So, to conclude, perhaps, it is underrated by people who have never owned or used one, but rated correctly by those who have as a worthy HW77/TX competitor, though not quite up to the full spectrum of 77/TX excellence (trigger, odd scope rail)?
And it was late. By the time it arrived in 1990, PCPs were where it was at, and no-one had as much interest in springers as just a few years before - even Webley got the Eclipse on the market by 1988.