It's not all money. Countries like Germany and Switzerland have laws about what they can and can't export. Which is why you have a Sig USA and not to many real Swiss Sig riflesPERHAPS YOU HAVE A POINT FRIEND, MAYBE ITS THE END OF SEASON FOR METALIC HANDGUNS. I GUESS TIME WILL TELL. HERE IN EUROPE HOWEVER, METALICS STILL ARE SOUGHT AFTER. AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT IS MORE ECONOMICAL TO PRODUCE SOMETHING IN THE US, THAN EUROPE AND THEN SHIP IT TO THE US. PERHAPS THE REASONS WHY BERETTA AND SIG SAUER MOVED PRODUCTION THERE. NOT SURE WHAT THE COSTS ARE IN CHECH REPUBLIC FOR THE CZ MANUFACTURE. TIME WILL TELL.
It wasn't a dollar less it was simply that Beretta outbid Sig on parts. The chosen company had to provide not only the gun but also spare partsPERHAPS YOU ARE RIGHT FRIEND. I REALLY DO NOT KNOW THE EXPORT LAWS OF GERMANY SWITZERLAND OR ITALY, AND I CAN NOT HAVE A CERTAIN WAY OF FINDING THEM OUT. I HAD READ IN THE PAST, BERETTA HAD MADE ITS PISTOL FACILITY IN MERYLAND, BECAUSE THAT WAS A DEMAND IN THE MILITARY CONTRACT. TO BUILT THE PISTOLS ON US GROUND. SO, THIS IS ONE IS IN PAR WITH WHAT YOU SAY. OTOH,I READ THAT THE F92 WAS CHOSEN OVER THE P226, BECAUSE IT WAS A DOLLAR LESS PER PIECE. THEREFORE, I THINK, EVEN THOUGH AS YOU SAY OTHER FACTORS ARE IN PLAY, COST MIGHT STILL BE THE MOST CRUCIAL.
