People are going to buy what they can afford, or what the limits of their credit cards will tolerate. Unless people have unlimited funds to buy everything they want, and of the best possible quality, normal life requires making decisions on how important various purchases are to us, and whether we have to drive to work in a $100K customized Porsche, or a 20 year old beat up truck.
Life in a free market world is about having choices you can make on your own, for yourself. I'm glad I live in a place where I have a range of choices, and can mentally tune out when someone else is giving me what sounds like a sales pitch to buy a new brand of something or other. In the words of Mick Jagger....
Indian made muskets cost on average from 600-700; and there’s additional costs. Gunsmithing the vent hole (many are not vented), most Indian made locks are crude and need tuning. Youv’e now added 200-300$ of gunsmithing costs. Anything else added such as treating the stock or marking the gun appropriately is additional costs.
Most guys in my local re-enactment groups and clubs end up paying 900-1300 for an Indian made gun and almost always try to sell them regrettable for a loss.
I’m also not including the potential costs of making the gun an acccurate shooter, many of these Indian guns simply can’t be shot due to issues in the breech and boring, all it takes is a small flaw for that ball to be jammed and boom !
My only point is that the Indian Made guns are not very worthwhile due to the poor quality and additional costs.
We’re not talking about cars too, we’re talking about a firearm, something that should always be acceptable quality for personal safety as well as those around you. Cars have lemon laws and recal laws, guns dont.
Loyalist arms I would trust to sell a decent Indian made gun however that’s not to be said that many of their guns shipped in are not capable of being Shot, go to their sale page and specials page... many of their guns are flawed and not capable of being shot, they’re sold off as wall hangers and only good for blank shots.
Personally if I ever order from Loyalist, I’d request some custom work on the gun such as lock tuning, spare frizzens, and if possible a proof test (which they likely dont do).
Bottom line... if you want a good quality gun to shoot get a good quality gun to shoot made with high quality wood, steel and properly casted and forged parts. If you want to parade around as a reinactor and shoot blanks, Indian made guns could be a good choice. Personally I like to assemble own from parts I trust; Track of the Wolf, The Rifle Shoppe.. Pedersoli guns are ok, but even they have misgivings.
