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Are Kimber rifles now made in New York or Kalispell, Montana? New York Have they closed the Kimber Manufacturing plant in Kalispell or is it still operating in some fashion?
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DJS
Where did you ever hear that any Kimbers were made in Kalispell,MT?
They had a marketing /distribution office there and that is all they had, to my knowledge..
I have never heard of any Kimbers ever actually being made in Kalispell, nor have I have seen or heard of any Kimbers with Kalispell markings.
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I thought there was (is) a Kimber Manufacturing located at: 2590 Mt Highway 35, Kalispell, MT. I did know that the sales and marketing was located in Kalispell and (by extension) assumed the manufacturing was co-located.
If I am wrong, thanks for setting me straight..
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Out of the ashes the Phoenix.....:) Yeah, I just wish dogzapper would consider returning with this thread... Yep! We lost a good one IMHO
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I live in Kalispell, I always thought it was just Kimber's marketing and sales guys here, but I'll check it out.
Regarding Kimber of Oregon, this has been a very interesting and enlighting thread. Back in the mid 90's I noticed a very pretty used .270 Model 89 BGR Super America on the gun rack down at Ronan and Sprts and Western. I lusted after that rifle for more than a year before trading an old Spanish double for it. If I had read this thread first I probably wouldn't have made that trade, but my opinion of Kimber back then was they were a high quality product.
Anyway, that rifle which I still have and love, did not disappoint. It shot MOA groups with factory ammo, functions flawlessly and best of all, comes up to my shoulder like a fine English game gun. One time hunting Antelope back in eastern Montana we were heading back to camp in my friends pick up. I was in the back seat with my Lope in the bed of the truck, when my buddy who was driving and had a spare doe tag noted a small herd running full tilt along a fence line a couple hundred yards off. His rifle was cased up, but I was holding my Kimber in my lap. He jumped out of the truck with a few .270 rounds in his pocket, I tossed him the Kimber, he was able to chamber one round, brought the Kimber up, swung through a nice doe and shot her through the heart running full speed at 200 yards.
That was the only shot he ever took out of that rifle but to this day he want's me to leave it to him. I guess I'm one of the lucky ones who got a shooter, but I wouldn't trade that rifle for anything.
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djs,
I have visited the Kimber offices in Kalispell and there are not manufacturing facilities there, and never have been. The firearms are made in Yonkers, New York.
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I have a 300WSM Montana. Like it, much. Had to polish the underside edge of the rails to help it feed well. Ten minute job. It's a keeper.
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Jeez another Kimber thread resurrected? Its hard to keep track. Other than the manufacturing facility being in New York, the stocks are made in Costa Rica and shipped north.
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Here's a new question: do you reckon that Greg Warne had a hand in arranging the manufacture of the Montana stocks there in Costa Rica?
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