Short List Of American Made

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American Derringer (sub-compact)
Bond Arms (sub-compact)
Bryco Arms (small & large frame semi's)
Charter Arms (Revolvers)
Cobra Enterprises (sub-compact)
Colt (1911 & SA Revolvers)
Cylinder & slide (custom 1911)
Dan Wesson (1911)
Detonics (1911)
Ed Brown (1911)
Excel Industries (compact .380 semi's)
Freedom Arms (SA Revolvers)
Fusion Firearms (custom 1911)
Heritage Manufacturing (SA Revolvers)
Hi-point (large & small frame semi's)
High Standard (1911 pattern & .22 semi's)
Kahr (sub-compact & compact semi's)
Kel-Tec (sub-compact)
Kimber (1911)
Les Baer (1911)
L. W. Seecamp Co. (sub-compact)
Magnum research (large bore semi's & SA Revlover, and Micro semi)
Nighthawk Custom (1911)
North American Arms (sub-compact)
Nowlin (1911 Custom Mfg.)
Olimpics Arms (custom 1911)
ParaUSA (formerly ParaOrdnance) (1911)
Phoenix Arms (.22 semi's)
SCCY Industries (sub-compact)
STI (1911, & GP6 9mm)
SV (1911)
Rohrbaugh (sub-compact)
RPM Merrill (Single Shot)
Ruger (Full range of Revolvers & Semi's)
S&W (Full Range of Revolvers & Semi's)
Thompson Center Fire (Single Shot)
United States Fire Arms Mfg. Co. (1911 pattern & SA Revolvers)
Wilson Combat (1911)
Wildey Inc. (large bore gas operated semi's)

39......do I hear 40?:)
 
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39.....more?

Well it looks like we are getting down to the end. The list is not short anymore. Sure would be nice to top 40.

-no shortage of 1911 makers.

-no shortage of sub-compact & compact models.

-Wish there were more full range makers like Ruger & S&W.

-I hope more add to their product lines like STI's recent addition of the GP6 9mm with rotating barrel.
 
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The buckmark is made right here in salt lake city, can't remember the name of the machine company but I'll try to find out. They are made in salt lake and assembled in morgan.
 
The buckmark is made right here in salt lake city, can't remember the name of the machine company but I'll try to find out. They are made in salt lake and assembled in morgan.
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Good enough, I take your word. They are now #40. Thanks.
 
Added Bowning Buckmark .22 semi

American Derringer (sub-compact)
Bond Arms (sub-compact)
Browning Buckmark (.22 semi)
Bryco Arms (small & large frame semi's)
Charter Arms (Revolvers)
Cobra Enterprises (sub-compact)
Colt (1911 & SA Revolvers)
Cylinder & slide (custom 1911)
Dan Wesson (1911)
Detonics (1911)
Ed Brown (1911)
Excel Industries (compact .380 semi's)
Freedom Arms (SA Revolvers)
Fusion Firearms (custom 1911)
Heritage Manufacturing (SA Revolvers)
Hi-point (large & small frame semi's)
High Standard (1911 pattern & .22 semi's)
Kahr (sub-compact & compact semi's)
Kel-Tec (sub-compact)
Kimber (1911)
Les Baer (1911)
L. W. Seecamp Co. (sub-compact)
Magnum research (large bore semi's & SA Revlover, and Micro semi)
Nighthawk Custom (1911)
North American Arms (sub-compact)
Nowlin (1911 Custom Mfg.)
Olimpics Arms (custom 1911)
ParaUSA (formerly ParaOrdnance) (1911)
Phoenix Arms (.22 semi's)
SCCY Industries (sub-compact)
STI (1911, & GP6 9mm)
SV (1911)
Rohrbaugh (sub-compact)
RPM Merrill (Single Shot)
Ruger (Full range of Revolvers & Semi's)
S&W (Full Range of Revolvers & Semi's)
Thompson Center Fire (Single Shot)
United States Fire Arms Mfg. Co. (1911 pattern & SA Revolvers)
Wilson Combat (1911)
Wildey Inc. (large bore gas operated semi's)

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Hitachi

Look at the Ed Brown web site. He's sitting infront of a Hitachi machine. My guess is that it was the best tool machine for the $ or maybe the only one. Anywho it looks like Brown is an American made pistol albiet made on Japanese machinery. Gets complicated dosen't it!
 
