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Kimber Mountain Ascent - Gore Optifade - .280 AI - 3000764
Kimber Mountain Ascent - Gore Optifade - .280 AI - 3000764
 
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Tech Specs at a Glance:

Caliber: 280 A.I.

Trigger: Set 3.5-4 lbs

Stock: Reinforced Carbon Fiber

Barrel Length: 24 in / 609 mm
Twist Rate: 9

Total Length: 43.75 in / 1111 mm

Weight: 5 lbs 6 ounces

Refer to the "Technical Info" tab below for additional specifications.

Price: $3,176.00

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Kimber Mountain Ascent - Gore Optifade - .280 AI :

A true mountain rifle must be light and accurate. Hardcore hunters understand. Mountain Ascent Rifles are the lightest production big-game rifles ever offered, delivering legendary Kimber accuracy yet still weighing as little as 4 pounds, 13 ounces. Reinforced carbon fiber stocks add strength, and stainless steel shrugs the elements. All Kimber Mountain rifles offer a threaded barrel for optional use of muzzle brakes and suppressors. Combine all the best Kimber features in a lightweight, stainless steel and reinforced carbon fiber package that helps ensure performance. Mountain Ascent models go even further. Featuring a combination of spiral fluted bolt body and hollow bolt knob. The Mountain Ascent has additional custom features, including a fluted barrel and muzzle brake to reduce felt recoil. With Gore Optifade soft-touch or Moss Green stock treatments they blend into any environment and ship with matte black ring mounts.

These rifles have no equal.

Features & Design

  • Full-length Mauser claw extractor delivers superior controlled round feeding and extraction.
  • Stainless steel barrel and action
  • 24-26 inch barrels
  • Threaded barrel
  • Straight comb stock design projects recoil into the shoulder
  • Positive 3-position wing safety with serrated lever
  • Adjustable match grade trigger breaks clean at 3-4 pounds
  • Pillar and/or glass bedding provides strength and accuracy
  • Each proportioned action gives near perfect balance for fast, positive aiming
  • Barrel and chamber machined to match grade dimensions
  • Reinforced carbon fiber stock in soft touch Gore Optifade
  • Hollow bolt knob
  • Fluted bolt
  • Ships with 1-inch base/ring scope mounts

280 Remington Ackley Improved

One of P.O. Ackley's earliest wildcats was the 7mm-06 Improved, which was made by necking down the .30-06 Springfield case and fire-forming it to have less body taper and a 40-degree shoulder angle. Soon after the .280 Remington came out, Fred Huntington reformed its case to an improved configuration with minimum body taper, a 35-degree shoulder angle, and called it the .280 RCBS. Since cases for the .280 RCBS could be formed by firing .280 Remington ammo in a rifle chambered for the former, Ackley abandoned the 7mm-06 Improved and started chambering rifles for the .280 RCBS. He then changed the 35-degree shoulder to 40-degrees and the .280 Ackley Improved was born. If barrel length and chamber pressure are equal, the .280 Ackley Improved is about 100 fps faster with all bullet weights than the standard .280 Remington. In 2007, ammunition manufacturer Nosler registered the .280 Ackley Improved with SAAMI and began providing factory loaded ammunition and rifles for it

Suggested Use

  • Deer
  • Black Bear
  • Sheep / Goat
  • Moose
  • Elk