I just came across a recent discussion on another board, re: Ugartechea starting up again, wherein one of the posters had contacted the company and it seems they are back with a US importer out of Dallas. If that is true, it will be interesting to find out what their quality and new prices will be. The previous quality and price made their shotguns attractive and attainable for the average Joe. A lot changes in five years though. If it's anything like AyA, their base model 4/53 boxlock is now selling for $8,000 in Canada. When I bought mine 10 years ago, it cost $4,000 new. At that time I had talked with the Ugartechea dealer and he told me the mid grade shotgun market for him was between $2,000 - $5,000 new, anything under $2,000 he said the market was already too saturated, anything over $5,000 took a very long time to sell. It's likely going to be an even tougher market now.
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