Originally Posted By: L. Brown

King, Kyrie has a different approach. Instead of "just buying the name", he just buys the country of origin. Seems to me one doesn't make much more sense than the other . . . unless you're focusing maybe on collectible guns from country X, Y, or Z.


Ah, Larry. Never met a wrong conclusion you wouldn't jump to.

I buy firearms for some combination of reasons, including but not limited to, workmanship, utility, interesting design, historical significance. I have guns from, to name a few places, Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Germany (Imperial, East, West, Unified), Hungary, Italy, Peoples' Republic of China, Russia, Soviet Union, and Turkey.

And I've not wasted a dime buying a company name :-)