How much would you pay for a top end off the shelf springer?

[FPoole]

Would it really be necessary to employ an additional member of staff to assemble a normal production gun using none standard components? Would it be necessary to try and improve upon existing very high standards of blueing Air Arms currently provides? Could Minneli not produce some higher grade walnut furniture?

I do not think it would be as expensive or troublesome to produce a higher grade gun for a manufacturer such as AA personally.

Andy

Have to agree. AA has beautiful bluing already. They could bring back the old MarkI stroke and have one of the assembly line guys use only guides that fit the spring snuggly. Now take a few minutes setting the trigger to a finer let off. Top this off by hand picking only the best looking walnut stocks that they already have. This would be one perfect airgun at a reasonable price. AA could probably do this to the TX for the same price they get for a Pro Sport.

[maximus]

After reading this thread I looked up the price of a new walnut pro sport on Blackpool Air rifles web site, they are now £585, pretty close to the £600 target price mentioned above.

[angrybear]

Reading through the above there is a huge difference in what people seem to be classing as "top end" and the opinions of value match those different classifications.
Obviously the difference in price & sales potential between say a nice AA factory special, a Weihrauch that's gone to a respected tuner to be fettled, or the airgun equivalent of a custom hand built Purdy shotgun is going to be worlds apart.