Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!cbatt!ucbvax!jade!jkh From: jkh@jade.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.rec.guns Subject: Re: Pellet guns (followup) Message-ID: <2592@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: Mon, 23-Feb-87 17:53:25 EST Article-I.D.: jade.2592 Posted: Mon Feb 23 17:53:25 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 27-Feb-87 00:28:25 EST Organization: U.C. Berkeley Lines: 31 Approved: jkh@ucbjade Author: Will Martin -- AMXAL-RI Article: 2:23 Just a quick note to respond to Alan Marcum's comments: What I was describing about Beeman having an extra level of inspection and warranty was in comparison to buying air guns via mail or phone order from Shotgun News ads. You can save on the price if you know exactly what you want and carefully search Shotgun News for ads from distributors who will sell to non-FFL-holders and pick the very cheapest combination of cost + shipping. However, you are probably on your own if there is a defect or a problem. You are paying for a level of backup and dealer servicing when you buy from Beeman or a similar retail-level source. This is really something entirely different from having a specific gun selected out for you by the factory. Also, remember that my posting was in response to someone who was interested in airguns for "backyard plinking" or the like. A competitive airgun target shooter is several orders of magnitude up the scale in interest, committment, and involvement with this field. I doubt if there can really be a valid comparison made between such disparate requirements. However, we'd like to hear more from you about the field. From where DO the competitors you mentioned buy their airguns, if they don't go direct to the factories (which I would assume most never could do; that must be a rare exception)? Are there firms known only to the elite that cater to this select customer base, or do these people do their own customizing and maintenance, accurizing and tweaking ordinary airguns bought from those Shotgun News sources I mentioned? Regards, Will Martin wmartin@ALMSA-1.ARPA (on USENET try ...!seismo!wmartin@ALMSA-1.ARPA )