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"Imold"I wonder what is going to be done about service, I mean we for the most part all relied on calling Martin for info on our RAWs, sure there are a few guys out there that have the knowledge to answer our question and you know who you are so no need to mention names until this gets figured out, I kinda feel abandoned with my RAWs now, I’m sure AF will do a good job on keeping up the quality that Martin put into these rifles but being mass produced kinda takes away from the reason most of us payed the money for one of these fine Airguns. I do own a Texan 45 and it is a nice Airgun so that’s a plus now if they came out with one with a mag it would be even better. I guess Martin and Sandra did their due diligence in picking AF and I hope the quality and service stays the same, AF has some big shoes to fill now and I hope they do it right.
If its any indication, look at the example Martin has set in supporting Theoben for years now-after Theoben when away. I think he has proven he will make a way to support his product-I bet that is a personal goal of his through this transition.
My guess is that Theoben gets manufactured by AF now (and maybe even the ‘standard’ (non-customized RAW’s as well), and Martin’s operation becomes the ‘Custom Shop’, for non standard stuff (at higher cost, and longer lead times). Think ‘Anschutz’ and the ‘Anschutz Custom Shop’ arrangement. If that’s the case, then all may be ok...
Then the ‘Custom shop’ Can do R&D also.
Sean
I hope that is the case.
At minimum have Tennessee service the customers willing to pay for the custom build whether it is a custom shop or just RAW as we know it with
some parts made by A.F. instead of in-house.
To me there is nothing on the market that is in the same catagory as the RAW.
Yes there is Mac1, and Thomas at the even higher price point but nothing against them but they leave me cold.
Too much finely machined metal (that sounds like an oxymoron) and not enough wood interface.
They lean over that balance of function and form.
I want my gun to function beautifully and look good while doing it.
And we all love the options given when ordering, custom stock, Poly barrel vs. LW or an american made barrel,
Field trigger setup or bench trigger, you want a titanium cylinder, or do you want a bottle on that TM.
Oh you want a TM stock and bottle on an HM1000 not a problem we can do!
That is what defines RAW!
Oh yeah, and one last thing.
If it does go to production oriented, then the prices better reflect that as we
are paying for all these things, not a gun made in an assembly line.