S&W are not american made anymore

The sigmas are completely fabricated in Brazil, many of the parts for the revolvers and M&P series are made elsewhere and assembled in Massachusetts. S&W really got on board with the Clinton administration, and NAFTA, in the 90s. Just another reason to get off yer high horse and buy a Ruger I guess...
 
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The sigmas are completely fabricated in Brazil, many of the parts for the revolvers and M&P series are made elsewhere and assembled in Massachusetts.
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Ian, what proof do you have? I have been checking and I find several S&W plants in the USA where they do machining. We need good backup to think about removing S&W from this list. I will continue to check. We really need to answer this issue, but I just see no data to say Sigmas or other are made in Brazil.
 
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S&W Made In Brazil?

The sigmas are completely fabricated in Brazil, many of the parts for the revolvers and M&P series are made elsewhere and assembled in Massachusetts.
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Ian, you need proof for this one. I am finding the opposite so far. I cannot find any data that says S&W's are made in Brazil. At this point Smith stays on the list.

S&W really got on board with the Clinton administration, and NAFTA, in the 90s.
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Yes, but don't let that cloud the facts of where things are made.
 
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Anywho it looks like Brown is an American made pistol albiet made on Japanese machinery. Gets complicated dosen't it!
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Not an issue. I worked in the tooling industry. Most all of the modern CNC machines are foreign made, but that has no bearing on this list. If you use a Fanuc CNC to machine guns parts in Connecticut it is still an American made gun part.
 
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FN manufactures its pistols and some long guns in Columbia SC.
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Well, this is another one of those hard calls. I have been looking at FN USA in Columbia. http://www.fnmfg.com/

But you have to be careful. They do make some long arms and they do have a machining operation. They do mention pistols, but It almost appears to me that that might just make pistol components and not complete pistols at this plant.

http://www.hipowersandhandguns.com/taking_a_look_at_the_fnp9_pistol.htm

Well, the same sort of thing is happening again. FN makes the 9x19mm pistol this article focuses on in the US at a US facility. The slide is marked "Made in USA". Whether the parts are made here or in Belgium, I do not know. A firearm can be made in another country, but assembled in the US and said to be made in this country.

And there is the problem. In the list I have tried to find evidence that main components are machined in the USA. I find that when they do not really make clear statements it's probably because they are using a mixture of foreign and domestic parts.

I don't live all that far from the FN plant, maybe I should try to drop in some say and ask questions.:)
 
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S&W made in Brazil?

The sigmas are completely fabricated in Brazil, many of the parts for the revolvers and M&P series are made elsewhere and assembled in Massachusetts.
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Ian0351, I can find no verification of your claim. I have searched best I can and I have even asked this question on another thread. I understand you are not happy about some of the Clinton era agreements, but that has nothing to do with the facts of where they are made. You need to post some facts to support your claim.

Especially the "completely fabricated" statement. I find zero evidence of that.

S&W stays on the list.
 
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M&P

Yet more evidence that S&W's..this time M&P are USA made.

http://www.gundigest.com/article/SWAuto/

The M&P is clearly chasing the Glock pistol, and one of the Glock’s strongest points in the field has proven to be the virtual invulnerability of its TeniferTM finish. Tenifer cannot be applied to pistols in the United States, and the S&W M&P is a “made in USA” product. Therefore, S&W finishes it with MeloniteTM, which has been called an American analog to Tenifer.
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I think we have beat this to death. S&W stays on the list.:)
 
I never said anyhting about the M&P series pistols

I was referring to the ill-fated Sigma line, and really, I don't care if you leave it on the list. I cannot find any 'proof' either but I know I have with my own eyes seen a Sigma 9mm pistol at Cabela's with the words "Made in Brazil" on the slide. Further, the knowledgeable fellow at my favorite local gun shop (of course these guys are never wrong, right?;))told me so. Also, I seem to remember hearing that one of the reasons the US government chose to supply the Iraqi Defense forces with Sigmas is that they were significantly cheaper than the made in USA M&P series. US law requires than arms for Service bid contracts be made in America, but the standard does not apply to weapons we buy for other countries.

So in summation, I have no 'hard evidence' to submit, but I do not personally consider S&W an All-American firearms manufacturer.
 
I have no 'hard evidence' to submit, but I do not personally consider S&W an All-American firearms manufacturer.
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You have your right to your opinion, but with no evidence S&W will stay on the list.
 
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