redloki
Member
Mr. Kassnar, From the looks of it, You have done some good work here on THR for a lot Of CD owners. Many have had problems fixed and many have given you and your company some much needed feedback and won a few new followers that have decided to buy your products simply because you seem to be a CEO that cares about the customer. I applaud you for your efforts to go above and beyond as do many other here. My uncle owns a CD 1911 and says its a fine pistol. With that said, I first would like to say I mean no dissrespect to you, your company or the firearms you make but every time I read this thread my mind keeps shouting one thing. Not made in America. I read the history on your website and according to it your company has always imported it's firearms. I have from time to time bought imported firearms but it is only when I cannot find it "Made in the USA". For instance, the FN Fiveseven I purchsed last summer. They were the only one to make a pistol in that caliber. Had an American company produced such a pistol in the U.S I would have bought it from them. It's a proprietary cartridge so I didn't have much of a choice other than just not to buy one. I've read early on in this thread that you are in the process of producing a line of AR-15 Rifles that will be made here in the U.S. This is a great thing to hear from a company that makes its money utilizing foreign labor. I have never minded paying they higher prices of U.S. made products knowing that our economy will benefit and I also believe imported goods that can be made here or aquired here should be taxed to the point it supports our ecomony and not everyone elses. There has been a myriad of U.S companies making the move overseas. One such company is Skill power tools that sold out to Bosch then took its entire operation overseas because they were only making a 28%-29% profit margine and the new owners Bosch a foreign company wanted 32%. They did everything possiable they could to cut costs and increase their profits but in the end were not able to do it. Over 600 jobs lost for a 3% profit. Just look at Winchester, the enconomy got to them as well and now 186 jobs lost and the winchester name is being made in Japan as well as other places. Winchester spokesman Scott Grange was quoted as saying that it was strictly a financial decision. "After years of attempting to make the facility profitable, our owners have decided that's just not going to happen," Simply because a lot of Winchester guns were labor intensive. I realize your company started out simply as an importer of firearms and has moved to being more of a manufacter of firearms that imports. I also realize that is is slightly off topic to the thread you started and I do apoligize and have done my best to keep to the high road philolospy. These are my questions to you. As President of Charles Daly, an American company, What are you doing to support the U.S. labor force and the U.S. ecomomy? Do you intend on having more firearms produced domestically other than your Ar-15 line?
