Made In America Does That Include Your Guns?

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I hear a lot on this forum about not buying from Wal-Mart and purchasing American made goods and it got me thinking.

How many of us that say that purchase exclusively or even mostly American made guns ?
( I'm guilty only 30% of my guns are American made)

I'm also curious as to how many here would not buy a Chinese gun of any type regardless of quality, simply because it is Chinese.

I tried to make a poll but I can't on my phone so here's the options

1. I buy eclusively American Firearms

2. 75% American made

3.50% American made

4.25% American made

5. I don't own any American guns

6. I own foriegn guns but will not buy from China
 
i'd say that arounde 1/3 of the guns I own are made in the USA. Considering that I a in europe, I think this is not bad.

but if you'd say, guns invented in america it would rise up to 75%... many of my guns are replica of american guns, not produced anymore.
 
100% American, but only because the only gun I own is a Mossy.
Gettin' a Saiga here soon, so that'll change.

As I've said before, American nationalism is just plain retarded.
 
Don't know why you can't make a poll. Mine are about 90% American. The Wife's are 100%. Not that it matters much. Most corporations are multi-national. Is the Dodge truck made in Mexico more American than my Honda made in Ohio?
 
All of my guns are made in America. Except my Springfield XD40, which is a Croatian firearm imported by an American company. My Harley has Japanese parts too....
 
The quintessential American consumer buys the best weapon. The quintessential American producer aims to be the manufacturer of that weapon.

I don't have a gun yet but when I get one, it'll probably be an S&W.
 
Interesting. However I come from an era that saw Fords & Chevies made in America and Hondas made in Japan; where 90% of all componets were needed to be American made (Buy American Act) in government construction and my shoes, clothes and firearms were made in New England.

Today Fords and Chevys are made in Mexico/Canada, Hondas in Tennesee, I doubt any product has 90% Amarican components, QAmerica built its factories in Asia rather than rebuild in American cities, America sent its' trained professionals to train an unskilled workforce to man those factories ....

I suspect some of my guns (I have Smith & Wesson, Remington, Inland, Underwood, Glock and Ruger) are assembled in America, even the Glock. However with the exception of the WWII Inland and Underwood M1 Carbines, none of the others are made in America.
 
60% american. i think somtimes people dont think about everything when they say made in america. or i only buy american. They you see the guy at exxon or mobil gas station. You know there are only a handfull of gas stations that sell american pumped gas. The ones in my area are ARCO and Valejo. Thats where i buy my gas at. Im not proned to supporting the middle east. Even though for the life of me i cant see how they charge so high when they claim to use U. S. drilled oil.
 
My guns were made in the USA, Czech Republic, Russia, Austria, Japan, Italy, Croatia, and Brazil. If you don't like it, tough noogies! :neener:
 
Three of my nine are American (S&W, Remington, Mossberg), but like Shung above, I'm in Europe, so I consider that to be a pretty good effort.
Just for the record, the others are Italian, Czech, German, and Finnish.
 
Of the ones I've owned it's probably about 35% US made, almost all double action revolvers with two Ruger No. 1's and a variety of Mossy 500's as well. All absolutely excellent firearms.

For main line hunting rifles, things are bleaker. I was unfortunately never able to find a US rifle maker that can equal CZ for new stuff. US companies make a very, very narrow range of products and I tend to like things a little off the beaten path. Rifles with QUALITY iron sights, for example. US companies tend to force you into a mold, whether it's car companies or gun makers. If you want something different you're deemed a communist. And while there are some cool semis from stateside makers now, they strike me as over a decade late and more than a dollar short. Pretty much like Detroit was slow to respond to Japanese innovation, US arms makers have been glacial in responding to the generations of wunderguns out of Europe. When they do come up with something it's done in fits and starts.

Meanwhile, US companies have stopped making most of their best stuff, from the Savage 99 to the Winchester 92.
 
I've been trying very hard to only buy American made goods, including guns and ammunition. the problem is 90% of things that are "american" aren't made here, and don't employ people here... the multi-nationality of modern corporations is making it very hard to support my home nation.

As an aside, lately i've been trying to do as much as I can at home (reloading, making holsters, doing my own gunsmithing, etc). That way I can at least know I didn't spend $90 on something I can make myself. Another thing i try to do is not support corporations in general (ie. support mom and pop shops)

Don't get me wrong, most of the goods sold at mom-n-pop were made by a large corporation, but at least i can give mom-n-pop a piece of the pie rather than support wally world or one of the other conglomerates.
 
0%, only have 3 rifles, 2 pistols, european milsurps. But I just started buying 'em 2 years ago, so give it time and it will all balance out.

The quintessential American consumer buys the best weapon. The quintessential American producer aims to be the manufacturer of that weapon.
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Well said. I believe 150 years ago Europeans were annoyed at fellow citizens who were unpatriotic and purchased goods from America, because stuff could be made so cheaply in the New World, as well as being on the cutting edge of innovation, and it undercut the European industry.

Seems like the natural course of things... now it's the Chinese and India who are where we were in the 19th century.
 
Excluding a few newer Brownings, the rest are made in America, so I'd guess around 90%. If/when I find the 45/70 I want, that will drop a little. To be truthful, however, I bought the firearms I own primarily because they are the guns I wanted . . . country of origin was a happy coincidence. Oops, 1 Taurus in the mix & a couple German-made airguns & 1 Russian-made. . . mebbe 88-89% . . .
 
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I am fond of weapons from former soviet block countries.

2 CZs, 1 Yugo SKS.

On the other hand, I have an American 1911, Garand, 30-30, .357, AR-15 and a few others...

Call it 75% american.
 
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