American made:
They wanted to replace m16, ended up with epic fail #2
http://world.guns.ru/assault/as78-e.htm
And saying hi points work well for the price isn't saying much, some people will call you a gun snob for bashing them, but you cnat get past questionable reliability (seriously, that many people commenting on "they honored my warranty and customer service is good) there shouldnt be that many returned guns, and ive heard of lots of hi point snot doing well. They shoot about minute of man, but have poor trigers and unconfortable grip. Hi points just suck