It is not simply re branded. Changes have been given to the platform. Miss Victoria does the paper work in her home. Many do. Her Husband is
Turkish, and runs the factory. completely unto and to themselves. They bought the rights from other companies that made the platform and wish to improve it. Her father is involved as well. They started the company for no other reason that they love airgun. Good enough reason for me. Nice to see someone interested in the sport rather than simply the money And exact why she contacted me for advice on improvements. That Is to be commended, not ridiculed. Or at least such asperations are commendable in my book.
She has been genuinely interested in improving the produce. No harm in that. the choice of the wrong material for the hammer guide rod was the biggest issue. Many make the same mistake. Many believe SS is a superior material. There are man types. However, most are unaware that SS agains SS galls.
I have seem manu airgunner talk about Daystates SS barrels. They are not. Simply un-blued L/W standard steel. So if the airgunning world who buys high dollar guns do not know the difference, how can one expect a new company to know all the ends and outs of metallurgy. No doubt there are experts that know pretty much everything. I hear from them often. Most often it is an opinion or an emotional reason for their comments. Not actual knowledge.
I am sure may of you here have seen this day in and day out. No reason to expect other to be out right experts in a new field.
For what it is worth, I was mistaken thinking it was a copy of a Kral which is a copy of an Evanix action. After ja bit o freserch, IK leaned that it is a clone of the highly respected Ataman M2 Carbine from Russia. . Unlike The Evanix system, i uses an actual drop sear rather than the rather archaic snag sear. Which Evanix has refused to bring in to the modern world. Additionally,it incorporates a true tensioned barrel system. Very-Very few offer this and those that do are high end AG's. AAA and JSAR along with a few custom makers are all I can think of at the moment.
Ior one are for giving them a chance. The guns have a few innovations that are only found on higher end guns. Another such feature is the Mono Block construction. Not many do it this way, and those that do are expensive. Yes, there are bugs to work out, but thy are simple and are being addressed.
Other than the issues being addressed, I would like to be able to buy straight from a company rather than paying the rather large mark up a dealer has to charge in order to pay the rent,, power and water, insurance and a lot more before any profit is made. Arken Optics are doing this very thing right now and customers love it. sounds like a solid business plan for a beginning to me.
I do know before I had to retire, I refused to sell to dealers. Collectors bought my work and many spiculated on them and sold them for far more than I charged. The became so outlandishly expensive, I in no way could afford to buy one of my own knives today. GRRRRRRR!!! Knives I sold for hundreds routinely bring thousands today. Unreal!
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