The Amazing China airguns.

[bigHUN]

You know what amazes me the most?
In China all guns including airguns are banned to a public. If you wanna play with guns you can still join the PRC army.
Starting from this reality, some of their companies - most likely only selected companies - can engineer and build the airguns or the scopes and many other accessories.
But they cannot physically range test it - not as per common laws, this what my chinese friends telling me ... other then dropping out of fifth floor window or running over with a car.
And here we go... most of the scopes for example coming from that place, arrive to a destination, re-pack and re-Brand, and all or most people happy.

 

[sltech]

Did you see the recent hoopla about the Italian and French super expensive designer stuff that's actually made in China? The $34,000 designer bags were made in China for $1,200.

China can and does make top quality stuff. They will also make cheap crap if that is what they are contracted to make. The problem is not with the Chinese manufacturers, they are capable, it's with the North American importers who insist on the lowest price possible then sell at a higher price to maximize their profits.

On a business trip to China, during negotiations I was offered 3 quotes for the product: cheap, good and best. The choice was mine to make.

You get what you pay for. You want Dollar-store quality and prices, they will make it if you want.

 

[sltech]

To some degree I think the problem is with mainland Chinese culture. The way I had it explained to me was that for generations now in China it has been the case that the government or crooks connected with it might just decide to shut your business down or rip you off at any given time and if they do there is nothing you can do about it. What this has done is fostered a culture of getting what you can when you can because it might not be there tomorrow. This results in Chinese businesses cutting corners and choosing a quick profit whenever they can get it instead of working to build brands with good reputations for quality.

 

[Sawney Bean]

This actually illustrates exactly what I was referring to. There's absolutely no question that the Chinese are capable of manufacturing high quality goods, so why is it that pretty much the entire world, including the Chinese themselves, pay premiums for products manufactured in China by non-Chinese brands? It's because the Chinese manufacturers have an image and a trust problem. People trust a brand like Rolex to maintain a certain level of quality regardless of where their factory is located. And with a brand like Rolex, of course there's prestige and snob appeal involved as well, but for other brands, like Sony, you're just paying for the assurance that they have properly specced the materials and QC'd the assembly.

 

[RickH]

Where do you think they learned how to build a decent pcp? From everyone who creates them, they caught on quickly.

I don’t know where they learned how to do it and it doesn’t matter. They are clearly capable of making good products but the workmanship is not always done as well as it should.

Rick H.

 

[Avator]

It's funny though.. those folks they learned from are now rebranding and selling the Chinese stuff.