Weatherby Fan
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Ok so at the last 2 day gun show near my hometown some smooth talking gentleman come by the booth when I was proudly displaying my new 6.5CM Kimber Montana my gunsmith had tuned up for me and it wasn't for sale but somehow that chap left with my rifle and scope
So Ive been without a lightweight rig since then...... I was wanting to build another 6.5 Creedmoor and Gunsmith Gary says nope lets do a Kimber Montana 84M in 6.5-284, so with about 4 seconds of arm twisting he had me convinced this is what I needed.
I want it to be really light Gary but in that caliber and that light its going to need a brake.......Ok he says no problem................................ I scrounge up some parts and drops em off on Garys bench on Sunday......he says you know I'm retired right ? yeh ok buddy but I need it by Thursday.......
I didn't say which Thursday.......and he didn't ask !
Kimber Montana 84M donor rifle- 6.5-284
Action Slabbed, Custom hand made alloy bolt knob, lightweight trigger guard
Gary opened up the mag box to take factory ammo
22" Benchmark #1 contour,1-8 twist 5R barrel with a custom muzzle brake with holes on 3 sides not the bottom.
Cool green paint job and my fav Sheep logo and a high comb added, and a neat Pewter Gunkote
For now I topped it with a Zeiss V4 4-16x44 to do my sight in then Im switching to a Leupold VX3i 3.5-10x40 with an MOA dial to keep the weight down to just under 6 lbs
As usual it turned out awesome, it feeds like a dream and spits the shells out like a CRF should
Thanks Gary you do pretty good work for a retired guy !
So Ive been without a lightweight rig since then...... I was wanting to build another 6.5 Creedmoor and Gunsmith Gary says nope lets do a Kimber Montana 84M in 6.5-284, so with about 4 seconds of arm twisting he had me convinced this is what I needed.
I want it to be really light Gary but in that caliber and that light its going to need a brake.......Ok he says no problem................................ I scrounge up some parts and drops em off on Garys bench on Sunday......he says you know I'm retired right ? yeh ok buddy but I need it by Thursday.......
I didn't say which Thursday.......and he didn't ask !
Kimber Montana 84M donor rifle- 6.5-284
Action Slabbed, Custom hand made alloy bolt knob, lightweight trigger guard
Gary opened up the mag box to take factory ammo
22" Benchmark #1 contour,1-8 twist 5R barrel with a custom muzzle brake with holes on 3 sides not the bottom.
Cool green paint job and my fav Sheep logo and a high comb added, and a neat Pewter Gunkote
For now I topped it with a Zeiss V4 4-16x44 to do my sight in then Im switching to a Leupold VX3i 3.5-10x40 with an MOA dial to keep the weight down to just under 6 lbs
As usual it turned out awesome, it feeds like a dream and spits the shells out like a CRF should
Thanks Gary you do pretty good work for a retired guy !
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