Kimber 82G

Don't know if this qualifies but it is a Kimber.

 

1994 superamerica

 

1994 superamerica

what beautiful timber!What sort is it please?
(from australia)

 

Here's a 8400 Classic in 300 WSM

Grand Raptor

.22 Conversion

 

Here is a better picture of my 82C.

Jay

 

Here's my Oregon Model 82, taken today right after I nailed the squirrel in the photo with it.

 

Here's my Oregon Model 82.

 

WB.

 

kimbers

thanks for sharing the great pics! It's been a while since I've perused these forums, haven't shot much at all since moving to the new house a couple of years back.

Here's my kimber, a classic, with the original constant taper barrel contour:

 

Here's my Hunter 22, topped by a Leupold VXI 2-7x33mm matte in Leupold bases and low rings, accompanied by a Queen Cutlery stag copperhead and todays squirrel. Wolf Match Target through the heart at about 25 feet.

 

Another gratuitous photo from today. Man I love this rifle!:beerchug:

 

I had a severe trading itch! I had always wanted a Kimber of Oregon Model 82 Classic. I walked into a gun shop up in Decatur AL, and there was a pair of 82's behind the glass. They were consignment rifles. The owner had been a rifle collector, and had passed away. His family wanted no guns, so they sent them to be sold. One was the Classic I got, the other was a Super America that wished that I could have had, but was well out of my price range. The Model 82 that I traded that Classic towards was a 1987 model, NEW in the box with all the papers, unfired and it appeared that the bolt had never been inserted into the action. I also got a brand new still in the factory box set of Kimber vertically split rings with the rifle. On top of all that, I looked at the shipping papers on the box, and had the dealer look up in his records, I bought the rifle from the store that had ordered it new for the first owner.

So, while I gave up a nice newer Kimber, I did get my hands on an Oregon built rifle like I had always lusted for. Fortune allowed me the opportunity to get the Hunter. A new gun shop opened up in Cullman locally. Their main store is in Mississippi, and somebody talked them into opening up a second store in the middle of Alabama. I found the Hunter on the rack, had to have it, put it on layaway, and took 90 days to pay it off.

Sometimes I miss that Classic, but this Hunter actually is more accurate, and extracts and ejects better too. I got lucky. I wanted to buy a .17M2 Classic Varmint or even a .17M2 Hunter, but the one Varmint I saw I couldn't deal with the shop and I have never once seen a Hunter 17. I have been to many gun shops in Alabama and Tennessee, and no .17's. I don't have the money to buy one now anyway, so if one did show up, it wouldn't really matter. Not that I need one anyway, I have taken exactly one shot this season past 50 yards. Summertime comes, I can zero in with Velocitors in the 82 and kill crows in our field and woods edges, it shoots them pretty good.

 

Here's my three, and Happy New Year everyone!

 

I have a 3 digit serial number left hand kimber 825 magazines including two 10 round magazines.

 

here is my hunter with Leupold 2-7x28 VX-1 rimfire

 

These are my two Kimber 82 S series rifles in .22LR. They are 19 of 500 and 24 of 500, left to right. There were 535 actually made and they were Kimber's first attempt at producing a Super Grade gun. 19 has a beautiful, highly figured stock and is mounted with a Leupold 6X Compact AO. It also has some history-it was originally delivered to Lou Leonard who Greg Warne credited with coming up with the "Super America" name for their high end 82's. 24 has a beautiful stock as well and is mounted with a very cool Leupold Alaskan 4X scope held on with 7/8" Leupold rings These rifles shoot as good as they look.

 

This is my "mini" group. They all have the same A actions and 19" barrels. On the far left is a standard Mini Classic, fairly plain wood with standard checkering. It's scoped with a Leupold Rimfire Compact 4X. To its right is a Blue Mountain Classic (engraved on the receiver), one of fifty made. The wood is a little nicer and the forearm is more like the traditional classic style. It has the standard mini checkering pattern. It's wearing a Kimber 4X scope. To the right of center is what I call my Custom Mini Classic, because I don't know what else to call it. It's a non-catalogued variation and I've never seen another one like it; maybe it's a special order. Decent wood, ebony tip, standard mini checkering pattern. The scope is a Leupold Compact 3X9 AO. This gun was my first KoO 82. If I'm taking a Kimber on a sagerat shoot, it's usually this one-It'll shoot with my Cooper. The rifle on the far right is a Custom Mini Classic with a number of upgrades. It has a Niedner plate, scallops on the bottom, wrap checkering at the wrist and full panel on the forearm and very nice wood with alot of figure. It's marked "Colton" on the barrel; all the others say "Clackamas." It also has the Warne red stain that is found on many of the Colton made rifles. It is mounted with a Leupold Compact 3X9 AO.

