“Big DOD contracts at stake, you know. “
The consumer boycott against S&W made them cry. Does Marlin and Mossberg get enough government contracts to survive a protest boycott?
People are gonna continue buying their choices in firearms while they still have the chance. Nobody's going to make the choice to punish any of the firearms makers you mention over the stupidity of a bunch of yankee politicians.
If anything, Colt, Ruger, et al will just move their manufacture of standard capacity magazines somewhere else, or they'll just outsource that part of the business.