Thread: The WORST Firearm You Ever Owned

Originally Posted by gadgetman

No. It just means that the shops push the Ruger more in order to make more money.

you are putting the cart before the horse. how do you make more money if the market does not want to buy it? Your theory is fundamentally incompatible with the current economic theory of supply and demand. in the same vien, would you suggest the reason Tikka T3 is the most popular bolt action centrefire because shops get more profit from selling Tikka T3 than other guns? and cannot possibly be that T3 is the most popular gun in the eyes of the consumers?

Originally Posted by gadgetman

We used to mainly buy British cars here. Was it because they were great? No, they leaked oil, most needed a recondition at about 80,000km, ... It was because it was all that was available due to trade agreements.

You have already acknowledged that it is not analogous then why make this analogy? British cars were the only option because of the trade agreement. But has there ever been a trade agreement with Ruger to not sell Marlin and Norinco and CZ semis in New Zealand?

Originally Posted by gadgetman

Those are the people the gun shops like. They don't know any better and are therefore easily persuaded into buying something that isn't the best for what they really want to do.

Be that as it may, the point is simply that there is a large body of consumers who do not turn their minds to the more nuanced analysis and would just settle for the more "robust" product. This is not just the case for guns, the same goes for many other types of products. Corolla has never been the fastest, or the cheapest, or the most economical, or the most stylish small car. It is reliably and robust. People can go on years without proper service and maintenance schedules and they would still run. An European car owner may well say that is not the right way to treat a car, my fiat which I service once every 6 month or 3000 km has just been reliable.... yet Corolla is the most popular small car in New Zealand. Fiat is not.