Ortolan,
I agree with everything you said, except that the Citori is a totally different gun. The design of the reciever and it's internal lockwork share the very similar designs with the Citori drawing heavily from the Super. One could say the Citori is the next gen Super. Had the Citori been made in Belgium or the US, the following would be larger and the prices higher, IMO. The early Citori's, say pre '90s, that I owned were very well made, with obviously better machining than the Supers I've owned or handled. The current batch of Citori based guns (I'll include the 525 and others) really are still a value (my current 525 included), but not near the quality of my early Citori's.
