I can’t understand why Smith and Wesson stays in Massachusetts or Springfield Armory stays in Illinois either.
SIG is in NH.
I always wondered why many gun makers are up north , hell I’ve always wondered why any business is up north having to deal with unions, taxes etc
“....or Springfield Armory stays in Illinois either.”
Les Baer, a mgfr of high quality 1911 pistols and AR rifles, moved his company out of Ill. into Iowa several years ago.
SIG is in NH.
I always wondered why many gun makers are up north , hell I’ve always wondered why any business is up north having to deal with unions, taxes etc
Both companies do most of the actual work out of state. S&W has always done much fabrication in Brazil (Bangor Punta) And commercial SA also uses Brazil and other places. It’s been awhile since I’ve been to either office but I expect all you’ll find at either place now is a chick answering the phone.
Used to work with a guy that has some type of family connection to Springfield. According to him, Chicago and Springfield are where all the anti-gun noise comes from. Apparently the rest of the state is actually very pro-gun, but those two cities have all the pull in the state. See:
And S&W isn’t much different. Their plant is in Western Mass, far away from Boston and Menino. Western Mass, outside of the college towns, has a bit of a conservative streak. Again, the state is run by the big cities.