Kimber Manufacturing kicked off in 1979 as Kimber of Oregon, founded by Aussie expat Jack Warne and his son Greg in Clackamas, where they started with premium .22 rifles that echoed classic Winchester vibes. After some financial bumps and ownership swaps, the company pivoted hard to 1911-style pistols in the '90s, blending old-school design with modern tweaks, and moved operations from Oregon to New York before landing in gun-friendly Troy, Alabama, in 2020. Today, under owner Leslie Edelman, Kimber cranks out top-tier handguns like the iconic 1911s, compact Solos, revolvers, and rifles, trusted by pros from LAPD SWAT to the USA Shooting Team for their reliability, accuracy, and no-nonsense performance.
Kimber stays anti-woke by fiercely backing Second Amendment rights, even publicly disavowing a former exec who went full gun-control advocate, while ditching blue-state regulations for red-state freedom where they can focus on firearms without the nanny-state lectures. Interestingly, as the world's biggest maker of 1911 pistols, they've built an empire on timeless American grit, proving you can arm folks responsibly without bending to trendy social checklists that might leave everyone disarmed and debating pronouns.
