Quote Originally Posted by larrylamppost View Post
i'm struggling too even though i live in 'affluent' surrey,i have no mortgage because i worked my arse off and got that noose from around my neck.i drive a tatty little car but i absolutely WILL NOT buy from abroad,i support my local rfd and always will.end of.

Id love to support my rfd as much as the baker, the butcher, the candlestick maker and whatever other local firms are around. But the harsh reality is if you can buy the very same product from somewhere else and save hundreds of pounds it doesn't make any sense paying for the dearer version.
I've seen some of the margins my local rfd has on new guns and I think people would be shocked, they dont make that much. A second hand gun will normally be more profitable than a new one. But here lies the problem, exactly who is it that makes the huge gains? Because if Europe can sell me the same product but with a sometimes 30% discount theres something wrong somewhere along the line.