Varmint Hunter Magazine Editor
John Anderson practiced on prairie
dogs with his Kimber 8400 Classic in 300 WSM prior to his first
safari. He took six species with six shots. [CLICK
FOR STORY]
Michael
Slack, Leupold Marketing Manager and his kudu taken with the
new Kimber Model 8400 in 300 WSM.
The stalk on this 54-inch greater kudu was interrupted by the
silent arrival of four bull elephant. Their downwind position
encouraged my PH to get us out of there in a hurry. We returned
an hour later and took this trophy from a herd of three dozen
at a lazered range of 275 yards. The Kimber Model 8400 Classic
performed flawlessly, putting the 180 grain Barnes XLC bullet
right where I wanted it.
North
Carolina's Ashley Rice is just 14, but she talked her
father into buying a Kimber 22 SVT for competition. Then she
won her club championship with seven perfect scores in seven
matches. Her next challenge? IDPA with her Kimber .45 - as soon
as dad agrees. [CLICK
FOR ASHLEY'S LETTER TO KIMBER]
Layne Simpson
of Shooting Times took a wonderful New Zealand red stag with
a Model 84M Classic in .308 Win.
Hunting in New Zealand
is mostly climbing. The mountains are steep and the cover thick.
Imagine a jungle in the wilderness of central Idaho and you
have a pretty good idea of how it looks. Success follows climbing,
then glassing.
I spent 10 days in
New Zealand hunting free range deer, the first field test of
the Kimber Model 84M rifle. I fired exactly three shots; taking
sika and fallow deer, plus the largest red stag outfitter Adrian
Moody had taken in his career. The Kimber sure made it easier
to climb those mountains.
American Rifleman Editor
Mark Keefe with Roland Ward red hartebeast and Model 84M .308
in Africa's Kalahari desert.
There's a certain
delight to be taken in rifle that shoots where you need it to
that doesn't wear you down. After traipsing through about 8
to 10 kilometers of the Kalahari's rolling dunes and straats
(Afrikaans for street or valley) in the red sands and waist
high grass in pursuit of an eland bull, my eight pound .300
Win. Mag. was wearing on me. After a fun stalk and a telling
shot with my .300--with a fine bull as a result--it was time
to put the big gun away. [CLICK
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Abe Walsh from
the NRA and Alaska moose taken with a Model 84M Classic in .308
Win.
The shot was about
80 yards. All I could see were 60 inches of antler and a patch
of forehead straight on. It wasn't going to get any better because
he had thick cover one step away. I pressed the trigger and
he just fell down.
I didn't think about
my rifle while staring down that bull, but I sure did while
climbing mountains and walking across the tundra during the
rest of the hunt. It came to shoulder just right, was more than
easy to carry and accurate enough that I didn't have a nagging
feeling about leaving heavier rifles at home. I'm going back
to Alaska next fall, and I'll be packing a Kimber when I get
there.
Ron Spomer of
Sporting Classics and a Colorado mule deer taken with a Kimber
Model 84M .308 Win.
Like the prairie
winds, Eastern Colorado deer hunting is unpredictable. Sunrise
can find you in tree stand looking to surprise whitetails walking
along river bottoms. An hour later you might hike miles of canyon,
hoping to sort bedded mulie bucks from the sage. That same evening
you lean into a cottonwood, watching a huge field of freshly
cut corn. Hunting this country is a unique way to learn about
Kimber's new rifle.
The Model 84M is
light and balanced. It's a shooter too, enough so that I didn't
think twice about leaving my favorite open country rifle in
camp. I suppose my shot could have been near or far, but it
turned out to be somewhere in the middle. One of the best mule
deer I've ever taken came out of his bed fast, then paused.
I had already dropped into a sitting position and the shot just
seemed to take care of itself.
Dwight Van Brunt
and Alaska moose taken with a Kimber 84M Classic in .308 Win.
Most hunters wouldn't
think of the .308 Winchester as classic moose medicine. Then
again, the advantages of an accurate rifle that weighs less
than six pounds really make a difference when the distance from
camp to lookout is measured in long tundra miles.
Outfitter Fred Sorensen
and I bedded down this bull, then stalked in behind him until
we were so close that he heard us breathing. Two quick shots
and he was ours. Sure wish that moose was as easy to pack as
the Kimber rifle.
Ryan
Busse with Montana cougar taken with a Kimber 22-250 Rem.
After several hard days of hunting and despite a leisurely mid-morning
departure, we cut three sets of lion tracks moving through fresh
snow. If a big cat wasn't so important we would have headed
back to town and tried our run of good luck on lottery tickets.
Instead, we turned out on the largest track and the dogs got
everything right. Four hours and three drainages later we heard
the dogs barking treed.
One shot from the Kimber rifle tumbled the big tom from the
Ponderosa. After a few pictures we started the long drag back
to the trucks.
For all the bangs and falls and bruises during the chase, it
never occurred to me to worry about my rifle. That's one of
the reasons I bought a Kimber in the first place.
Steve Broom's
Kimber .45 and some of his trophies.
Several years ago
I purchased one of your first 1911 Classic pistols. My Kimber
has worked flawlessly for nearly 50,000 rounds to date. With
it I have obtained Master classification in IDPA CDP division
and the new USPSA/IDPA Limited 10 division. I have also used
it to win several state championships.
Since I began competing
with the Kimber, nineteen other shooters have purchased Kimbers
based at least partially on my recommendation. Each one is,
like me, completely satisfied with their pistol.
