Who would ACTUALLY buy an AA break barrel?

[ZAKDINGEL]

One thing i have thought about over the years is why no other manufactures haven't done something similar like BSA and had a pcp mec into a break barrel or under lever??

[I. J.]

One thing i have thought about over the years is why no other manufactures haven't done something similar like BSA and had a pcp mec into a break barrel or under lever??

Like the ever popular and so common BSA Spitfire and Firebird?

Would I buy a new A A break barrel? That all depends on quality, price, looks etc. so no firm order from me.

[averageplinker]

Agreed, if it was light enough and looked as good as the Prosport, then yes, I have the money here waiting for one right now.

Pete

How much is it that you would pay for such a beast?
Rich.

[les allam]

I would have one.
Les..

[averageplinker]

I would have one.
Les..

How much would you be willing to pay?
Rich

[les allam]

How much would you be willing to pay?
Rich

If it had a walnut stock £600+,but it would be great if it was cheaper .
It depends if I want it bad enough.
Les..

[averageplinker]

If it had a walnut stock £600+,but it would be great if it was cheaper .
It depends if I want it bad enough.
Les..

Never going to happen at that price. I don't think it would be profitable at twice that cost. So hands up who would pay £1200 plus???
Rich.

[Muskett]

How many would AA have to make to make a profit? Design, Tooling, and if walnut then it would be an relatively expensive old technology spring gun retailing at £650 easy. How big a market for that?
Loads would smart at £650.
Loads would smart at too big, to small, to heavy, too light. Any excuse not to open their wallet.
And could AA get as beautiful a design as a FWB Sport or AA Pro Sport? It would need to be.
Get the design to work and not be too flighty?
Do both 12ft/lbs and for other markets higher.
Lastly, have a great trigger.

A risky venture me thinks.
Yes, I would buy one, but please not this week. I'm still waiting for DeanC to sell his Pro Sport to me!

[chimpy leon]

So long as it was relatively light weight and wasn’t designed specifically for power levels for that of a foreign market and then just simply “neutered” down for sub 12ftlbs. providing it was under £500, then I probably would buy one.

Just imagine a break barrel with the best characteristics taken from say a HW95 and a HW99 and put into a nicely engineered package that didn’t need to be messed about with in order to make it refined to shoot (or in the 99’s case - made reliable).

Air Arms may state that the best performing spring-powered rifle has to have a fixed barrel, but there’s no escaping that break-barrel sales make up a large part of the market and I think they are missing a trick by not releasing one.

[averageplinker]

Would "probably" buy one as long as it was barely more than a standard HW95?????????

[les allam]

Never going to happen at that price. I don't think it would be profitable at twice that cost. So hands up who would pay £1200 plus???
Rich.

I have come to the conclusion that I am way off with my pricing and valuation these days or a total tight Wad . A bit of both I would think.
I Usally buy used guns that interest me, there is nothing out there new that floats my boat at the moment.
Les..

[Mach 1.5]

I for one wouldn't buy one due to the fact it's not going to be any better than rifles I already own. Mach 1.5

[tinbum]

I would have to, but I would treat it like a ginger step-child.

[ZAKDINGEL]

Like the ever popular and so common BSA Spitfire and Firebird?

Would I buy a new A A break barrel? That all depends on quality, price, looks etc. so no firm order from me.

Yes but do you not think that they might have been a little before there time as pcp was still quite new back then really and if that type od system was available in other makes who no's might have took right off???

[Daveo]

In a word
Maybe.
I can’t understand how it’s not commercially viable ?
But I’m naive the ways of business
HW do it and compete against themselves with all their break barrels.
Air arms already have a trigger and piston they could use
I’ve not been on the air gun scene for a while
But didn’t walther bring out a nice, successful break barrel ?
They managed to slip into the market, although they do seem to have vanished??
I’d have one if it was designed to run at uk legal limits
And was running on bearings like their underlevers.
And it wasn’t £1200+
I was in a gun shop today looking for a lightweight air rifle for my daughter
It’s just a sea of crap made in China or turkey
What happened to quality air rifles?