Good to hear that the gun came back in good shape and shooting well.

A couple of things have been said here that may need clarification.

Kimber has been owned by the same person for 13 years.

The handguns are made in Yonkers. Ditto the rifles. Kimber is the largest maker of 1911 pistols in the world.

I think they have a policy of either not working on, or at least not warrantying, guns made in the 1980s by a previous company with the same name.

I've shot the Valier. Very nice. We had one in Namibia last September.

The issue of Turkish guns is an interesting one, and the comments one hears mirror the comments made about Spanish guns 20 or 30 years ago.