The Kimber Model 8400, now available in .300 Win Mag, employs an action that is a modernized and improved version of the tried-and-true Mauser 98/Winchester Model 70 type. It is shown here fitted out with a McCann MIRS rail mounting system that offers a lot of “real estate” for mounting optics and accessories.
The Model 8400 Police Tactical has a Mauser-type claw extractor that accomplishes two purposes. First is controlled round feeding, which means that the large extractor grabs the cartridge as it rises from the magazine to be fed, controlling its path from magazine to chamber. This makes for very positive and reliable feeding. Second, the Mauser-type extractor permits “snap-over feeding,” that is a cartridge can be dropped into the receiver and the bolt closed on it, allowing the magazine to remain fully loaded.
While many today think of Kimber as a pistol company that got into the rifle business, nearly the opposite is true. Kimber was originally founded in 1979 to make fine sporting rifles, but things didn’t work out and they went out of business in the late 80’s. That didn’t last long. Kimber came back in 1992 under new ownership, picking up where they left off with rifles and soon adding 1911 pistols. Today, Kimber is the world’s largest producer of John Browning’s best effort. Equally important, their rifles are back and better than ever. Kimber actually entered the centerfire rifle market about eight years ago with their petite Model 84M, a downsized classic action sized just for the .308 family of cartridges. Things worked out, and soon the full-size Model 8400 was launched. With it came tactical rifles. The Model 8400 Tactical rifle line should please justa bout any precision tactical marksman, as it has all the features these demanding professionals require and then some. One of the latest versions is the Model 8400 Police Tactical in .300 Win Mag.
