Quote Originally Posted by Graves View Post
Dwight Van Brunt of Kimber Manufacturing went on record in an issue of gun tests (Nov. 2003) and said "Kimber does not and never has used 'castings' for slides and frames"
"Kimber does not and never has sourced the machining of slides or
frames. We have always done it ourselves in Yonkers."
"Our relationship with Smith and Wesson has been limited to
purchasing raw forgings - little more than a brick of steel. Further,
S&W is just one of several sources for forgings we have done business
with in the past."

ETA: Do you have a source on those claims Atrain?
That info came from S&W I have all kinds of info so when my kimber friends start talking about my 1911's I just show it to them to shut them up. I did not see anything in there about sending out raw parts it said slides and recievers I dont care I know what I know and I see all the kimber guys who dont want to believe they own a S&W (early kimber) but it does not change the facts, I wonder if that is why kimber had external extractors for awhile.