If anyone is looking for a cheap air rifle.....

[Jace]

I'm Aussie bred, but been living in China for over a decade.

Seems everything is made here, but the good stuff is all for export only. Most weapons are strictl banned and have heavy jail sentences for possession.

One of the world's biggest air rifle factories is located about 2 hours drive from us, and I was looking into visiting and asking for one as a sample (for a non-existent export deal), but a friend told me he had tried the same at one of the main paintball manufacturers, and promptly asked to leave the premises as they had had foreigners in there before with the same idea.

I have had friends get all sorts of other outdoor gear this way though -- a couple of guys I know are buyers for overseas firms, and just have to send an email beforehand and turn up in a suit, and the factories think they are the real thing and are happy to hand out free samples.