The following is from Coyote Cap's website and I thought it was kind of interesting as I thought that all the materials were Chinese-produced. This is in regards to the M97/M87 clones:
The American Walnut stocks for all of the Chinese I.A.C. shotguns are coming from Missouri (we have now shipped close to 15,000 stock sets and have another 10,000 more to go).
A large shipment of Pachmayr "Sporting Clays" recoil pads were sent to China to be installed on "Special Edition" models
All of the "Win-Choke", choke tubes are a contract we have with Tru-Lock Corporation of Georgia.
Manson Corp has supplied us with several complete sets of choke tube reamers and taps, that were sent to China.
All of the chambers in these shotguns are being cut with American made chambering reamers and forcing cone cutters
The lettering and stamping tools were Made in America
Even the #4 large brass front sight beads are American Made
A huge shipment of Birchwood Casey Walnut stock stain and finish in 55 gal drums went to China for our shotguns.
Because the Chinese ship (5) guns to each box, we needed individual shipping boxes, which meant ordering boxes for all three models, the 99 doubles, the 97 pumps and now the 87 lever actions. I don't have the figures for all three shotgun models, however, there are pallets of American made shipping boxes ready to be used for each shotgun to go to it's new owner.
The American Walnut stocks for all of the Chinese I.A.C. shotguns are coming from Missouri (we have now shipped close to 15,000 stock sets and have another 10,000 more to go).
A large shipment of Pachmayr "Sporting Clays" recoil pads were sent to China to be installed on "Special Edition" models
All of the "Win-Choke", choke tubes are a contract we have with Tru-Lock Corporation of Georgia.
Manson Corp has supplied us with several complete sets of choke tube reamers and taps, that were sent to China.
All of the chambers in these shotguns are being cut with American made chambering reamers and forcing cone cutters
The lettering and stamping tools were Made in America
Even the #4 large brass front sight beads are American Made
A huge shipment of Birchwood Casey Walnut stock stain and finish in 55 gal drums went to China for our shotguns.
Because the Chinese ship (5) guns to each box, we needed individual shipping boxes, which meant ordering boxes for all three models, the 99 doubles, the 97 pumps and now the 87 lever actions. I don't have the figures for all three shotgun models, however, there are pallets of American made shipping boxes ready to be used for each shotgun to go to it's new owner.