Thanks for the warm welcome.
Yes Turkey has several firearm and airgun factories, one of which is Hatsan. Hatsan is making the best air rifles produced in Turkey. We here have a forum and most of the members of the forum are using Hatsan guns. The company authorities are very openminded people and they pay attention to advices and complaints submitted by the domestic customers. They are in close communication with respected and experienced members of the forum and has been investing on research studies lately. Their most preferred models are 125, 135 ...
They lately introduced a new model 145, a fixed barrel, where you can see the pictures at
http://www.havalisilah.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2454&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0The rifles are very powerful and I personally hear forum members' advices as not to put a scope on it before spring settles properly, that is after at least 1000 shots. The prices range from 60 USD to 200 USD.
Years ago, while I was a member of Ministry of Foreign Affairs I had visited Webley facilities in Birmingham due to a previous communication with their sales manager at that time. Mr.Simon Baugh and I met with a coincidence and the idea of importing Webleys to Turkey was discussed. I hosted Simon in Ankara for three days and our negotiations came to a point that the Webleys were too expensive. The currency exchange rate and to my surprise the stock prices were the two main reasons. He told me that they had stocks manufactured in Italy. I explained him that wood is a cheap material in Turkey and that it would not cost too much ! He sent me two stocks with blue-prints but later on things did not go as we expected. Now some models of Webleys are made in Turkey. :-))) I lately heard that Hatsan has invested on CNC equipment and is producing the parts for the Webley PCP rifles. But I am after getting a Longbow with Lothar Walter barrel from Hatsan.
Please do not hesitate to ask for more and if I can be of service to you, I will be very happy.
Kindest regards.
