That is something Colt has been doing for a long time. Someone makes the parts and Colt assembles them in house. The parts are interchangeable with the German made guns. But the Colt New Frontier will sell for two to three times more then the others.According to the Wilkerson book, they outsourced the major components as raw parts but built the guns in house.
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