WOW....I find this all very interesting. Since I started the thread and have kept up on it I thought I'd make a final comment and at the same time say that many, many good comments and anologies have been made. I agree with Rifle that this all happened with Cabelas after they went public and the Cabela's family was out of the picture; it's called greedy strategy for the stockholders. The very same thing that happened at WalMart after Sam Walton passed away; they got greedy and went to off shore mfg. As for Shinbone's question, where do we purchase "American made", we just have to shop around and be committed and willing to pay a little more if we really believe in the "American Made" concept as I do. I worked in business for many years and have a true appreciation for the free enterprise system. My last twenty years of employment was with the world's largest pharmeceutical company. We mfg'd in the U.S. and had mfg'g facilities in more than sixteen other countries more for logistical reasons than for cost of manufacture. For me today and for the last many years it is and will remain a "Made in the U.S.A." mindset or I'll let it go by. I gave Uncle Sam over twenty years of service and of which I'm very proud and I won't desert her at this stage of life. Thanks for all your input and very thoughtful comments....CBB
