Re: Need help finding a scope mount for Kimber .22
From what you've said now I see that you may have been referring to your NY-based Kimber rifle as a "Classic", BTW, while in Oregon Kimber was also known as "Kimber of America". This is confusing, as the NY-based Kimber also called itself "Kimber of America".
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MtGoat</div><div class="ubbcode-body">"Kimber" typically refers to the current (or until recently) Kimber of America.</div></div>
Really, since when? Who made-up that rule? I must have missed the memo. Are you aware that the second, Oregon-based Kimber was known as "Kimber of America", before the NY-based Kimber ever came into being?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MtGoat</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Never have seen a Kimber of Oregon SVT do believe that was a Kimber USA model only.</div></div>
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic">You</span></span> may have never seen a Kimber of Oregon SVT, but I assure that they were produced. I do not own one, but I have seen them in the past. They were offered in both fluted stainess and non-fluted CM barrels. Kimber actually produced models that were never cataloged, and, I'm told -cataloged models they never actually produced.
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I am an avid KoO collector and I can tell you the first rule of Kimber collecting,"there are no rules" They made stuff that was never in the catolog on a regular basis. I have a few that should not exist and have seen many more that shouldn't, Greg Warne would do anything for money. Here is a link to a picture of a KoA in Oregon 82C svt
http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=242990&page=10
Here's a brief rundown of the history of Kimber from another thread I posted it on.
Kimber of Oregon was actually the first two companies. The A are what we refer to as the first incarnation of Kimber of Oregon. Next came the 2nd generation/incarnation of Kimber of Oregon, we refer to these as the B guns, incidently most people feel the B guns were the best ever made. Then kimber folded again, and in comes the Edlemans, the company now became Kimber of America in Oregon, these are refered to as the C guns, although some used leftover B parts, the C was a cheapened version of the B, these are recognizable by the rubber buttplate, this is also the period of time Greg Warne left his company forever, rumor has it fights with his partners over quality and the basterization of the Kimber name, putting it on the junk Mausers and the Daewoo rifles, and cheapining the Kimber 82C drove him out. Finally the Edlemans moved Kimber of America to Yonkers NY, these are known as NY guns, These really have no real ties to the ol Kimber of Oregon except the name . Hope this helps, guys if I left anything out please add to it or correct me.Kimber of Oregon serial numbers are a whole new ball of wax. No they didn't run perfectly in order, there were letters in some, some were just numbers, the first 1000 customer were allowed to reserve their number in the begining and the future, they and anyone else you could request any serial number you wanted, you could also have initals or other letters as a prefix or postfix. That being said I would say that the rifle you saw is probaly an early A model, but impossible to tell for sure without pics. Did the rifle have a bolt release, was the bolt dished out with a turndown right before the ball, did it have a camfer on the front of the reciever near the barrel, was the receiver tang round or was it more like a squared off arrow head? These are also some of the indicators that would place the year and the series. To determin the model we have quite a few more questions, like is there a forend tip, is the receiver groved for rings or drill and tapped for bases, does it have a cheekpiece, is it monte carlo style, does the buttplate wrap over the top, are the sling swivels inletted, etc, etc, etc. Since your new just remember the Kimber collectors golden rule, "THERE ARE NO RULES WITH KIMBER OF OREGON".
Hope this helps if anyone else is a Kimber fan, Rich