Larry, we KNOW there is at least one poster who ageed the Spanish ordered gun was more money than the US spec gun. No speculation from you needed.
In Europe, it tends to be upper middle class, and rich folks that hunt. The guns sell for more there, because they can. Which, is the second time I have explained that to you. You sent a letter to me detailing how we could make a fortune importing used guns from France (on my license) circa 1995 or so, do you recall? Since the asking prices on used, French guns was quite high compared to what the same gun was bringing here (I demonstrated with a second hand, middle of the road condition Charlin, that sold for about 3 large, in St. Etienne, several months after I sold a beauty here for $800) I pretty much shot your idea down. Remember, Larry?

By the way, if you, or anyone else ever seriously considered a new Darne, it sucks to be you-the good deals, are all over.

I guess I was thinking of the BSS sidelock when I said "few and far between". My bad. That doesn't change my opinion of the whole lot of them. Better guns are out there. Cheaper, too.
If you HAVE to have a single trigger, you better save more money, or, a better idea, really, find a different style of gun to shoot, like your A5. Double triggers are what make a double so practical. If you are just starting in the game, you might as well start with what's most practical. And get used to it, right from the beginning.
There has been a single trigger Western Arms 12 for sale for about a year in Gun List. $500, listed as high 90% condition. Doesn't seem "through the nose" to me.
Had one just like it, and it had a better trigger than any BSS I ever handled, and, it would seem, better than a few posters here also experienced with the BSS. I'll go a bit further and recommend it above and beyond any BSS.

You like a BSS. I, don't. I have my reason's, and they weren't pulled out of thin air. And, I wouldn't recommend a gun I wouldn't own to anyone. You can recommend whatever you like, Larry. If you have a good reason to prefer the BSS to anything, go for it. But, as I posted before, once the "dollar for dollar" quote comes out, I turn suspect.

It's come out twice on this post alone, both times in reference to the BSS.
Best,
Ted