Kimber's Delightful Little Varminter: Trim, elegant, accurate and beautifully crafted — the Kimber 84M just may be America's classiest production rifle

Guns Magazine, March, 2002 by Holt Bodinson

Color rendition of both models was excellent, with the Illuminator lens yielding a slightly warmer tone.

While the widescreen eyepiece of the Illuminator provided a bit wider field of view than the round eyepiece of the Gold Star, what you gain in image width, you lose in image height. All things considered, image width is probably more useful in a hunting scope than image height.

Both the Illuminator and the Golden Five Star are representative of the renewal of a famous optics line. Given the quality and performance of these two models, Redfield is off to a good start.

The bright 3-9x42 Illuminator lived up to its name when picking out distant detail in the early morning twilight.

The widescreen eyepiece of the Illuminator requires a bolt handle with ample clearance.