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I stuffed some closed cell foam in there to quiet it back down. I don't think anything is necessary, but it gets loud empty.what did you guys put back into the stock after removing the gel?
I stuffed some closed cell foam in there to quiet it back down. I don't think anything is necessary, but it gets loud empty.what did you guys put back into the stock after removing the gel?
Ok, ill try foam or plastic grocery bags and see what works bestI stuffed some closed cell foam in there to quiet it back down. I don't think anything is necessary, but it gets loud empty.
Is there a trick to getting the barrel centered in the barrel channel? Mine is significantly sitting on the left side of the channel.
I got the bag idea earlier in the thread.On my Montana it took bedding the action to get the barrel centered.
Nice idea on the grocery bags. I had not thought of that.
I got the bag idea earlier in the thread.
Any bedding tricks with the honeycomb-hex stock? did you just bed it with the barrel taped to keep it centered? Just noticed you said Montana, I think you have a very different stock than the hunter.
For centering, I just manually hold the action centered in the stock (give it the old eyeball) and then torque it down.I added about 6-8 grocery bags to the grip and stock, made a big difference in taking the hollow sound out. Those were ~1oz worth.
Now with a leupold rail, rings, and an old vx-ii 3-9x40 she weighs in at 6lbs, 3.4oz.
eventually when I can put the "forever" scope on there, I'll probably get some Talleys, but that may be a minute. Gotta go on a spending freeze for a while.
Is there a trick to getting the barrel centered in the barrel channel? Mine is significantly sitting on the left side of the channel.
Thank you, i'll try thatFor centering, I just manually hold the action centered in the stock (give it the old eyeball) and then torque it down.
For centering, I just manually hold the action centered in the stock (give it the old eyeball) and then torque it down.
that worked. held the barrel centered as i tightened the screws. The front screw really tries to pull the stock to the right/barrel left. I will pull it and sand out material around the action and see if this stops. My goal will be to only have contact at the pillars. then i'll bed it.I did the same; also I would only torque a screw so far, going back and forth until they were fully torqued
Since the hosting sight I originally used dumped the pictures of my completed rifle, I figured I should repost it:
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I'm planning to go after the silicone in the pistol grip area to bring off a few more ounces before hunting season. I'll post results soon!
Bumping the old thread to ask if anyone in this thread regrets cutting down the barrel or pulling weight out of the back end of the stock? I'm considering changing my tikka plans to kimber when I remembered this thread. The Adirondack is tempting but pricy. The stock on the mtn ascent/Adirondack is nice as well but even the new ones in the store were missing parts of their pattern just from store handling. I'm thinking a little paint with matte clear coat will make a plastic hunter outlast the Sitka dipping.
So, my thought is to cut the barrel down to 16-18" and thread 1/2-28 for a 13oz silencerco harvester. Not sure if I'd unbalance the gun by pulling nearly half a pound out of the stock and adding the suppressor? Any thoughts from those of you that have handled these project kimbers?
i did cut it at 17" and threaded 1/2-28. not sure if i would have had the shoulder to do the 9/16 but you can always bush up to where you want to be. when i can get to my calipers and the gun at the same time i can take some measurements.Did you end up cutting and threading it? Is there enough shoulder (.100”+)? What if it was threaded 9/16” for a 308
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The detachable magazine is standard on the Kimber Hunter.^ I must have missed the detachable mag thing or are you talking the factory mag? I was thinking would be nice to have something that held more than three rounds