The UK dealers are (mostly) at the mercy of the UK agents, most of which by now have made a song and dance about how only rifles bought through them will avail of warranty in the UK.

Thus scaring people into buying via their inflated sales channels. The thing is, more and more people are getting knowledgable about servicing these rifles, so let's hope the prices with Europe level out.

Although worth noting the German dealers buy at the cheapest price, so in fact they're making more margin than the UK dealers.