The TX (introduced 1991) and the Umarex LGV/LGU (5 years old design?) both try to mass manufacture a close-tolerance, well designed springer that works better out of the box than the competition.

That must be the way forward for quality springers, albeit that (apart from my Turkish suggestion above) things like deep lovely bluing on production guns (think of Webleys pre-2005) and really fine walnut stocks are now too expensive for anything other than specials put together either by enthusiasts in sheds (who don't charge themselves for their time) or someone who has a day job but knocks up some customs on the weekend as a profit-making glorified hobby - until he gets bored or life gets in the way.

Not quite what this thread is about, but I am convinced that a factory in China with good CNC machinery and high QC standards could turn out a really high-performing springer that would retail at £250. It might not have the nicest external metal or wood finish, but it would shoot with the best of them. Problem for us is, it would be a 20+ ft-lbs beast aimed to sell big in the US.