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Michael, the 1911 Defender's frame and slide is manufactured in Brazil by IMBEL and imported By Springfield based in Geneseo, Illinois.

YES, made in Geneseo, Illinois. Several years ago, Springfield cut all ties with Imbel Brazil They won't say who they source their parts from though, or who makes the forgings. Now all their 1911s are made in USA. Not with part outside the USA. Some of their parts are from venders in the USA they make some parts and all the tooling is done 100% in the USA as well.

All currently made Springfield 1911's are all made here in the US, from US sourced steel/parts. They dropped Imbel back about 2015/16