New Blaser Clay Gun

[Figgy]

Starting price of over 12k for what looks like a Beretta 68 series Black Onyx action is far too much money. But no doubt they done their homework on marketing and getting the product in the hands of the right people to sell them to the masses.
I’m getting older and more cynical when it comes to what is basically two metal tubes a chunk of wood and a few levers and springs in the action.
Virtually all modern guns are cnc produced and not hand made or even fullyhand engraved. When the likes of Browning and Caesar Guerini to name two can produce decent winning clay guns for half the price and make profit where do they get their pricing from? Looks alone even if it was only 4k it would be a no from me.

 

[General Skanky]

Starting price of over 12k for what looks like a Beretta 68 series Black Onyx action is far too much money. But no doubt they done their homework on marketing and getting the product in the hands of the right people to sell them to the masses.
I’m getting older and more cynical when it comes to what is basically two metal tubes a chunk of wood and a few levers and springs in the action.
Virtually all modern guns are cnc produced and not hand made or even fullyhand engraved. When the likes of Browning and Caesar Guerini to name two can produce decent winning clay guns for half the price and make profit where do they get their pricing from? Looks alone even if it was only 4k it would be a no from me.

I often wonder about prices too.

However, depending on who you listen to.

Following Covid, we have seen huge price rises across all sectors due to sourcing materials etc. Look at food for example. The Ukraine war has also pushed up energy costs. And we're talking by a lot on both fronts. I hear reports of what used to cost say £100 for something before is now £400+ or more.

Add in the profit margins and possibly a shrinking market in the UK for guns, to my mind, it can add up to pricey guns.

Also, as mentioned in a post above, the Blaser factory looks like it has had a lot of investment in it too.

Chuck it all in the pot, stir it up with EU trade rules, UK trade rules, taxes etc etc, and I can see the pricing being where it is at.

And yes, all the above is my clear economic expertise in these tough times.

 

[DavidJ]

What's the obsession with balancing on the PIN.... Shouldn't the balance be between the shooters hands, then a choice for the shooter to move it if they prefer it towards the stock or forend.

Lot's comment about the plain action of the F3. I don't get it, you can't see the action when your shooting it and for me the plain action is one of the things that define a Blaser. I've also never seen the barrel bulges for the chokes when I'm shooting. I did find the change to stickers for the action logos a step to far a gun of it's expense.

I'd like to know if the ejectors on the new gun cock in the same way they do on the F3

 

[Freddypip]

The assumption is the pin will fall between the hands and its the ideal place for the balance to be when the gun is mounted. Each person though is different so a bit either way then gives an indication of whether it might work for you. It's also a good reference point for measuring the weight with some consistency from gun to gun.

 

[SBL]

Diminishing returns and market forces.
Plenty of people have money (look at the amount of Krieghoffs in an average club setting) and are happy to have what they consider to be at the top of the market.
I see some nice idea's in this gun but they alone don't really warrant the amount of extra money. The marketing department will look and decide what they think they can get away with on sales price.
The same with the SL2, I don't see how they can possibly justify the jump from the DT11 price but clearly someone thinks enough of the paying public will pay the premium for the small advances.