New Kimber Mountain Ascent 799 bucks

[Feral Jared]

You won't be able to go 5/8 on a Kimber.

What’s the barrel diameter at 16”? It couldn’t get a Kampfeld job done?

 

[StupidLightweight]

What’s the barrel diameter at 16”? It couldn’t get a Kampfeld job done?

You could do a belled adapter like that for a shoulder. Kampfeld likely goes 1/2-28 before installing and reprofiling the adaptor to match the barrel. Ian’s saying there’s not enough thickness in the barrel to go 5/8 directly.

 

[ianpadron]

You could do a belled adapter like that for a shoulder. Kampfeld likely goes 1/2-28 before installing and reprofiling the adaptor to match the barrel. Ian’s saying there’s not enough thickness in the barrel to go 5/8 directly.

^this

Best you're going to get is 1/2. At 16.25" the barrel still isn't big enough to accept 5/8 threads, regardless of shoulder needs.

I've got a shorty 338 Fed that really created a predicament...because the barrel OD was too small for 5/8 and bore too big for 1/2...ended up at 9/16 with a silver soldered bushing, and we're cookin' with gas now.

Definitely want to go with a dialed in smith on these just to minimize tolerances, Karl is obviously one of those.

 

[Grillnugz]

Has anyone gotten a chance to shoot their mountain ascent yet? How’s the accuracy? Are you able to shoot good 3-5 shot groups without cooling the barrel down?

 

[Jason Snyder]

Has anyone gotten a chance to shoot their mountain ascent yet? How’s the accuracy? Are you able to shoot good 3-5 shot groups without cooling the barrel down?

I’ve shot 10 round groups out of my 6.5 Hunter without any cooling. Usually about 1.2-1.4” depending on heat mirage.