Its surprising just how many manufacturers guns are made outside of the USA. Even good old Remington has a whole line made completely in Russia. Taurus revolvers are basically a S&W. Years ago they paid the S&W engineers to come down to Brazil and teach them how to run a factory. I think it is partially due to labor costs and the free trade agreements that the country has set up. Thats said, ,most of them are still very well made guns. There are a lot of gunsmiths that will only work on some of them because of the quality. For example Wilson Combat will only work on Colt, Springfield, Kimber or S&W pistols.