I would classify it as American assembled as only 55% of it's parts are made here. Does CZ bring in any parts of the Colt revolvers or are the complete guns built here?
If the situation is the same as Colt blackpowder revolvers, then very little of the Anaconda is made in the US. At least the value added parts. I called the Colt blackpowder factory at 110 8th Street Brooklyn New York, and it was obvious that the factory location was due to corporate welfare and Government subsides. And, talking to the guys at the factory, the major parts, such as cylinders, frames, barrels, internal parts, were fabricated in Italy. They were unfinished (to what level I don't know) and then finished and assembled into revolvers in Brooklyn. Somehow the dollar value of the labor in the US, or time to finish and assemble, entitled the blackpowder pistols to claim they were "made in the USA. I do think the polishing and case hardening alone is what satisfied the content laws, but content laws have been watered down to the point I think all it takes is a US employee to wrap and package the item, to get it classified as made in USA. And who is actually looking? How many Government officials are verifying content laws?
Someone will step in and claim that firearms corporations are all law abiding, ethical, totally honest, don't push or ignore the rules, but I would like to hear about the automotive manufacturers that did not cheat on emissions tests. Even though Government emission agencies have over sight, according to a
UK link, all European diesel manufacturers cheated, and just been reading about Hino Motors in Japan and their cheating.None of the American emission agencies were looking for emission cheating and it took a College Professor and hokey equipment to ask the question: "why are the Volkswagen emissions so high?'
For the Anaconda, it is probable the re design work was done over seas, and the steel, forging, machining of the major components is by foreign manufacturers, and the cost of polishing (which is very labor intensive) and assembly alone allows Colt to claim the the Anaconda's are made in America.
And people are paying $1500 not for the quality, but for the Pony. Some Colt executive knows, (besides of the assurance of an obscene salary) that Colt is a Cult product, and regardless of any other factors, the Cultists will pay a premium for the Pony.