From what I remember reading, several of the major Spanish players made a conscious business decision to move upmarket. Looks like they made that decision at the wrong time (recession) and now it is biting them in the butt (literally and figuratively). Example: Arrieta dropping a couple of their lower-end models. Didn't Garbi drop the 100 because it was priced for hand chasing rather than hand engraving snip ---
It was the only decision they could make. They couldnt make any money on the entry level guns, and in some cases actually lost money on each of the low end guns sold. Mark my words; the least expensive Spanish shotgun is going to cost 7000 Euro. They will lose money on any gun sold for less. Thats not the choice of the Spanish gun makers, thats the reality of the cost of making shotguns in Spain in todays world.
Folks are complaining that these prices put them out of the market for a new Spanish gun, and saying they will punish the makers by not buy Spanish guns. Gentlemen, if you cannot pay what the gun makers have to get to say in business, the makers dont want and cannot afford your custom.
Sorry, but there it is.
