Come to think of it, the price of your old Sterlingworth just went up as well.
The previous Director at AyA was voted out by a block of employee/owners and other management types in November. Most of the orders they will be building-on early this year are likely to be from the previous year's pricelist. Whether the new price list is an act of desperation or a move to more accurately reflect the increasing costs of operation (or both?) is unknown, as is the market's response to it. AyA is the only big-name Spanish firm that I can think of that is still hand-building boxlocks, with the 4/53 being their "loss-leader". Most of the remaining big-name firms there only build sidelock "bests". Starting prices for those entry-level guns are nearing $10K now.
The cost of a good time just keeps going up, doesn't it?
Last edited by Lloyd3; 03/12/14 10:31 PM.
