CMP Kimber 82

[deadeye1122]

Now that I have dropped the envelope in the mail to CMP for a H&R Garand I've shifted focus to Kimber 82. Anyone have any recent experience with the rusty or gov't model from CMP ? Rust,knife cuts on the stock,ect and what your overall thoughts on the rifle. Thx deadeye

 

[BrocLuno]

The ones received by folks here have been bad looking at first, but all seem to clean up nicely. A real bargain if it turns out to be complete and a shooter. These were some of the most accurate 22's built on a volume production line.

Please let us know how yours arrives? Have fun

 

[cfullgraf]

My "rusty" Kimber 82 cleaned up nicely. A little discoloration on and inside of the bolt but other than that it looked great after I cleaned it.

The stock has one long scratch in it but you have to look for it.

But, I got to pick mine out at the South Store.

 

[Howard Roark]

One of the guys here got one last year. It cleaned up nicely, very good metal. The knife scratch is very light. It shoots very good and is well worth the money.

 

[benzy2]

I got one of the Rusty ones. I found no rust. A bit of the old packaging grease, but no real rust. I have a knife cut on mine. Nothing that takes away from the functioning, but it does make it look a little blah. Oh well, I bought mine to shoot, not admire. And boy does it shoot. I'm looking at right under MOA at 25 yards with the irons from a bench. Not quite as pretty from a sling, but that's my ability. Honestly, for the money, I think it's the best buy in firearms for someone looking for a budget target rifle. The sights are great. Not top tier but certainly close. The trigger is very good out of the box and can be made a real bench rest trigger with little effort. The barrels are cheap. Most shoot well but they seem to be the weak link. Still, at 1 MOA with irons and mid grade ammo I'm happy. I'm sure if you rebarreled with a top tier barrel you would be looking at a phenomenal shooter. I wouldn't mind picking up two more, one to be turned into a bench only rifle and one to be turned down to a sporter. For the money, I'll take them all day.

 

[PapaG]

Seem to get beaten regularly at our silhouette shoots by these things.

 

[Coal Dragger]

I have one purchased in 2004 from the CMP, knife scratch in the stock and a few dings from some clumsy handling on my part. Some light rust on the outside of the barrel that cleaned up easily enough. Got the trigger adjusted down where I want it, and have shot many a pleasurable afternoon away with it. Very accurate rifle, and consistently so with most match ammo I have put down the barrel. Well worth the price!

 

[Jim Watson]

Look up the instructions and take the bolt down for cleaning.
A friend has a pristine looking G82 and found the bolt interior to be both rusty and greasy.
Be gentle on the little cocking cam screw, they can be trouble.

 

[shootr]

I liked the one I bought new from the CMP so much I bought a second one.

Couple years back, they had some "used" ones for $150 with no sights. A friend went to Perry and bought two, sold one to me.

It was very lightly used. Really just had a few bumps / scrapes on the stock from handling. It cleaned up well but I went ahead and refinished the stock anyway, then mounted a 6.5 - 20X scope on it. Kept the original with the irons and use them both for different matches and plain-old fun shooting. Use them both for the rimfire matches here.

Later, a member of my club was selling his new, take-off sights so I bought them too. They're still un-used.

Adjusted both triggers as light as they go, found out they both like the same ammo and I'm a real happy camper!

IMO, the "used" or "rusted" 82Gs are among the best buys out there and I recommend them to one and all. Certainly there are higher-end rifles and likely a more experienced shooter would do better with one, but for a ham-and-egger, suits me fine.

Quite a few fellows at my club have them as well and I've yet to see one that didn't shoot.

 

[shootr]

Follow-on anecdote --

A father and son were at the range one afternoon when I was shooting the scoped one. I'd seen them before. It's one of those deals where the son is a little slow and it seems his dad bonds with the son and works to build his confidence by teaching him to shoot. Warms my soul and they're decent folks too.

The son taxes his fathers' patience on ocassion and tends to hit peaks and valleys of enthusiasm and despair. A lot of times he struggles.

Well, he was struggling that day and quit. Wandered down by me and just watched. After a while, I asked if he'd care to try the 82. He lit right up so I told him to ask his dad and I'd let him fire a few rounds if it was okay.

His dad came over and said it was, so I set the kid up with front and rear bags on the bench, adjusted the spotting scope for him and gave him a few rounds.

After a few shots and some pointers, the kid got the hang of it and was having a ball. Shot all my ammo and some pretty good targets too. I made a new best friend.

Later on, they were in the clubhouse and that kid must have shown everybody in there his best target, still all smiles. That was a good day at the range and I don't know who had more fun.

 

[deadeye1122]

Great story shootr thanks for sharing. I hope you all still get together at the range on a regular basis. Also thanks to all for your comments. I had pretty much had my mind made up to get one when I posted unless there were a lot of negative posts. So when I recovery somewhat from the Garand puchase that will be my next buy. deadeye

 

[Geneseo1911]

Of the ones I saw recently at the south store, about 75% still had the preservative "straw" in the bore. On some stocks, the scratch was deep and obvious, but on others you had to get close to see it. I didn't see any rust on the couple I looked at. I would have bought one if I wasn't already overrun with .22 rifles.

 

[shootr]

Post up when you do deadeye. I torque the action screws to 30 - 31 in lbs and they're good to go. IME, they shoot most anything pretty well but I've settled on Wolf ME.

 

[PT1911]

I'm pretty happy with the way mine turned out.... took a bit of refinishing work, my first stock work, but i am rather pleased with it. When I got the gun, the stock had multiple shallow scratches along the entire length of the stock.... i'm happy overall.

 

[Geneseo1911]

PT...wow...just wow. That looks nothing like the boring light brown stocks I saw! I can't believe that wood can look like that with some work. Very nice job!

 

[PT1911]

I appreciate that... I was quite pleased once i realized how well the natural grain would come through..well worth the frustration i put myself through sanding and sanding and sanding and sanding and sanding then repeating.

 

[Orlando]

I bought one rusty Kimber then another that was customized. You cant beat them for the price

 

[shootr]

WOW!! Those are some nice rifles.

PT1911 - now I'm thinking I should refinish mine again - it isn't near as nice as yours!