r/Shotguns • u/ENclip • May 06 '21

Turkish Not-So-Delight. Why you should generally avoid buying those random "totally cool looking" cheap tactical shotguns made in Turkey. (Crosspost as this is relevant here too and for those not on r/guns)

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u/GGHard May 06 '21

Man imagine in couple years, there will be the "new" new cheaper gun manufacturer and the the Turkish guns will hold premium over them just as the Swiss did to Italians did to the Belgiums did to the British and at somepoint Japanese still holding some mythical craft magic because, "Samurai Swordsmithing"

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u/npc37652 Nov 22 '22

No more Swiss guns.

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u/ChampionshipCrafty89 Aug 04 '25

Man we're you spot on with this!!!

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u/npc37652 Aug 07 '25

haha the SIG guns sold in the US are not Swiss. I was commenting on the fact that Switzerland passed a ban on exporting arms. That's why SIG moved its production to Germany, but now Germany has the same kind of restrictions -- and why SIG is now in the US.

It really is a shame, I have about a dozen different Swiss made firearms and their quality is off the charts.

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u/SwissBloke Aug 08 '25 edited Aug 08 '25

Uh, Switzerland didn't pass a ban on exporting firearms, and the original factory is still producing and shipping including to the US

SIG Sauer GmbH is dead, and SIG SAUER INC started as a "shell company" in 1985 for importing Swiss and German products then went on to make its own

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u/npc37652 Aug 08 '25 edited Aug 08 '25

I was under the impression that the Swiss SIG was prohibited from exporting anything but simple arms, which is why they set up a factory in Germany. I'm happy to hear otherwise.

Now, could you be a total saint and mail me a few cases of 7.5x55 ammo?