Best 22-250??

dickdl · 03-27-2008, 07:56 PM

I am trying to decide between a Kimber 84 and a Savage 12FVSS rifle. I am interested in knowing other's opinions on which is more accurate and which they would recommend and why?
Thanks for any replies.

lefty o · 03-27-2008, 08:02 PM

savages are good rifles, but i would take the kimber. better fit, and finish, and it should should should as well as a savage.

7mmremmag1995 · 03-27-2008, 08:16 PM

i would opt for the Kimber

big boomer · 03-27-2008, 08:17 PM

Savage is the most accurate gun out of the box, but fit and finish is great on Kimbers. I think the price is better with the Savage but you must choose for your self. Which ever you choose the gun will last a lifetime.

texnmidwest · 03-27-2008, 08:19 PM

I would opt for the Savage. But that is just me. Which ever you choose just make sure you get some good glass on it.

dickdl · 03-27-2008, 08:22 PM

Yes, the Savage is about $300 less money. However the Savage appears to have a stainless action to go along with the stainless barrell. The Kimber has a blued steel action with stainless barrell as best I can tell from pictures. I have yet to actually handle either gun. Any thoughts on which material is better for the action. I tend to think the SS would be better but I don't really know.

jake0474 · 03-27-2008, 09:07 PM

I've heard alot of bad Rumors about savage, but I've had very good luck with both that I have owned. My hunting rifle is a savage in 270.

Nathan123 · 03-27-2008, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by big boomer

Savage is the most accurate gun out of the box, but fit and finish is great on Kimbers.

My Kimber 8400 Classic .30-06 shot half inch groups after i sighted it in out of the box. It was a windy (not too windy but windy none the less) and cloudy day, and there was no cooling between shots (3 shot group). That was 168gr Hornady A-Max. (Sierra and Barnes will shoot just a hair under 1 inch all day long).

My vote goes to the Kimber, i am nothing short of impressed with mine. They are a pretty rifle in the pictures, but just wait until you get it home, my word they are beautiful. What model 84 are you looking at dickdl? I am just waiting for tax time to roll around and i am buying myself a 84M Select Grade in .22-250 with the french walnut stock.

win39 · 03-29-2008, 07:11 AM

If I had the pick of the two, it would be the Kimber. I am not trying to take anything from the Savage because they are good shooters.

03-27-2008, 07:56 PM	#1
dickdl Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 6	Best 22-250?? I am trying to decide between a Kimber 84 and a Savage 12FVSS rifle. I am interested in knowing other's opinions on which is more accurate and which they would recommend and why? Thanks for any replies.

03-27-2008, 08:16 PM	#3
7mmremmag1995 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kentucky Posts: 1,270 Images: 1 Blog Entries: 1	i would opt for the Kimber __________________ Just LeDoux it

03-27-2008, 08:19 PM	#5
texnmidwest Listen to yur Inner Hippo Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: South east Wisconsin Posts: 3,439	I would opt for the Savage. But that is just me. Which ever you choose just make sure you get some good glass on it. __________________ "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (If all else fails play dead)

03-29-2008, 07:11 AM	#9
win39 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 201	If I had the pick of the two, it would be the Kimber. I am not trying to take anything from the Savage because they are good shooters. __________________ Benny

03-27-2008, 08:02 PM	#2
lefty o Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: mn Posts: 4,797	savages are good rifles, but i would take the kimber. better fit, and finish, and it should should should as well as a savage.

03-27-2008, 08:17 PM	#4
big boomer Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Minn. Posts: 973	Savage is the most accurate gun out of the box, but fit and finish is great on Kimbers. I think the price is better with the Savage but you must choose for your self. Which ever you choose the gun will last a lifetime.

03-27-2008, 08:22 PM	#6
dickdl Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 6	Yes, the Savage is about $300 less money. However the Savage appears to have a stainless action to go along with the stainless barrell. The Kimber has a blued steel action with stainless barrell as best I can tell from pictures. I have yet to actually handle either gun. Any thoughts on which material is better for the action. I tend to think the SS would be better but I don't really know.

03-27-2008, 09:07 PM	#7
jake0474 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 8	I've heard alot of bad Rumors about savage, but I've had very good luck with both that I have owned. My hunting rifle is a savage in 270.