Comments on: Not Buying American

By: sheepdog.blog-city.com

sheepdog.blog-city.com — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:05:13 +0000

What’s the deal with the gov buying foreign made guns?
Update: Found another. The SPAS-12 shotgun, used by police across our nation. Which btw has been recalled for of all things, accidental discharge. Greeaaat. About as reliable as those Kabooming Glocks.Texas Tattlers talks here about security for the

By: SayUncle

SayUncle — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 17:33:54 +0000

Both my uppers (from J&T) are made by FN. I thought they were more parts than complete rifles.

By: Heartless Libertarian

Heartless Libertarian — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 17:29:35 +0000

Just something to note, though: FN builds the M240 series, the M249, and the M-16 in Columbia, SC, along with other military and police toys. Beretta, I believe, builds M9s in North Carolina (the plant, IIRC, also once made M-16s). And H&K is looking to build a plant in Columbus, GA.

And if you already build military weapons, I can’t imagine it being too tough to get a permit to make prototypes of new ones.

By: F�z

F�z — Sat, 01 Jan 2005 08:09:33 +0000

The civie version of M-8 is the SL-8T.

By: mostly cajun

mostly cajun — Fri, 31 Dec 2004 17:32:01 +0000

See if you can answer this question:

Suppose that I have this absolutely revolutionary design for a new fully-automatic weapon. I want to build and test a prototype to validate my design before I go to the military or a major manufacturer. Here’s the question: Do you know how much effort I’m going to have to expend just to get permission to BUILD siad prototype?

The Federal government has stifled independent developement by burying initiative under a mountain of paperwork.

By: John of Argghhh!

John of Argghhh! — Fri, 31 Dec 2004 15:31:48 +0000

Well, all those Austrian, Swiss, and German products aren’t old enough to get on my ‘scope, yet…