Stan;
I am not "Salopian" however, I will pass on the following that is relevant to your question.
As a firearm engraver, of sorts, I try to keep up with the engraving situation in the world. Just a bit more than a year ago there were discussions among engravers that scores of firearm engravers in Val Trompia area of Italy were without work, where they had been very busy in the past engraving for various gunmaking firms.
I will allow you to decide what relevance this may have to the health of the firearms business there.
