Thread: savage axis, what a complete POS!

Originally Posted by Tussock

What you should be complaining about is the rifles for the NZ market are not chosen on quality, but on which models they can buy a vast quantity of at a hugely discounted price, then flog on to the NZ public at tripple the price. The importers probably paid $200 each for those horrible things. Like I said, Savages RRP is $470 NZ.

Savage makes a lot of very very nice rifles. Deluxe models, lightweights, rifles with decent composite stocks.

The NZ importers only bring in the bargain basement economy rifles in bulk, and tripple the price. Complain about them.

All you need to do is walk into a gun store (at least in Auckland) and this is very evident. Everything is "plastic fantastic" shit, which over here costs more than a damn nice rifle in the US.

I recently wanted a bolt action 22, so I walked straight past the brazilian made mossbergs, straight past the crappy starlings and marlins, straight past the savage plastic basic models and just said "I want a blue'd, wooden Savage Mk2 G. Can you get me one.". The answer I got: "No one has any at the moment. You'll have to wait for 3 months~". So I walked out with a CZ452.

At $500 the Savage Mk2 is cheap enough to just go and grab one. But in the states they're $240US D: I'd have a few for that.
It's the same deal with all the centerfire stuff. A decent gun like a Model 700 or Tikka over here is $1,200... in the states it's a fraction of that.

Do any of you guys import your own guns? Surely it's gotta save some serious dough doing that?