How about Weatherby, Was it ever made in the USA as a factory firearm? Where's Browning made?
Roy Weatherby began producing rifles in his shop in California in the late 40s. Custom and semi custom work. Mostly he used modified Mauser actions. Later, he made a deal with J.P Sauer & Sohn, in West Germant, to produce his Mark V action design. Some rifles were made in the USA, using the German made action, (I believe), but after a little bit, the entire rifles were made in Germany. After some years, production was moved to Japan, where it remains today.
Browning, NEVER made guns. Anywhere, other than JM's shop prototypes and guns for military testing. Browning was a gun designer, not a manufacturer, and he sold all his designs to other companies for manufacture.
Browning Arms today, is also NOT a manufacturer. All Browning guns are made in someone else's factories. Mostly FN in Belgium, and someone else (Miroku??) in Japan. They are made FOR Browning, have Browning's name on them, and are marketed and sold by Browning. Browning doesn't make them, Browning has them made for them to sell to us.
As far as "buy American" goes, I TRY to, when practical. IF there is an American made product that meets my requirements, and the price difference is not outrageous, I will buy American. I will also buy from American COMPANIES, when possible, no matter where their products are actually made.
I've been driving Fords for decades, not because I have a love affair with Fords, but because they are an American company, and the local Ford dealer accepts my credit.
At least one of my "American" Fords came from Canada. One of them might have come from Mexico. That doesn't bother me terribly, the guy I'm buying from IS an American, so I know that at least some Americans are the ones getting my money.
when you look at the foreign made guns selling here in the US, remember this, those guns were made for export. They were made to be sold here, primarily. Most (if not all) the major gunmakers in the world, outside of the USA are in countries that have VERY restrictive laws about their citizens buying and owning guns. Europe varies from restrictive to very restrictive (by US standards) and Japan is virtually prohibitive.
Companies in those countries only do a tiny fraction (if any at all) of their business selling locally. Nearly all their sales are exports. And the bulk of them are either in the US or various militaries around the world.
It should be obvious to anyone who looks, that the US arms industry does NOT saturate the market in the US. If it did, there wouldn't be much of a market for imports.
buy American? I do when I can. Heck, I've got a stainless steel AMERICAN MADE LUGER! (not a stainless steel gun chambered in 9mm Luger, and actual Luger chambered in 9mm Luger. the P.08 design) how many of you can say that??