Thank you everyone for the info. I appreciate everyone on this site that helps others learn. I called kimber and they said they will fix it. On the montanas the barrel is supposed to be floated. It's gonna take 7-8 weeks to get the gun back but if I did it myself it would void the warranty. When removing the scope everything was very snug unless there is an internal problem with my VX-3. I really like kimber, this Montana being my third kimber. My other two have never had any problems but this is the second time I've sent this Montana back. The first was for the ramp, it was cutting into the brass and the casings coming out of the magazine. It's pretty frustrating but I'm not sure what else to do but send it back and have it fixed.
Thank you everyone for the insight.
Glad they're going to help you out. There's a possible temporary fix that won't modify anything or void your warranty. Take a couple pieces of aluminum muffler tape and cut them to fit the bottom of your action around the action screws. It will probably take 4 or 5 layers to get a thick enough "spacer" do this to both the front and rear of the action until it sits high enough in the stock to free float the barrel. Torque everything down and then test fire it. This is just an easy and temporary way to create a pillar bedded stock. The muffler tape won't compress or shift when you tighten the action screws and will just come right off when you want to remove it.
If the groups improve, you know that your gun will shoot better with a free floated barrel not making contact with the tip of the fore end. If it doesn't improve groups, try taking the tape off and giving the barrel a little more consistent upward pressure by placing a couple of business cards between the barrel and the tip of the fore end where the two are making contact. Like RadSav said, some super thin barrel profiles shoot best when they're fully supported and others like pretty firm upward pressure.
Those are just a few things to test if you don't want to ship the gun off for 2 months. It will cost about $5 for some muffler tape at Walmart and maybe 15 minutes of your time, so you're really not out much. I've used both tricks on many of my personal guns and a lot of other people's guns over the years. Sometimes I just leave tape there and never actually bed the action. Why take the time to modify the gun when I can fix the issue with an effective and easily reversed quick fix that nobody would every even notice unless you told them?
