[central_va]

I am not aware of any real blue steel weapons foundries in Montana. Please correct me if I am wrong.

[willgolfforfood]

Good question. I was wondering what actual gun manufacturers and/or ammunition manufacturers are located in Montana. Maybe some will re-locate there soon.

[Straight Vermonter]

Manufactured means assembled. A person could buy components and assemble them and they will have “manufactured” a gun in the state.

The Japanese used to import cars, with a few parts missing, and put the parts on here so they were then manufactured in the USA.

[Panzerlied]

“I am not aware of any real blue steel weapons foundries in Montana. Please correct me if I am wrong.”

That could change now.

[DBrow]

“I am not aware of any real blue steel weapons foundries in Montana.”

Isn’t Illinois threatening to kick firearms factories out?

If Montana secedes and “everybody” wants to move there there will have to be jobs...currently, isn’t the population 700K or so? adding 40K to that means people with no work, unless some industries move in.

[Rebelbase]

“I am not aware of any real blue steel weapons foundries in Montana. “

If Montana succeeds then all the guns will be coming from the United States (unless they get some cool Israeli models on import)

[AFreeBird]

I am not aware of any real blue steel weapons foundries in Montana. Please correct me if I am wrong.

I'm not aware either, but I really haven't researched it. Regardless, it might make for an attractive relocation state for mfg's in states that want to ban them.

[antiRepublicrat]

Google rules. This is incentive for more manufacturing companies to set up in Montana. They can make all their guns there, and even some extra stuff for the local market without worrying about the feds.

[RobinOfKingston]

I am not aware of any real blue steel weapons foundries in Montana. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Looks like a business opportunity to me.

[rednek]

"I am not aware of any real blue steel weapons foundries in Montana"

There will be now!...red

[Feckless]

I think Sharps makes long guns there.

[wastedyears]

I imagine most major firearm manufacturers would put a plant in Montana. It would increase the firearms in circulation, lower the price, maybe increase the availability of ammunition, as well as create jobs.

All things the stimulus could never hope of doing.

[Jacob Morgan]

“I am not aware of any real blue steel weapons foundries in Montana. Please correct me if I am wrong.”

Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems like a major game change has gone on in the firearms industry over the past 15 years. Used to, everything was forged then machined on purpose built machines (think Smith and Wesson up until the 1980’s). Then things were cast and machined a little bit (think Ruger). Until the 1990’s how many arms makers were there in the US that made more than, say, 300 guns a year? Not that many; it took a lot of capital to start an arms company based on forging, casting, or machining on purpose built machines.

But now CNC machinery is cheap and there are a lot of people out there who can program them and set them up. The point is that it doesn't take a huge amount of capital anymore. Look at all the new arms makers to show up in the past 15 years. Whereas gun smiths used to rework Colt 1911, a bunch of outfits now make them from bar stock. Does anyone even have a list of all the AR-15 makers? New cartridges and arms are designed and made faster than gun grabbers can try to catalog them.

If there is demand for it Montana, it will be produced there.