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Without checking, how many items in your home do you know the country of origin for? (midwest.social)
submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Inspired by @[email protected]'s post over here:

https://feddit.org/post/5821462

I was about to post about a BIFL item that I'm happy with, and then realized it was made in Germany. Then I realized that I don't know where most of the stuff in my house is manufactured.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah not many people have heard of them it's this little company called Glock /s

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Huh. Never knew where glocks were made. That makes sense now though

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They also make horse insemination devices

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Does your knowledge of this have anything to do with your username?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'll never tell

[–] Anticorp 1 points 1 week ago

Your silence is worth a thousand words.

[–] Anticorp 1 points 1 week ago

Steyr Arms is also out of Austria and they make precision hunting rifles which are popular among competitive marksmen.