Made in USA?

[oneounceload]

I was looking at new Volkswagens in the dealer showroom while waiting for my Dodge pick-up to be fixed.

Lets see?
German Volkswagens, assembled in Mexico, with a Bulgarian engine, and Japanese transmission.

Goodness only knows where the rest of it came from?

rc

While waiting, did you enjoy a nice glass of Brazilian OJ or perhaps an apple or grapes from Chile?

About the only thing we are number 1 at anymore is bulk food production - it doesn't matter where it's made as long as it's made well. Currently, some countries do not make things as well as we do, and we do not make those same things as well as others.......

 

[zhyla]

Intel board - Rim?

Intel quad processor - Rim?

You tell me.

From http://www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/manufacturing/manufacturing_qa.htm#1:

Intel has 15 wafer fabs in production worldwide at nine locations. Fab production sites within the United States are located in Chandler, Ariz.; Santa Clara, Calif.; Colorado Springs, Colo.; Hudson, Mass.; Rio Rancho, N.M.; and Hillsboro, Ore.; and outside the United States in Leixlip, Ireland; Jerusalem, Israel; and Kiryal Gat, Israel. Two new fabs are under construction at existing sites in Arizona and Israel.

The company has six assembly and test sites worldwide and is building a seventh, all of them outside the U.S. Assembly and test sites outside the United States are located in Shanghai, China; Chengdu, China; San Jose, Costa Rica; Kulim, Malaysia; Penang, Malaysia; and Cavite, Philippines. An assembly and testing site in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, is under construction. There is one testing facility and one assembly development facility inside the U.S.

About half of Intel’s total workforce is involved in production or production services.

We won't even get into where your RAM and hard drive(s) came from.

My point was just that there are some goods where buying something 100% USA made and assembled is just not an option, and we seem ok with that. But a $300 shotgun has to be all USA GDP.

 

[oneounceload]

My point was just that there are some goods where buying something 100% USA made and assembled is just not an option, and we seem ok with that. But a $300 shotgun has to be all USA GDP.

And some of these folks want it for $150......and a free box of ammo.....

 

[blaisenguns]

When it comes to weapons, I only want to trust my life to something made in america.

 

[OldMac]

Mexico is in America. I have made it a priority to seek out Made in USA first in food and products. I would expect that a shotgun stamped Made in USA should be assembled in the USA with a majority of material originating in the USA.

 

[MachIVshooter]

So basically all the 870's and M500's are using Chinese steel and parts that are manufactured in the US? If so, what makes them so much better in terms of strength and reliability than the Norinco copies or Turkish ones? Is it the craftsmanship of American workers assembling the guns? Or the design?

They're not exactly milling the receivers and turning barrels from mild steel stock straight out of chicom mills.

 

[blaisenguns]

Mexico is in America.

Sorry I meant made in the USA.

 

[MCgunner]

I don't live in the US, either. I live in Texas.