No. If American companies would manufacture something worth buying - ie; well made, desireable features, no cost cutting measures, realistic MSRP for what they are offering - I'd buy from them.
As far as American gun manufacturers go, only Ruger does this.
I hold out hope for Colt.......but then again I've held out hope for Colt for many years to no avail.
Until then I purchase very nicely made 1970's, 80's and 1990's guns that are well made and have features I want, as well as NO features I don't want.
They cost less and are better looking than the junk being fousted on us by American manufacturers currently. TJ
I beg to differ, sir...What about Kimber, High Standard, Freedom Arms, Volquartsen, Thompson Center, USFA, Charter Arms, Para-Ordnance, STI, Les Baer, Ed Brown, Caspian, Detonics, Kel-Tec, Rohrbaugh, Seecamp, Kahr, Boberg, Savage, Weatherby (not Vanguard), Lazzeroni, Magnum Research and for the most part Mossberg and Remington.
As to Colt, I'll be amazed to see them still operational in five years time...Losing the M4 contract nearly devastated them--laid off nearly sixty percent; they have no handguns anymore; no civilian sales except to some LEOs; no blackpowder guns; no revolvers...They're nearly dead (for the what, 5th set of owners), both feet in the grave and the digger is coming forward to cover them up...Unfortunately, they don't have the market share like they did in past so this time it's tits up for them...Maybe some European maker will pick up the building and machinery and the intellectual property (their name and logos) will be up for bids.
The gun makers believed in the same marketing bullshyte that the US car companies believed--they were the top of the heap and they dictated what went down...Unfortunately, the buying public told them to go to Hell in a hand basket, by buying first Volkswagen Beatles by the millions and then the infestation of Japanese vehicles landed and with the foreign makers putting up plants in North America to compete against the "Made in USA" mentality...American cars crap out--Chrysler is bought out by Volkswagen and then by the Cerberus Group, Ford sells off Jaguar, Volvo, Aston Martin, AM Hummer is bought by the Chinese, Toyota acquires 25% of GM.
Thing is now they will all have to deal and compete with the 2.5 billion Chinese marketplace!