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<blockquote data-quote="NavyChief" data-source="post: 922074" data-attributes="member: 77174"><p>Response to Dave,</p><p></p><p>I haven't fired a round in any of the new rifles I purchased since December. I sold a large collection of Model 70's and some others to purchase 5 or 6 higher end guns to hunt with. To date I have purchased 4 Kimber rifles, two in 300 WSM, a 270 WSM and a 22-250 Varmint, I also purchased a Winchester Jack O'Connor Custom Tribute that has some serious issues and the stock is back at Winchester awaiting repair.</p><p></p><p> I have assembled all of the components to begin loading the break in loads for each rifle but I reload in the garage and the weather was horrible for the past few weeks so I have put off getting the rifles ready. I also spent every day I could in the field hoping to see a huge buck again, but it never happened. </p><p></p><p>Deer season is over and the weather appears to have broken so I will be at the bench loading rounds for a couple of days. I have a few hundred cases to prep but I did get a new RCBS Charge Master that I played with a little and loaded a few 270 WIN and 7MM-08 cases over the holidays. </p><p></p><p>I am really looking forward to using the 300 WSM and I figure it will be my most used caliber which is why I bought 2 different guns in identical chamberings. Both are Kimber 8400 WSM's but one is in Stainless that will have a smaller optics package, VX III 2.5 - 9 X 36 and remain more compact for my trips back home to Oklahoma and further west while the other in the Classic Select blued will have the VX III 3.5 - 10 X 40. It will be used more for my corn/bean field rifle where the shot is more likely to be over 300 yards than not.</p><p></p><p>Recoil really isn't an issue with me because I used a 300 Remington Ultra Mag and a 338 Model 70 Classic featherweight that weighed about what my Kimbers do now and managed to handle that. Not that they were a picnic at the bench developing a load but certainly manageable, particularly just sighting in or in the field. To be perfectly honest, the hardest kicking rifle I have ever owned is one I shoot a lot, a Weatherby Mark V Ultra-Lightweight in 270 Winchester. I shoot a pretty hot load with a 140 bullet and it will flat out kick the "livin snot" out of you. Still like it though because it is very light, quick to handle, and I like to do all my hunting before I shoot, not after.</p><p></p><p>Just curious if you handload and if you do what loads do you use? I bought 4 pounds of Hodgdon Superformance for the 300 WSM and I have plenty of H4831 and H4350 in case the Superformance doesn't work out. I will shoot Winchester cases because that was all I could find and bought a couple hundred while we still can. I bought a couple hundred Nosler Accubonds and Ballistic tips in 150 and 165 grain figuring that one or both rifles would find one they preferred. It would be great if the beanfield setup shot the 165's well and the carry rig shot the 150's well but I can always switch out optics if its vice versa. I believe the guns weigh the same so either would be fine but I do hope to have the SS version as a carry rig and for use in the wet stuff. My experience is that both finishes will rust but the SS holds it off a lot longer than the blued finish does. </p><p></p><p>I hate to separate a barrel from a stock for cleaning during a hunt because I am afraid of losing my zero so I usually just let it dry as best I can and then clean after the hunt. Stainless has never rusted on me underneath the barrel but I have had blued finishes that did develop rust spots under the action after a couple of weeks in deer camp. Ideally both guns would shoot the same load really well and then I have a traveling back-up of the same round but I won't bet on that happening. It would be nice, but I won't bet on it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NavyChief, post: 922074, member: 77174"] Response to Dave, I haven't fired a round in any of the new rifles I purchased since December. I sold a large collection of Model 70's and some others to purchase 5 or 6 higher end guns to hunt with. To date I have purchased 4 Kimber rifles, two in 300 WSM, a 270 WSM and a 22-250 Varmint, I also purchased a Winchester Jack O'Connor Custom Tribute that has some serious issues and the stock is back at Winchester awaiting repair. I have assembled all of the components to begin loading the break in loads for each rifle but I reload in the garage and the weather was horrible for the past few weeks so I have put off getting the rifles ready. I also spent every day I could in the field hoping to see a huge buck again, but it never happened. Deer season is over and the weather appears to have broken so I will be at the bench loading rounds for a couple of days. I have a few hundred cases to prep but I did get a new RCBS Charge Master that I played with a little and loaded a few 270 WIN and 7MM-08 cases over the holidays. I am really looking forward to using the 300 WSM and I figure it will be my most used caliber which is why I bought 2 different guns in identical chamberings. Both are Kimber 8400 WSM's but one is in Stainless that will have a smaller optics package, VX III 2.5 - 9 X 36 and remain more compact for my trips back home to Oklahoma and further west while the other in the Classic Select blued will have the VX III 3.5 - 10 X 40. It will be used more for my corn/bean field rifle where the shot is more likely to be over 300 yards than not. Recoil really isn't an issue with me because I used a 300 Remington Ultra Mag and a 338 Model 70 Classic featherweight that weighed about what my Kimbers do now and managed to handle that. Not that they were a picnic at the bench developing a load but certainly manageable, particularly just sighting in or in the field. To be perfectly honest, the hardest kicking rifle I have ever owned is one I shoot a lot, a Weatherby Mark V Ultra-Lightweight in 270 Winchester. I shoot a pretty hot load with a 140 bullet and it will flat out kick the "livin snot" out of you. Still like it though because it is very light, quick to handle, and I like to do all my hunting before I shoot, not after. Just curious if you handload and if you do what loads do you use? I bought 4 pounds of Hodgdon Superformance for the 300 WSM and I have plenty of H4831 and H4350 in case the Superformance doesn't work out. I will shoot Winchester cases because that was all I could find and bought a couple hundred while we still can. I bought a couple hundred Nosler Accubonds and Ballistic tips in 150 and 165 grain figuring that one or both rifles would find one they preferred. It would be great if the beanfield setup shot the 165's well and the carry rig shot the 150's well but I can always switch out optics if its vice versa. I believe the guns weigh the same so either would be fine but I do hope to have the SS version as a carry rig and for use in the wet stuff. My experience is that both finishes will rust but the SS holds it off a lot longer than the blued finish does. I hate to separate a barrel from a stock for cleaning during a hunt because I am afraid of losing my zero so I usually just let it dry as best I can and then clean after the hunt. Stainless has never rusted on me underneath the barrel but I have had blued finishes that did develop rust spots under the action after a couple of weeks in deer camp. Ideally both guns would shoot the same load really well and then I have a traveling back-up of the same round but I won't bet on that happening. It would be nice, but I won't bet on it. [/QUOTE]
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