260RemGuy,
Why is it that American break-action single shot CF rifles have 'traditionally' been priced near the bottom of CF rifles? Other single-shot actions command premium prices, and in Europe, some truly deluxe rifles are built on break-open actions. Anyway, would you say the Contender Carbine is near the bottom?
I suspect that H&R/NEF and Savage sold their break-action SS CF rifles for as much as they felt that the market would allow them to. I would say the T-C sold the Contenders frame as the basis of a multi-barrel rifle, while the H&R/NEF and Savage 219 weren't marketed that way. Even though H&R/NEF sold additional barrels, they required that the frame owners send their frames to H&R/NEF for fitting. I believe that was done primarily for product liability purposes, as I doubt much actual fitting was required.
