dave bennett
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Is it true that Springfield Armory Pistols are made somewhere in Europe. ? ?
My loaded model and Range Officer model 1911 have a tag that says made in the USA attached to it. End of story.
Bill
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Sprignfield Armory doesn't manufacture anything. They are an importer and in some cases an assembler of firearms made from parts they purchase from outside vendors. Most of their firearms are imported. Some are assembled here. A handful of their high end guns are assembled from all USA made parts. Others are assembled from parts purchased from other countries.
Leupold claims "Made in the USA" too. But all of their binoculars are imported and even though their scopes are " assembled" here , they buy their glass from foreign sources. It can say "Made in the USA" legally as long as it is assembled here. But there is no guarantee the parts were made here.
A Toyota truck is a Japanese company, but more of their parts are USA made than a Ford, Chevy, or Ram truck. Yet they claim to be USA made too.
A little background: Elmer Balance of Devine, Texas, began producing a semiautomatic version of the M14, which he called the M1A, around 1971. In order to mark the receivers "Springfield Armory" he incorporated his company as "Springfield Armory, Inc." Later, Balance sold the company, its trademarks, etc., to the Reese family of Illinois. They then expanded the product line beyond the M1A.Keep in mind that the Springfield Armory of today has nothing to do with the former US Government facility of the same name.
This is the bottom line. The XD line is probably going to remain stable with the supplier being HS Produkt. Other products and parts will be sourced from wherever Springfield gets the best deal on items that meet their specs.Sprignfield Armory doesn't manufacture anything. They are an importer and in some cases an assembler of firearms made from parts they purchase from outside vendors.
Actually, there are a few chip manufacturers left in the US and in Puerto Rico, while not a State, it does count as "USA". Their chips just don't go in consumer electronics. They are usually found in aerospace & military electronics....Last I heard, no American made chips in the things, all of them fully assembled in China....
Actually, there are a few chip manufacturers left in the US and in Puerto Rico, while not a State, it does count as "USA". Their chips just don't go in consumer electronics. They are usually found in aerospace & military electronics.
And, while most chips are printed somewhere else, almost all chips in use today are designed in the US.
My son-in-law is a design engineer for a chip fab located in the US. Intel has several huge fabs in Oregon.
Sprignfield Armory doesn't manufacture anything.
Springfield does manufacturer some of their firearms here in the U.S. some of the 1911 frames are or were made in Brazil, and the XD line is imported from Croatia. Some of their 1911s are manufactured in tdhe U.S. With that said, saying that they aren't manufacturers is flat out false. People say the same about PSA, and that's false as well.This is the bottom line. The XD line is probably going to remain stable with the supplier being HS Produkt. Other products and parts will be sourced from wherever Springfield gets the best deal on items that meet their specs.
Taking that as true for the sake of argument, that's still not evidence, in and of itself, that Springfield Armory manufactured the frames or slides or barrels.Some of their 1911s are manufactured in tdhe U.S.