Kimber's re-doing their website, apparently cause it wasn't wicked cool enough for them. I downloaded their 2003 catalogue, and what should my wandering eyes come across? But a stainless steel rifle with a synthetic stock that weighs a paltry 5lbs 2oz. The 84M Montana!
I have found her! Excalibur!
::cue fancy music now!::
Let's see here now light-weight, even with scope and sling it'll be UNDER the 6.6lbs (1KG for your metric folks).
The stock barrel is a little longer than Cooper would request, but if you cut it to 20" it'll be under the stipulated 1m or you can keep the 22" barrel and have the extra velocity.
Action?
"Two-lug, ninety-degree rotation [is] favored, as [is] the traditional Mauser claw extractor and positive ejector."
"The bolt knob should be smooth and round--not checkered--and positioned far enough forward of the trigger to avoid pounding of the index finger during firing."
The Kimber 84M does all that! Based on the pictures I can see it looks like one could machine it to accept stripper clips, which some of us prefer to detachable magazines.
I don't know if the safety disconnects rather than blocks the trigger though, and I also doubt that the magazine protects the soft points of the bullets. It doesn't provide any options for single round loading, but the trigger is adjustable, and can probably hit the 3lb glass rod release Cooper would like.
Pretty simple to fit it for the Ching Sling, as well as the scout scope (if you so desire).
You can bet money it'll shoot to within 2MOA at 200yards.
I can mount whatever back-up sighting system I want on it. If I want to follow the commands of Cooper I can mount the front post on further in from the barrel.
The only thing it would lack is the integral bipod.
The nail in the coffin for some of us though... it will be available in a lefty! Their 8400 series rifles are already out in Lefty configuration, and when I e-mailed the good folks at Kimber they informed me they had plans to put out a left-handed 84M.
Woohoo!
Call my quest officially over.
-Morgan
I have found her! Excalibur!
::cue fancy music now!::
Let's see here now light-weight, even with scope and sling it'll be UNDER the 6.6lbs (1KG for your metric folks).
The stock barrel is a little longer than Cooper would request, but if you cut it to 20" it'll be under the stipulated 1m or you can keep the 22" barrel and have the extra velocity.
Action?
"Two-lug, ninety-degree rotation [is] favored, as [is] the traditional Mauser claw extractor and positive ejector."
"The bolt knob should be smooth and round--not checkered--and positioned far enough forward of the trigger to avoid pounding of the index finger during firing."
The Kimber 84M does all that! Based on the pictures I can see it looks like one could machine it to accept stripper clips, which some of us prefer to detachable magazines.
I don't know if the safety disconnects rather than blocks the trigger though, and I also doubt that the magazine protects the soft points of the bullets. It doesn't provide any options for single round loading, but the trigger is adjustable, and can probably hit the 3lb glass rod release Cooper would like.
Pretty simple to fit it for the Ching Sling, as well as the scout scope (if you so desire).
You can bet money it'll shoot to within 2MOA at 200yards.
I can mount whatever back-up sighting system I want on it. If I want to follow the commands of Cooper I can mount the front post on further in from the barrel.
The only thing it would lack is the integral bipod.
The nail in the coffin for some of us though... it will be available in a lefty! Their 8400 series rifles are already out in Lefty configuration, and when I e-mailed the good folks at Kimber they informed me they had plans to put out a left-handed 84M.
Woohoo!
Call my quest officially over.
-Morgan