 

This is what I call the "Varminter" group. On the left is a Custom Classic Heavy Barrel. It has an A action, 24" barrel, lots of figure in the wood, panel checkering and the scope is a Leupold 3X9 Compact AO. In the center is a B actioned Custom Classic Heavy Barrel. It has the 24" barrel, full wrap checkering, inletted swivel posts and about the best wood I've seen on a Custom Classic style stock. It carries a Leupold 3X9 Compact AO. The rifle on the right is a Rimfire Varminter. One of 93 made, it has a laminated stock, curved rubber pad and a 25" very heavy barrel (it's the same barrel as found on an All American Match) and is a repeater with an A action. The scope is a Leupold 12X with a special range compensating reticle from Premier. These rifles are the real deal and really shoot.

 

this is a pic of my Kimber Classic, from New York. Well, it's a picture of part of it. According to Kimber, it was made July of 2000. It has the 18LPI checkering and the original straight barrel contour, before they switched to the more abrupt step in barrel diameter ahead of the chamber.

My question is - what type of scope rings are these? I bought this rifle used from a local shop, it looked like it had been shot very little. It didn't feed well from the magazine at all, probably why someone got frustrated and traded it in. Kimber sent me two new magazines to try in it, and since then I haven't had it back out, actually.

Anyway - I'm hoping someone can clue me into these rings. They clamp onto separate bases on the receiver, are split vertically, and I think they look pretty nice on the rifle.

Thanks!

 

Took some pictures of a old Remington today and thought what the heck.
Its from New York.

Carlton

 

These are the "Classic" group. On the left is an 82 with a Bishop stock, which is easy to identify by the flutes on the bottom, the bordered checkering patterns and the higher comb. Most Bishops are very plain; this one is decent and the scope is a Leupold 4X. In the middle is an 82 Classic with about the best wood I've seen on a classic. I've seen Super Americas with plainer stocks. The 3X9 Compact Leupold has been focus adjusted to 60 yards. On the right is an 82 CSS. It has the C action, stainless barrel, 4 rd. mag., matte blue and a red rubber pad. The wood has fiddleback throughout and is a serious shooter. It carries a 6X Leupold Compact. This is the rifle that came with a coupon entitling the buyer to a copy of Greg Warne's book on the history of Kimber and the guns they produced, which was never published.

 

These guys don't fit anywhere else plus one of them isn't even a Kimber. On the left is a Super Grade. There are very few of them as they were only made for less than a year and the factory records consider them to be a Super America, but they aren't serial numbered or marked as such. It has all of the amenities of the SA; full wrap checkering, inletted swivels, cheek piece, ebony, scalloped bottom, niedner plate. The Claro walnut stock has quite a bit of long, dark streaking. It's scoped with a Leupold 4X Compact Rimfire. The middle rifle is a Custom Match, one of 217. All of the metal is matte blued plus it has all of the typical SA amenities except that they were made without cheek pieces. Also the bolt stop, magazine catch and safety are checkered rather than grooved. The stock is French walnut and is a little discreet in its figure; it has it, it just doesn't overwhelm you. The scope is a matte Leupold 3X9 Compact, focused at 60 yds. The CM is an awesome shooter. The only thing Kimber about the gun on the right is we copied the checkering pattern from an SA. It's an Anschutz 1415-1416DHB with a custom stock made from English walnut. It is scoped with a Leupold 3X9 Compact AO held on with Warne rings. It's a very special gun to me, stocked by a dear friend I used to work with and I knew if I posted it on the Anschutz forum those guys wouldn't appreciate it anyway and besides I needed a third gun to balance out my pic. I call it my Anschutz Super America and it generally turns heads when I troll it thru a gunshow.

 

Ok, here's my latest. Anybody but sagerat care to guess the particulars?

 

Here's the flip side.

 

My not so special Kimbers

I'd not been into Kimbers because of the cost until lately. I had bought a Ruger Mk. III Hunter stainless with fluted barrel then when I saw the Classic Varmint I decided I had to have it. In the meantime I found the Classic at a really good price and to make a long story short, bought it and went back and bought the CV.

Using the ammo I normally shoot, which means non match, I can't say either out perform my CZ 452 American. Weather's been iffy for shooting so I definitively need to get out to the range and shoot more and maybe do a little tweaking. Each rifle seems to have it's own personality and features I like and some I'm not too crazy about.

 

Regarding Hambone's quiz:

Bottom rifle must be a Model 82B Custom Classic HB, and those do look like Talley bases to me.

Top rifle has the short barrel and forestock of the Mini and the buttstock of an SA. That "Warne Red" finish is really distinctive.

 

Close enough for Kimber, Mr. Kook. The top one is a odd bird, a Mini classic Superamerica A action, one of only 35. I guess that red never took off. #2 is a 1994 KoA SA C action. The bottom one is a Custom Classic Deluxe (inletted swivels and upgraded wood, not a HB) and a B action from Colton.