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    Quote Originally Posted by HKGuns View Post
    You are correct Montrala, some Americans have a very myopic view of the world.
    Bah.....

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    Then what's a good country to move the headquarters to for export? Swiss?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jpmuscle View Post
    This makes me sad...


    All the more reason to open up shop in the USA.
    Labour would go through the roof and the Swiss franc just jumped in value relative the euro a couple weeks ago. Not a good place to manufacture things if you plan to export

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr blasty View Post
    Then what's a good country to move the headquarters to for export? Swiss?

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    A country with the population and export infrastructure of China/India, the work ethic of Japan, and the economy of a small African republic. For firearm manufacturing the plant better be ISO certified.

    Being serious and on topic there are domestic manufacturers trying to create firearms/cartridge combos that closely match if not beat the MP7. Just goes to show that there is a market here in the US all be it a narrow one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MorphCross View Post
    A country with the population and export infrastructure of China/India, the work ethic of Japan, and the economy of a small African republic. For firearm manufacturing the plant better be ISO certified.

    Being serious and on topic there are domestic manufacturers trying to create firearms/cartridge combos that closely match if not beat the MP7. Just goes to show that there is a market here in the US all be it a narrow one.
    I'd imagine the real issue is that in the form that many Americans lust for the firearm you need an NFA stamp(s).

    4.6mm is very close to the .17hmr.
    4.6x30 vs 4.5x27mm

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    You forget one thing. Guys from HK are proud to be German company and to work in Oberndorf - historical cradle of German small arms manufacturing. HK moved to any other place, would not be HK anymore.

    Look at Colt. Can you imagine Colt becoming for eg. Mexican or Agentinian or New Zealand company and staying to be Colt in anything but name?
    Montrala

    I'm sponsored competition shooter representing Heckler&Koch, Kahles, Hornady and Typhoon Defence brands in Poland, so I can be biased

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    Quote Originally Posted by montrala View Post
    There is political support from Greens and far left to "kill HK" as "merchant of death" that look for every real or fake reason to harm them. Official language was that German made weapons are too good to let them fall in wrong hands. There was big anti-HK campaign that weapons delivered for Mexican Police and Military were used to fight some insurgents. Probably govt decide that if HK can not police themselves, who they sell, govt will do that for them.
    You're right, Montrala, the German political situation makes it very difficult for HK these days. The press in Germany is out to smear HK for any "crimes" committed using their products, and any knock on the arms industry is a direct shot at HK:

    German rifles may land in child soldiers? hands | World | DW.DE | 13.02.2014;
    German churches succeed in blocking Mideast arms deals - World Tribune | World Tribune;
    INTERVIEW Mexican foreign minister: Let's talk with, not about, each other By Denis Duettmann and Andrea Sosa, dpa | EUROPE ONLINE.

    None of these things should reflect on HK, but they are a scapegoat and demonized by those who do so for political gain. Just think how relentless the left here criticise Haliburton and other defense contractors in the wake of the Iraq war and multiply that by 1000.

    HK just wants to make money (and is desperate to do so to raise cash these days ), and the US civilian market is the largest potential source of that. US import restrictions can be overcome (like FN does with the SCAR, CZ with the Scorpion, etc.), but German export restrictions makes things basically impossible. If HK could sell us MP7s, G36, real 416s, etc., they would. This was straight from the horse's mouth of senior HK leadership from SHOT Show. One of the German guys said that if the greens and communists could blame HK for making the weather bad, they would.
    Last edited by interfan; 01-24-15 at 16:08. Reason: removed caps from "communists" and "greens" since they don't deserve the respect that capital letters afford

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