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Old 01-07-2004, 11:34 PM
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Arthur P
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Default RE: hunting gear made 100% in the United States.

My selfbows. Unfortunately, the wood in the riser of my recurves and longbow came from South America.

Speaking of raw materials... which is where you actually START from... did you know the aluminum in your compound risers and cams is NOT domestic? The U.S. produces less than 1% of the bauxite (aluminum ore, if you will) that we use each year, and most of what we do produce is used to make abrasives. That's why recyling aluminum is so important. The forged magnesium riser is what you're looking for. The US produces all the magnesium we need.

But then you'll have to chase down the source for the steel used to make the screws, bolts and axles in your bow. Might be domestic steel but it might just as easily be imported. And those pesky cams, rests, sights, arrow shafts/inserts, broadhead ferrules, releases... all those things that are made out of aluminum... what are we gonna do about all that stuff?

Hate to rain on the Made in the USA parade, but anything that's got aluminum in it is not entirely 100% USA made, start to finish.
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