Prince Yamato
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Aren't they a Canadian company?
least expensive American-made 1911?
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Aren't they a Canadian company?
Owen
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buckmarks are made in Canada 
auschip
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Nope, they are in Georgetown, TX.
Supertac45
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Last time I checked, Kimber buys their frames and slides. If not, where are they poured and forged?
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weisse52
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A Colt is always the right answer...
I might be wrong on this, but I seem to recall reading/hearing at one point that Caspian Arms supplies 1911 frames, slides, and parts to a lot of the major manufacturers - though it may have simply been for the "custom shop" guns such companies (Springfield, Kimber, etc.) run.
I also believe most major manufacturers get their slides and frames from overseas in "rough" condition (80% or less?) due to importation tax and restriction, and then "finish" them turning them into the actual parts and giving the parts the finish expected by the respective company.
Again, let me qualify this with "I might be wrong and/or getting my facts confused".
I also believe most major manufacturers get their slides and frames from overseas in "rough" condition (80% or less?) due to importation tax and restriction, and then "finish" them turning them into the actual parts and giving the parts the finish expected by the respective company.
Again, let me qualify this with "I might be wrong and/or getting my facts confused".
SCKimberFan
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While Fusion firearms made be made in America, they don't fit the $800 price point.
kcshooter
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Right, but since we were talking least expensive, the only model that would fit into the qualifier is that particular gun, which is made in the phillipines.
jaysouth
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Jerico Precision in Yonkers, NY makes slides and frames for Kimber as well as others.
Jerico is now 100% owned by Kimber. At one time they were making frames and slides for some wilson products, Kimber and a limited run of Ithica 1911s.
Smith and wesson does forging for a LOT of other companies. I can't imagine why they wouldn't make their own slides and frames.
NO SA frames is made in the US. ALL are forged in Brazil. The markings of country of origin merely reflect the amount of machining (finishing) done in the US or Brazil.
Jerico is now 100% owned by Kimber. At one time they were making frames and slides for some wilson products, Kimber and a limited run of Ithica 1911s.
Smith and wesson does forging for a LOT of other companies. I can't imagine why they wouldn't make their own slides and frames.
NO SA frames is made in the US. ALL are forged in Brazil. The markings of country of origin merely reflect the amount of machining (finishing) done in the US or Brazil.
grendelbane
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Even in the good old days, Colt bought a lot of steel from overseas, mostly Germany.
Caspian purchases castings from Ruger's Pine Tree foundry, and then finishes them.
Even my Doublestar frame lacks import markings, though the casting may have come from overseas, and then been finished in the USA.
Caspian purchases castings from Ruger's Pine Tree foundry, and then finishes them.
Even my Doublestar frame lacks import markings, though the casting may have come from overseas, and then been finished in the USA.
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