even the tiniest scratch or even a bit of dust on it.

But.......Rifles are Tools; They Have a Job to Do.    So I traded it off for some Stuff That Could be Shot and Stuffed in the Trunk.


Now.............I wuntz knew this Be-Yooo-Ti-Full Woman............


Whoops.    Wrong Forum.


sfg

Sounds about like the guy that owns this .338 WM.  He just couldn't bring himself to take it out into the field.  He also has a NIB, unfired Ruger #1 in .45-70.
Title: Re: Kimber Super Grade Rifle
Post by: bkoenig on February 27, 2012, 08:22:16 PM
He also has a NIB, unfired Ruger #1 in .45-70.

Now that....

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Title: Re: Kimber Super Grade Rifle
Post by: Ronvandyn on March 02, 2012, 05:30:17 PM
My #1 hits the range as often as I do.  Yes, it’s a beautiful weapon, gorgeous wood and fine mechanics, but I'll be dammed if I am going to let it become a safe-queen.   I once had a Weatherby Mk-V in 300WB-mag, and I had that in the field as often as possible.  Sold it sometime back for more than I paid for it, just can’t handle the recoil in my old age and $60.00 a box (of 20) for factory rounds just made it no longer worth the beauty.   

Ron