A few years ago I purchased a new RBL-12 with 32" barrels. The base price was about $3000. The base RBL was on par or maybe a little nicer than was a BSS. CSMC was unable to sell many RBL-12's and I think that a new production BSS would suffer the same.
Today I would spend my $3000 to $4000 on a 32" Parker, AH Fox, or LC Smith.
CSMC figured out the SxS market. There are plenty of good SxS's on the used,secondary market between $1500 and $5000. Their $15000+ AH Fox and M-21's do have a following, albeit small. They are like Chevy Corvettes. In our youth we dream of owning one and finally do when we have grey hair. Along the way we may buy a Chevy car or truck because we go to the showroom to see the new Corvette. My friends in their marketing department call it their "Flagship" model.
If the Turkish manufactures would figure out a good and reliable trigger and offer special order configurations such as long barreled small bores for a premium price (maybe $2000 to $3000), I think those would sell.
Just my opinion,
Mark
Last edited by Mark Ouellette; 03/03/13 08:58 AM.