I don't know. Using a grand old name like Herters to sell low grade Russian ammo just ain't right. Yes , most of the original Herters ammo in the 50s-60s was imported , but first quality and reloadable. They sold primers , powders , cases , bullets , jackets and all forms of reloading tools.
Even Midway is using the Frankford Arsenal name.
Some Winchesters and Brownings are made in Japan. Are they really Winchesters and Brownings if made abroad?
The current Springfield Armory Inc (Ill), while excellent products and service , boasts "The oldest name in American Firearms" , even though they have nothing to do with the historical US Springfield Armory (Mass). They just want you to think that way. Like the Rock Island brand on the imported 1911s from the Phillipines.
But getting people to buy something , while thinking they're getting something else , selling 'nostalgia' if you will , is the new American way.
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