Regarding the extractors and the engraving:
The extractors were requested over ejectors by several of our frequent customers from the BC interior who run trap lines, manage campgrounds, bowhunt, etc. Nearly universally they asked for extractors as something less likely to fail, less likely to freeze in snow or winter, and less likely to cause spent shells to rebound off the body and back towards the open action of the gun. For the sacrifice in speed, you're looking at an improvement in dependability in rough country, bad elements, and nasty situations. We had to listen to that feedback! Ejectors are nice, necessary for some sports, and it seems like one less action to perform manually, until it fails on you in the upcountry winter
Overwhelmingly, our "wild men" and women were asking for extractors, so we went with extractors.
The engraving was actually cheaper, and allowed us to keep costs down. Omitting the engraving would have required a completely custom run of the receivers outside of their normal chain of production, which would have actually carried a bigger pricetag and would have pushed our schedule waaaay back past "outdoors season" for the hunters, trappers, etc that we serve. We opted to keep price down by staying in the normal supply chain, and stay on track for a fall delivery instead of missing the date everybody cares about the most! This same goal held true for synthetic stocks; though we examined the possibility, the lack of an existing compatible option in the Yildiz supply chain opened us up to adding R&D time and money to the project.
We opted to stay on track for fall season with an extremely reliable firearm for the guys who needed it that way, on time
We're always interested to hear what everyone thinks -- we're all shooters here at the shop ourselves, so the debate is a ton of fun. We get to use the feedback from a lot of people to pursue other projects. We always take the opinions of our different breeds of shooters seriously! Everyone has different needs, so always feel free to comment on our special projects and Wanstalls exclusives and who knows what the future might bring!
Cheers,
Daniel