I said that quite some time back. Buy whatever floats your boat. I simply asked for some definition of the cost differential. What i received were primarily rationalization or just "better because it costs more". Then people kept climbing into the thread making the same arguments. So I wanted...
The irony here is your complete and utter lack of self awareness. You whine about the number of responses. Then your ego tells you that your weak responses are somehow more important than those made by people that are capable of authoring posts with actual arguments.
One must repeat for the people who fail to grasp simple concepts the first few times they have the concept explained. Some people when failing to find a cogent response to simple concept attack the person rather than the concept. Trying in a very weak manner to deflect from their failure.
Your best is an arbitrary date that has zero to do with what has been written. You think that someone's knowledge and experience can be tied to the date this account joined this forum. Weak and pretty pathetic.
When given a choice wood with a bottle. Wood just looks so much better than synthetic. You can also change the look of wood with a bit of sanding and oil or stain. The problem then is that what kind of wood? Some cheap grainless beech or fir then go synthetic. I had an Avenger for a while, the...
Good times, bunch of Harvard students thought they would take over some newsgroups. They ran into a group of Engineers, Scientists, Professors, Admins and worst of all Poets who objected. Smoking craters were the result. I miss those days...
I have friends in Barcelonetta. They kept me appraised once they had communication. And yeah, the island thing made it tough to help. On top of the horrible federal government response.
I competed back in my military days. But that was more about access to the range, a dedicated rifle and ammo for free. The USAF generally did not let most non-cop jobs stateside even qualify after basic training. I have no interest in competition ignoring the fact my skills have deteriorated...
Anschutz is getting close at $5000. https://www.anschutznorthamerica.com/store/p49/9015_ONE_3_Position_%28014747%29.html But that falls into the Competition exception. You pay what you must to win. The other 95% have no use for a rifle like that. Or the Black Wolf or the next FX incremental...
Again, when then final point is made "spending the money" I will never spend that money, but I actually can identify some of the cost differential that each and every one of the people that here actually buy a Black Hawk failed to do. Machining and Materials. While the BT65 is a fine rifle it...
And after asking for 8 pages to define what you are getting the ONLY thing identified is a name. Not a feature, not a function, just the name. Oh and "it costs more which makes it a finer thing"
As my nephew says, "you cheat". I keep my process as simple as I can. I watch teams doing all these steps because the pro teams do those steps. i hav 3 basic steps, Season, Smoke, Slice. To keep it simple, for competition, I start with the best meat I can find, Cheshire Pork, Marble...
If you need to imagine laughing at people for spending ridiculous amounts of money for air guns is whining, be my guest. I am sure you have many other rationalizations to justify your expense.