NH gun news (S&W, T/C, Ruger)

[KBCraig]

Couple of items of note for NH gun rights activists.

Smith & Wesson has purchased NH-based Thompson/Center Arms, makers of excellent single-shot pistols and rifles for target and hunting, amongst other offerings.

Many gun activists haven't forgiven S&W for the Clinton/HUD deal (restricting sales), and demand a full and public repudiation of the agreement. The company has changed hands since then, but the agreement is still in place.

Second item, I notice that Ruger is cutting jobs at their NH manufacturing facility.

Kevin

[41mag]

As a former ruger employee this came as no surprise.  The company hasn't been doing that well recently due to management.

[Atlas]

Hopefully guns won't go the way of the American automotive industry.

[KBCraig]

Hopefully guns won't go the way of the American automotive industry.

As a consumer item, they already have, and quite some time ago. The vaunted Browning name has long been produced in Japan and Belgium. The popular marque of Taurus originates in Brazil. Charles Daly, Rock River, and myriad other "American" brands are made in the Philippines, Turkey, Brazil, etc.

Even U.S. manufacturing operations are often based in anti-gun locations. Springfield Armory is in Geneseo, Illinois; Henry Repeating Arms Co. is in Brooklyn; Smith & Wesson are based in Connecticut.

That's not a bad thing. Guns these days are affordable for the average person who doesn't shoot competitively, but who only needs a gun that goes "bang!" six times in a row with each squeeze of the trigger when TSHTF.

If we're talking about a post-apocalyptic scenario, well... "when machine shops are outlawed, only outlaws can make guns."

So long as Pakistani villagers can operate barefoot bellows under a charcoal fire, and turn stolen sections of railroad steel into perfect copies of Lee-Enfield rifles with nothing more than a hammer and a file, then I have complete confidence that our machinist friends in the U.S. can product any firearm needed.

Kevin

[Lloyd Danforth]

I'm pretty sure you must mean Afganistani's and I think they have moved up to AK47......'s filing parts held between their feet

[KBCraig]

Properly, they're neither Afghanis nor Pakistanis, but Pashtuns who pay no attention to the border. They've been making rifle copies in the Khyber Pass since they first captured Martini-Henrys from the Brits.

Kevin

[Lloyd Danforth]

They really loved the Enfield, though

[KBCraig]

They really loved the Enfield, though

Me too. I think I've got 7 of them now. No Khyber Pass Specials, though.

There's a current batch of Martinis and Snyders imported from Nepal, but I think most of them are authentic.

Kevin

[Lloyd Danforth]

I have a non-discript MK 1, and a Snyder receiver(somewhere).  I remember the Martinis were popular for building something, but, I can't remember. It was either big stuff or hot small bore stuff for woodchuck.

[KBCraig]

I remember the Martinis were popular for building something, but, I can't remember.

There were a lot of them rebarrelled (or relined) for .22 LR. They'd be quite the woodchuck stopper. They were used for target matches and cadet training.