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One is Atlantic Arms Manufacturing, a sister company of Atlantic Arms, Bunting says. Another is I.O., Inc., a small firearms manufacturer in Florida that says it sells its 100 percent American-made AK-47-style guns for $400 to $600.
Just yesterday, I was chatting with a guy who's rebuilding a Lyman Alaskan for me. They do Lyman's, and old German stuff, mostly. He said they used to make their own 6x target scopes, and sold them for $1,500 each. He said it's possible to produce a scope from USA only components, but the demand isn't there to take it beyond a custom-shop production level, and the price is likely going to be around that level.