Originally Posted by
Hhutch
The part that I'm having a hard time with is that Poly Tech puts out the M305 in the $600ish price range. Milled receiver, parkerized finish. All around a decent rifle for the price point. Then enter the Type-81. Stamped receiver. Blued finish. A cheap, mass production rifle with likely half the moving parts of the M305 but for $300 more. Where is the value?
Knowing who the parents of this half-blood lovechild are, I expected something more in the $500-700 range. It definitely caught me off guard to see something rolling out of the East of such obvious low build quality at the $1k mark.