European once big name manufacturers are bought out and producing substandard junk for the unclean masses.
Same as Umarex (traditional airgun builders) dragging Hammerli, Pardini & Walther handguns threw the mud.
Pure corporate greed at the expense of the blindsided consumer.
Edit: When you have up and coming developing nations such as India alongside the popularity of women learning to shoot handguns, one can see greed becoming uppermost amongst some shareholders.