There are those who feel the most minute qualities of a gun's handling properties, or so they say!
If this would be the case, I'd say there would be a difference in the 10k and 5k gun.
Ah, a "princess and the pea" theory!
So "those who feel the most minute qualities of a gun's handling" can sense the cash value of a gun by the way it handles?
How many here would be willing to wager a C-note on a blindfold test? Start with five guns priced across a spectrum from $2,500 to $10,000. Equipped with a good blindfold and fine, thin leather shooting gloves, can any of these these refined and sensitive gentlemen pick up the guns, handle them, and then rank them precisely by price?
The "princess and the pea" theory presumes some sort of objective standards for "handling properties" - a perfect weight, a perfect balance, a perfect MOI - which is absolute nonsense. Every gunner has his own subjective standards for handling, and his standards can change depending on the use for which the gun is intended. A "best" gun may not be best handling for a particular kind of shooting afield.
But there will always be a few "princesses" among us who can't judge a gun without a price tag, and obsess about a pee in their bed...
