Kimber 82 Government

[tazman]

I found a Kimber 82 Government at a gun show this weekend in excellent shape. I made it to the range today and fired some groups from bags with it.
I think I have a shooter here.
I tried 5 different kinds of ammo for it. 2 of them shot really well. One a bit better than the other.
The one the rifle likes best is Norma Match 22. I was getting .6 inch groups at 50 yards. I tried a few groups at 100 yards and was getting 1.2 inch groups.
I had a nice day today. Warm with no wind on the range.
I will need to get hold of some other brands of match ammo and see if anything works better, but at least I have one brand that shoots well.

[ShooterAZ]

I got a "new in box" one from the CMP several years ago, I think I paid $600 for it then. It's also a really good shooter. Definitely one of my favorite 22's that I own. It likes CCI Standard Velocity.

[Taylor]

Here's mine

[country gent]

Mine is also from the cmp. was "new" and unfired as far as I could tell. Its a great shooter. It really liked the federal Match the one with the dimple in the case head but that's been discontinued. Lapua and RWS match do well in it also.

[15meter]

There are copies of the manual for the version of this rifle that Kimber sold retail, below is a link to one of them. You can also just do a search for "Kimber Model 82 Government Manual and find it.

The commercial version manual even has the procedure to lighten the trigger pull.

I have two, one I have an old Redfield 6-18 mounted on and one I use with the original sights. I got them directly from CMP for $400 each. They were "rusty". The bore was pristine and the rust I rubbed off with a little oil on my finger.

https://archive.org/details/firearms...model-82-rifle

[waco]

I have a Kimber .22 Hunter. I traded a guy at work an old Bennelli Nova pump gun and $100 for it!
Talk about a sweet shooting rifle. It likes most ammo. I have always longed for a nice bolt gun in .22LR
and I finally came across one for a smoking deal.