It's one reason I bought a Kimber. American Made and they're on the back cover of every American Rifleman, so they're obviously an NRA supporter....seamusTX wrote:Gee, Mr.72, I thought you didn't take the politics or ideology of manufacturers into account.
If we don't buy from Ruger because of statements made decades ago by their deceased former owner, and don't buy from Smith and Wesson because of their former management's acceptance of trigger locks, and don't buy from Kahr because they are linked to the moonies, we're going to run out of politically acceptable vendors pretty soon.
You can still get nice Single Action Army replicas made in Italy.
Glock reportedly has better than 50% profit margin (which is huge for a hardware manufacturer). They can comfortably adjust their prices to be competitive with other vendors. Part of the reason that they dominate the police market is that they can undercut everyone else.
- Jim
(tongue removed from cheek, now.)