Originally Posted by
bigbulls
I will to provided that the American made product is of equal or greater quality... even if it costs a little more money for the American made rifle. Unfortunately for the American made rifles this isn't the case. The Howa is a better made rifle than Ruger, Remington, Savage, Marlin, Mossberg, etc...
In fact, the only production grade rifle made in America that is of equal or better quality to the Howa's are the FN made Winchester model 70's.
Our economy isn't in trouble simply because of imported goods but that is another topic all together.
I guess that would be your opinion. I personally would rate all the above stated rifles better in quality and craftmanship. How many accuracy titles does Howa own? How many snipers use Howa? How many custom rifle buiders are using Howa Actions for a base platfom for the custom builds? NONE!, that I am aware of, but maybe you could educate me on this. Even Weatherby doesnt use Howa to build there top models, the Mark V is made in America and is twice the gun as the Vangaurd which is built by Howa, The Vangaurd is Weatherby's base line gun, the cheapest thing they build.