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- From: aeporro@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov (Bob Porro)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Norinco 1911 vs Springfield
- Message-ID: <22JAN199313043299@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 23:40:54 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
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- In article <ffEA02P732SV01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>, efk00@cd.amdahl.com (Eddie Kieger) writes...
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- ##Someone recently mentioned a shop that sold new Norincos for $339.
- ##If the prices for Norinco and Springfield are about the same (for new
- ##guns), why choose one over the other?
- # ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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- #Well, don't take it personal, but I am amazed that this question is
- #asked. Given equivalent quality, I would HOPE that most Americans
- #would buy an American gun. I know that at least I would. One reason
- #why I am not even considering Browning for my new hunting rifle.
- #
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- However, you have to face up to the fact that we are living in an
- ever-increasing international marketplace. For example, Springfield imports
- the raw forgings for its 1911s from Brazil and then final machines them in
- the U.S. I would think that the modern Browning designs are engineered here
- in the U.S., but are only manufactured overseas.
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