I hear you, man. Not sure what is up with Arkansas but Sig came here, Fiocchi came here, CZ is coming here, Daisy has been here, Umarex RWS has been here, then there are boutique manufacturers. Wilson Combat, Nighthawk Customs, and Gun Crafters The first 3 are in Little Rock, Daisy and the boutiques are in NW Arkansas and RWS is in Fort Smith. Texas has (at the very least) Staccato aka STI (Georgetown, TX), Infinity Firearms (Gordon, TX), and TriArc Systems (Mansfield, TX).
Maybe I need to rethink Arkistone