Expensive ARs in Europe

[5thDragoons]

My Euro pals all make a face when I ask how many ARs they had... before the boating accident. They all don't have one and no plans for that.

My Hungarian friend sent a Kettners catalog (Euro version of Cabelas) in the last box. Pretty interesting! It would be cool show up at the range with a Schmeisser AR... if they were a lot cheaper. Schmeisser also got on the 1911 bandwagon - in 9mm only. SW
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And just for fun, here's one of their airgun pages. The double barrel Ithaca & Auto Burglar clone looks pretty neat!
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[Doc Sharptail]

100 eu for the Umarex Broad Axe, which I've seen on clearance for 29.00 CAD at cabela's.
Must be some newfangled carbon tax scheme over there :P
Wonder if they are air-soft guns?

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

[5thDragoons]

I think so - I'll try for a pic later.

Relating to prices, sporting goods are heavily taxed. Then there's VAT = value added tax. In Hungary, it's 27%. SW

[5thDragoons]

I don't speak German, but I think their air soft analog is on the page shown. They do list various size containers of chalk balls that look a lot like air soft ammo. SW