xausa, your introduction of inital costs seems illogical to me. I don't think for a moment cost is directly related to handling characteristics as just about any gun on the market can be adjusted to produce the handling as measured by Rocketman or any other such investigator. Most of the manufacturers you cited also provided a broad spectrum of handling characteristics with changes in barrel weights, stock lengths, forearm construction etc. Further, if value is your question the artistic content of the respective guns would have to be factored out to get to comparable values. $50,000 of the best engraving won't change performance but it sure changes value. If you want handling quantified, Rocketman can do that. For value, just observe market values of recently sold guns.
