Quite a bit of the essay on the barrels of imported guns is not optional, it is required by federal law. If you have a complaint with seeing who imported it, their address, what gauge it is, and where it was made, start with your elected officials.
Tom, the only thing I can add is I'm not angry. But, rather, sad. Look at what you get on the same Fox Sterlingworth versus anything that comes from, say, Turkey. The Fox is a plainly finished gun that almost any gunsmith can fix, that more than likely has been working well for generations. Larry nailed it on the reliability quotient on the new stuff, it frequently is rough, even the guns that are still made here, Gold Label, 1100 Remington, whatever. I'll PAY what it takes to have the gun trouble free to begin with. The gun market is mature, and there isn't a giant wellspring of new buyers down the road for any of these makers. Why can't they spend the time and money to get it right to begin with?
The only thing I'd suggest is that they have to offer enough custom options to allow a buyer to have a gun that will suit his use of it, be it hunting, skeet, trap, sporting clays or a little bit of everything. That complicates a lot of things right there, but, "One size fits all" is never going to work in the new double arena, and a manufacturer needs to come to grips with it, and plan a way of attacking it.
Best,
Ted
