Originally Posted by
Muskett
Had a BSF S70. Almost the proportion of a Vulcan MKI or Annie 335. Full power, lovely build, but being full power it was struggling as you could tell a lot was going on.
American market demands power, though for garden plinking fun why? Testing ballistics, wind and marksmanship then 12ft/lbs does it...trouble is it too hard for most. Heck we see the .17HMR take .22LR ground because .17HMR is just easy. People like flat shooting, high velocity, to get over the tricky stuff.
There is a whole lot of competition out there. Either a company needs deep pockets or not make an expensive mistake. However, stand still and you will be left behind. But make an appealing rifle that delivers and do it well enough and that should give a solid base to continue. AA certainly have some very desirable rifles that they do very well indeed; premium desirable products. We have just seen Theoben shut its doors, I for one don't want another UK manufacturer to follow. I presume AA know what they are doing.