Magnum Wheel Man
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JIM... my TCP says right on it, made in the USA... that may be just one production line, & perhaps the revolvers are still "made" in Brazil... but I'd suspect at minimum the TCP's are "assembled" here...
& I think alot of that "american mentaility" that the auto industry had, followed into other venues... ( look at Marlin, after Remington took over ) I don't want to make it a "union" issue, because I don't think it's 100% the problem... I think any time you take a worker ( no matter the country of work ) that has been doing a good but routine job, & shake things up, if they are not part of the process, there can be alot of resentment, & a lot of bad attitudes & -CENSORED--CENSORED--CENSORED- results & poor assembly results... don't get me wrong, I'd much rather have an "American made" revolver / gun, but I think it's wrong to pin poor assembly on Brazillians, or Chinese or where ever... company culture has as much to do with workers attitude, as their physical location
on my incident with my S&W 610, I'd be willing to bet some well meaning effiociency expert told them, that they could get an extra cylinder out of a rod of bar stock, if they minimized waste... ( means cutting kerf & end polishing & fitting ) I'd bet my cylinder / head space issue was a result of those "short cylinders" & why it took 4 times back, & a personal letter from the area sales rep, before it was, or could even be fixed... on the plus side they seemed to smooth parts, each time it went back, which had no effect on lengthening the cylinder, but after 4 times back... I've got the nicest trigger I've seen, since my early 60's combat magnum
& I think alot of that "american mentaility" that the auto industry had, followed into other venues... ( look at Marlin, after Remington took over ) I don't want to make it a "union" issue, because I don't think it's 100% the problem... I think any time you take a worker ( no matter the country of work ) that has been doing a good but routine job, & shake things up, if they are not part of the process, there can be alot of resentment, & a lot of bad attitudes & -CENSORED--CENSORED--CENSORED- results & poor assembly results... don't get me wrong, I'd much rather have an "American made" revolver / gun, but I think it's wrong to pin poor assembly on Brazillians, or Chinese or where ever... company culture has as much to do with workers attitude, as their physical location
on my incident with my S&W 610, I'd be willing to bet some well meaning effiociency expert told them, that they could get an extra cylinder out of a rod of bar stock, if they minimized waste... ( means cutting kerf & end polishing & fitting ) I'd bet my cylinder / head space issue was a result of those "short cylinders" & why it took 4 times back, & a personal letter from the area sales rep, before it was, or could even be fixed... on the plus side they seemed to smooth parts, each time it went back, which had no effect on lengthening the cylinder, but after 4 times back... I've got the nicest trigger I've seen, since my early 60's combat magnum
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