The Kimber 84M series of rifles was designed specifically for short action (.308 Win. 308 Winchester, while the regular Model 84M comes in short action calibers. The Longmaster is currently offered only in. We prefer the extra weight of the Longmaster. Regular 84M rifles are supplied with 22" light contour barrels to save weight. The Longmaster is essentially identical to the lighter weight 84M Classic with the exception of its heavier 24 inch stainless steel, fluted barrel.
They are well balanced hunting rifles with a "match grade" barrel, trigger and chamber.
The specific Kimber 84M variations reviewed on Guns and Shooting Online include both the Longmaster Classic and standard 84M Classic. Here are features and brief descriptions of all four models. Their bolt actions are smooth and slick, triggers release cleanly, and stocks are carved from genuine walnut. Regardless of the country of origin and detail design differences, the one thing that all four of these rifles have in common is a dedication to high quality.
Weatherby is headquartered in California and Kimber is located in New York state, while Sako rifles are made in Finland and Steyr-Mannlicher rifles in Austria. Two are American brands and two come from Europe. All carry 2006 MSRPs between, roughly, $1000 and $2000. The Kimber 84M, Sako 85 Hunter, Steyr-Mannlicher Full-Stock Classic, and Weatherby Mark V Deluxe are high priced rifles. Which is why we spend more time and effort than the average publication, print or online, evaluating and reviewing top of the line guns.Īmong the best of the bolt action rifles reviewed individually on Guns and Shooting Online (see the Product Review Page) are the four models named at the top of this article. Judging by our correspondence, Guns and Shooting Online readers have greater that average interest in deluxe firearms. Since then, SAKO leaders have made several business moves, including the acquisition of Tikka Firearms in 1983 and a merger with the Beretta Holding Group (SAKO’s present-day parent company) in 2000.Compared: Kimber 84M Classic, Sako 85 Hunter, Steyr-Mannlicher Classic, and Weatherby Mark V Deluxe RiflesĬompared: Kimber 84M Classic, Sako 85 Hunter, Steyr-Mannlicher Classic and Weatherby Mark V Deluxe Riflesīy Chuck Hawks and the Guns and Shooting Online Staff The company continued manufacturing submachine gun cartridges for the Finnish Defense Forces through World War II. In between wars, the company gained financial independence from the Finnish Civil Guard, relocated its headquarters to Riihimäki, assumed the name SAKO, and began exporting pistol cartridges to Sweden. Their first shop was a converted Helsinki brewery, where gunsmiths refurbished captured Russian weapons for use in the Finnish Army. SAKO first opened its doors in 1919, shortly after Finland declared its independence from Russia, under the name Civil Guard Supreme Staff Gun Works. The company’s name hails from a voluntary Finnish militia, called the “Civil Guard” or “White Guard”, that successfully crushed socialist opposition during the Finnish Civil War of 1918. SAKO, Ltd., or Suojeluskuntain Ase- ja Konepaja Oy ("Civil Guard Gun and Machining Works”), is a Finnish firearms company that can trace its roots all the way back to post-WWI Europe.