I agree.
Actually I would think more machine work could mean better quality for the money.
I recently had both a Webley and Scott 700 and a lower/mid grade Greener boxlock apart for a strip and clean.
I would think both these guns roughly equivalent grade wise but 60 odd years apart.
The Greener while well enough made had many variables when comparing each part of which there were two .
In short it was fairly obvious they had been largely filed up out of larger forgings and hand fitted.
The W&S however looked far more precise with every piece looking like a mirror image of its counterpart.
The tolerances were also better,although to be fair the Greener could have had more use.
In fact its hard to see how a boxlock could be made much better internally than the W&S,other than a high polish.
