A Purdey will always be an expensive item because it is a Purdey, whether it was made by human hands or made on a CNC machine. It's an exclusive gun, not everyone is supposed to own one and not everyone has a need to own one. Double gun owners are a conservative lot and don't care for change which is why we like our ribbed guns, etc. CNC machining has allowed Galazans to turn out some nice stuff. He could have done had it not been for technology.