Made in USA. It’s a label that is not very common nowadays,
and when you see it, you probably have doubts as to its authenticity (more on
that later). Does it even matter anymore?
Let’s backtrack to post WW2. As a kid, I remember my
grandfather being very particular in having made in USA products and vehicles.
He built Liberty ships in Long Beach, California during the war, and my grandmother
sewed parachutes. They were part of the war effort, and that shaped how they
viewed the world. Back then it was easy to buy American, as just about
everything including televisions had a domestic manufacturer.
Fast forward to now, and you must put in some legwork to
seek out USA-made stuff and pay a premium on top of it. Some things are not
even possible to source from America anymore. It’s as much of a luxury pursuit
as it is a “patriotic” one.
I use the term “counterfeit” for a lot of things that are
available now, and while the term isn’t necessarily accurate on paper, it is in
practice. I was helping someone install
a doorknob in their house and I asked if they had a screwdriver. I was provided
one that seemed to be made from chrome plated lead, as the Philips drive
twisted into a collapsed lump on a doorknob screw. Junk beyond junk. I said, “this screwdriver is
counterfeit, it looks like one, but it isn’t one”. There are thousands of these counterfeits sold
for every decent screwdriver that is purchased.
There is a lot of junk in the firearms industry, and
increasingly less is being produced in the USA. You cannot assume that a “Made
in USA” label is genuine, as many have their products made overseas and imply
or flat-out lie that it is a US product. Of course, this is only relevant if
you care.
We put a “Made in USA” label on our product, and it’s the
truth.
We make EVERYTHING in house - no farming out, no middleman.
When you purchase one of our products, it starts as a domestically sourced
billet, is designed and machined not 20 feet from where I type and leaves our
facility complete and ready to use.
