G26ster wrote:If you wanting to buy "Made in the U.S.A." for economic or patriotic reasons, go for it. But as for quality of major brand guns, it makes no difference at all IMHO.
Imbel in Brazil, for example, has been making guns and forgings for decades. They are quality. Some Springfields are forged and assembled in Brazil (and marked "Brazil.") Some come back from forging in Brazil to be assembled in the U.S. I see no difference in quality. Why should there be? Brazil is not a backward third world country. if you fly on any regional airlines at all, especially American Eagle, you are flying on a Brazilian made jet. Brazil is the third largest economy in the western hemisphere. As for Philippine mfg. guns, I'm not an RIA fan because I never owned one, but you rarely hear complaints about them. Certainly no more than any other major gun manufacturer.
Ive heard/read...and we know how rumors are..that Springfield's stuff that comes from Brazil is of better quality than stuff that is manufactured in the US.
Not 100% sure if this is true, just what i heard/read.