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My dad and I walked through a local gun show yesterday just to browse. Both of us are very picky about what guns pique our interest and we usually won’t see a handful of interesting guns and pretty much everyone one will be priced well above reasonable market value.
Well yesterday I walked past a guy’s table and noticed he had a Kimber 84 Classic. Something that usually causes me to at least slow down and look at the caliber and price. This one was a 7mm-08. Ok, not 257 Rob like I would have preferred, but still a good caliber. Then I looked at the price and it was $850. Ok, now I’m interested enough to actually ask to pick it up and give it a look. It had a garbage Bushnell Trophy scope on that wasn’t even leveled. But the gun had really pretty wood. I couldn’t find a flaw anywhere on the metal and the stock had one small scratch that you had to look very hard to find. I told the guy it was a nice rifle, but the scope didn’t belong on that gun. He said he had never fired the gun and just threw the scope on before the show. I asked if he would consider selling without the scope and he said he’d take $50 off the price without the scope. I looked at the base and rings and they were both Leupold, so another plus. I thanked the guy and we kept walking around.
My dad thought $800 for Kimber 84 Classic with really pretty wood was a bargain. I thought it was too, but I just dropped $750 last week on a 300BO pistol build and didn’t really want to spend any more money. But as we walked, I kept thinking about the gun. Eventually I decided I’d go back by and look at it again. The gun just felt so good in my hands. Amazingly slim wrist, slim forend, lightweight, it just kept checking off boxes on my personal must-have list. I ended up offering the guy $750 cash without the scope. He thought about it a long time and eventually agreed! So I am now the owner of a gorgeous Kimber 84 Classic in 7mm-08.
I threw a Nikon scope on that I had laying around at home, but the plan will be to get a better quality Leupold scope for it maybe this Christmas. I’ll take some photos when I can, but I’m extremely excited about my unplanned gun show purchase! I rarely buy anything at gun shows!
Well yesterday I walked past a guy’s table and noticed he had a Kimber 84 Classic. Something that usually causes me to at least slow down and look at the caliber and price. This one was a 7mm-08. Ok, not 257 Rob like I would have preferred, but still a good caliber. Then I looked at the price and it was $850. Ok, now I’m interested enough to actually ask to pick it up and give it a look. It had a garbage Bushnell Trophy scope on that wasn’t even leveled. But the gun had really pretty wood. I couldn’t find a flaw anywhere on the metal and the stock had one small scratch that you had to look very hard to find. I told the guy it was a nice rifle, but the scope didn’t belong on that gun. He said he had never fired the gun and just threw the scope on before the show. I asked if he would consider selling without the scope and he said he’d take $50 off the price without the scope. I looked at the base and rings and they were both Leupold, so another plus. I thanked the guy and we kept walking around.
My dad thought $800 for Kimber 84 Classic with really pretty wood was a bargain. I thought it was too, but I just dropped $750 last week on a 300BO pistol build and didn’t really want to spend any more money. But as we walked, I kept thinking about the gun. Eventually I decided I’d go back by and look at it again. The gun just felt so good in my hands. Amazingly slim wrist, slim forend, lightweight, it just kept checking off boxes on my personal must-have list. I ended up offering the guy $750 cash without the scope. He thought about it a long time and eventually agreed! So I am now the owner of a gorgeous Kimber 84 Classic in 7mm-08.
I threw a Nikon scope on that I had laying around at home, but the plan will be to get a better quality Leupold scope for it maybe this Christmas. I’ll take some photos when I can, but I’m extremely excited about my unplanned gun show purchase! I rarely buy anything at gun shows!
