zipdog Posted June 27, 2016 Report Share Posted June 27, 2016 CZ and Tikka seem extremely popular rifles. Are they popular because they are excellent rifles or because the gun dealers get excellent profit margins? Just a thought. Zipdog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 Does it matter, they are certainly excellent rifles, and if the gundealers did not have a profit margin (excellent or not) there would be no gun dealers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisheruk Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 (edited) I have both. Good value and good enough for me. If I miss it is down to me, not the rifle. I don't aim to miss. Edited June 28, 2016 by Fisheruk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 I have both also. If they were cheap but **** then they wouldn't be so popular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 CZ and Tikka seem extremely popular rifles. Are they popular because they are excellent rifles or because the gun dealers get excellent profit margins? Just a thought. Zipdog Most supermarket items have more percentage margin on them than guns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 Most supermarket items have more percentage margin on them than guns. EVERY supermarket item has higher markup with odd exceptions of loss leaders etc! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 CZ and Tikka seem extremely popular rifles. Are they popular because they are excellent rifles or because the gun dealers get excellent profit margins? Just a thought. Zipdog You would be surprised at the level of margin, and being popular means there are plenty of dealers and plenty of places to shop (GENERALLY), this will commonly mean sales are generated by discount rather than excess margins. In the case of CZ and Tikka, they both happen to make good, accurate, reliable rifles, and in the market place generally they are nowhere near the top end on price! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casts_by_fly Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 EVERY supermarket item has higher markup with odd exceptions of loss leaders etc! Not if you're talking about margin to the retailer. Retailer margins are super slim across most products (especially so with supermarkets) so I would expect the percent margin on a gun to a gun dealer would be a good bit higher than buying a box of shreddies in Tesco. thanks rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 Not if you're talking about margin to the retailer. Retailer margins are super slim across most products (especially so with supermarkets) so I would expect the percent margin on a gun to a gun dealer would be a good bit higher than buying a box of shreddies in Tesco. thanks rick I have worked in both industries and that is not anything close to my findings. The BIG supermarkets have MASSIVE margins on most items, smaller retailers may not, gun trade margins are really quite tight generally! But you obviously have access to some other figures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markm Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 I used to get the tackle and gun trade magazine, it showed the RRP mark up for most shooting / fishing products new to the market. At the RRP the mark ups were unreal, but in real terms not may shops sell at that. PS - fishing gear defno had a higher mark up than shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rim Fire Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 (edited) We went from rifles to cornflakes an such and yes both rifles are good and reliable Tikka arnt that cheap compared to some other makers such as Howa they are cheap and very accrute Edited June 29, 2016 by Rim Fire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 Always go for used weapons myself. Can get a much better deal that way. As long as it is in good order and has been well looked after you get better bangs for your bucks. More likely to get some movement on the asking price from the RFD or private owner. Even The Memsahib was somewhat used but has turned out first class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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